Figures

1.1

The subjective-objective dimension

2.1

Steps in an ‘ideal’ participatory research approach

2.2

Positivist, interpretive and critical paradigms in educational research

4.1

Two unrelated factors caused by a third factor

4.2

Positive and negative causes on an effect

4.3

Modelling causes and effects

5.1

Seedhouse’s ethical pyramidal grid

7.1

A planning sequence for research

7.2

Understanding the levels of organizational culture

8.1

Distribution of sample means showing the spread of a selection of sample means around the population mean

8.2

Snowball sampling

11.1

Stages in the planning of naturalistic, qualitative and ethnographic research

11.2

Elements of a qualitative research design

11.3

Seven steps in qualitative data analysis

11.4

Five stages in critical ethnography

13.1

Stages on the planning of a survey

13.2

Types of developmental research

14.1

A typology of observation studies

15.1

Four types of ex post facto research

15.2

Two causes and two effects

16.1

Independent and dependent variables

16.2

The ‘true’ experiment

16.3

Interaction effects in an experiment

16.4

Two groups receiving both conditions (repeated measures)

16.5

The ABAB design

16.6

An ABAB design in an educational setting

17.1

Class size and learning in well-controlled and poorly controlled studies

18.1

A model of emancipatory action research for organizational change

18.2

The full action research cycle

18.3

A framework for action research

20.1

A flow chart technique for question planning

20.2

A flow chart for the planning of a postal survey

21.1

Methods of administering interviews

22.1

A sociogram in sociometry

22.2

Graphic network portraying strengths or types of relationship

23.1

Continua of observation

25.1

Simple grid layout

25.2

A completed grid

25.3

A grid cluster representation

25.4

A self-identity plot

25.5

Spatial representation of elements and constructs

28.1

Edited screen shot of emails in a threaded conversation

32.1

An early twentieth-century photograph of children in an art lesson

32.2

Matching the viewer’s field of vision and the shape of the main part of a photograph

34.1

Test scores of two groups

34.2

The predictions of a one-tailed test that predicts a higher score

34.3

The predictions of a one-tailed test that predicts a lower score

34.4

The predictions of a two-tailed test

34.5

The normal curve of distribution

34.6

Skewed distributions

34.7

How well learners are cared for, guided and supported

34.8

Staff voluntarily taking on coordination roles

34.9

Types of kurtosis

35.1

A line graph of test scores

35.2

Distribution around a mean with an outlier

35.3

A platykurtic distribution of scores

35.4

A leptokurtic distribution of scores

35.5

Correlation scatterplots

35.6

A line diagram to indicate curvilinearity

35.7

Visualization of correlation of 0.65 between reading grade and arithmetic grade

35.8

SPSS output from partial correlation, controlling for socio-economic status

35.9

SPSS output for partial correlations, controlling for part-time work

36.1

Graphic plots of two sets of scores on a dependent variable

36.2

A scatterplot with the regression line (SPSS output)

36.3

A scatterplot with grid lines and regression line (SPSS output)

36.4

Multiple regression to determine relative weightings

36.5

Standardizing scores

37.1

A scree plot

37.2

Three-dimensional rotation

37.3

Cluster analysis

37.4

Students’ perceptions of social episodes

37.5

Perception of social episodes

37.6

Path analysis modelling with AMOS (AMOS output)

37.7

Path analysis with calculations added (AMOS output)

37.8

A structural equation model 695 38.1 Choosing statistical tests for parametric and non-parametric data