Includes bibliographical references and index.

Getting ready to write the thesis proposal report: Fundamental concept about education research -- Classification of research -- Ethical and moral concerns in conducting research -- Concerns about validity and reliability of the research -- Using the scientific process in conducting research : Writing the thesis proposal report -- Selecting and focusing on the topic -- Conducting a review of related literature -- Writing the review related literature -- The research proposal : Focusing on the content of the research proposal -- The background of the problem -- Review of related literature -- The conceptual framework -- Statement of the problem -- Hypothesis -- Significance of the study -- Scope and limitation -- Definition of terms -- Method: Implementing the research proposal -- Selection of subjects -- Bias in experiments -- Collecting data -- Observations -- Experimentation -- Focus group discussion -- Retrieval of data from document -- Securing written permission -- Data triangulation -- Organizing data -- Data treatment for quantitative research -- Data treatment for qualitative research -- Other qualitative research methods : writing the final report -- Writing the draft of the final report -- A well - written report -- Important consideration in writing the report -- Steps in writing the final report -- The need to revise -- What to revise -- When to write the report -- Writing publishable report : Focusing on the content of the final report -- Preliminaries -- Body of the report -- Reference material : Evaluating the research report -- Questions for evaluating the research report -- Systematic evaluation process of the report -- Rubric for evaluating thesis and discussion reports : Overcoming administrative hurdles -- Choosing the mentor -- Getting ready for the proposal defense -- Preparing for the final defense -- Following the procedure for the final defense -- Revising the final report.