The continuing demand for a practical guide to the basic concepts and techniques of research methodologies as applied to music education has resulted in an extensively rewritten fourth edition of this popular textbook, first published in 1969. The four logical parts of this new edition are Research Problem Identification, Writing the Research Proposals and the Research Document, Research Methodologies: Concepts and Techniques, and Music Education Research: A Glimpse into the Future. The "Guide" is the only single volume source that includes a chapter on procedures for obtaining and treating data in the aesthetic, descriptive, experimental, historical, philosophical, qualitative, and quantitative areas.

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Preface to the Fourth Edition
Acknowledgments

Part 1 Research Problem Identification

1 Selecting a Research Problem

Part 2 Writing the Research Proposal and the Research Document

2 The Research Process

Part 3 The Research Methodologies - Concepts and Techniques

3 Philosophical Inquiry: Concepts and Techniques
4 Aesthetic Inquiry: Concepts and Techniques
5 Qualitative Research: Concepts and Techniques
6 Concepts of Quantifying Research Data
7 Descriptive Research: Concepts and Techniques
8 Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research: Concepts and Techniques
9 Historical Research: Concepts and Techniques

Part 4 Music Education Research - A Glimpse Into the Future

10 What Does the Future Hold for Music-Education Research?

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Index
About the Authors