Design and Analysis for Quantitative Research in Music Education

Peter Miksza author Kenneth Elpus author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:29th Mar '18

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In recent years, academics and professionals in the social sciences have forged significant advances in quantitative research methodologies specific to their respective disciplines. Although new and sophisticated techniques for large-scale data analyses have become commonplace in general educational, psychological, sociological, and econometric fields, many researchers in music education have yet to be exposed to such techniques. Design and Analysis of Quantitative Research in Music Education is a comprehensive reference for those involved with research in music education and related fields, providing a foundational understanding of quantitative inquiry methods. Authors Peter Miksza and Kenneth Elpus update and expand the set of resources that music researchers have at their disposal for conceptualizing and analyzing data pertaining to music-related phenomena. This text is designed to familiarize readers with foundational issues of quantitative inquiry as a point of view, introduce and elaborate upon issues of fundamental quantitative research design and analysis, and expose researchers to new, innovative, and exciting methods for dealing with complex research questions and analyzing large samples of data in a rigorous and thorough manner. With this resource, researchers will be better equipped for dealing with the challenges of the increasingly information-rich and data-driven environment surrounding music education. An accompanying companion website provides valuable supplementary exercises and videos.

There is a sense that the text written by Miksza and Elpus is a model of research thinking ... unique in its thoroughness ... Miksza and Elpus have been successful in publishing a document that can be a continuing resource and reference throughout a student's education and career. * Richard Colwell, British Journal of Music Education *
The authors' obvious attention to careful explanation and rationale which precedes each analysis technique was time extremely well spent. This ensures that the flow of mathematics which follows these discussions is subsequently more easily grasped. The entire book, although especially Part 2, provides dozens of graphs, formulas and tables, showing the concepts in a visual form. ... This book is highly recommended for mixed methods research and quantitative methodology approaches in the field of music or music education. * Fiona King, International Society for Music Education *
In summary, this book is unique in the field of music education and explains, in clear language, many groupings of research designs along with the appropriate analyses that music education researchers use. * Kelly A. Parkes, Music and Music Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, Music Education Research *

ISBN: 9780199391905

Dimensions: 180mm x 257mm x 23mm

Weight: 703g

302 pages