Ayiro, Laban Peter2024-07-292024-07-292012Ayiro, L. P. (2012). A functional approach to educational research methods and statistics: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches. Lewiston, N.Y: Edwin Mellen Press.https://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4897BookThe book's most immediate value resides in helping the reader understand the research process. An engaging and informative text on educational research and statistics. This book teaches students how to utilize the outcomes of their research. It examines how studies are conducted across the major traditions of educational research (quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods). The text is for graduate students who want to pursue statistics. The book fulfills a need for a systematic account of research concepts and the use of statistics for advanced students. The fact is that research involves interrelated activities. Educators practice research following a general sequence of procedures. This book is demarcated into sections that reflect each step in the process of doing a study.enResearch processEducational researchstatisticsResearch conceptsBook