Böcker av Geoffrey M. Maruyama

This text is designed to guide students through the logic underlying SEM approaches. It describes how SEM approaches relate to techniques like regression and factor analysis and analyzes the strengths and shortcomings of SEM as compared to alternative methodologies.

This volume aims to help prospective educational researchers plan their research in schools more carefully. It focuses on such issues as: access and credibility in the school; traditional issues of designing research; questions that emerge as the design is imposed on the school culture and setting particularly with regard to school staff and student assessment; the length of interventions and whether or not to schedule follow-up studies; and how to interpret and communicate findings to schools and policy makers.Using personal experiences from their field research to illustrate key concepts, the authors have also included a research project to clarify the practical issues of school research.