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General Guidelines for Report Writing in Special Education Research

Dr. D. Dutta Roy, Ph.D. Psychology Research Unit Indian Statistical Institute 203, B.T. Road, Kolkata – 700 108 E-mail: ddroy@isical.ac.in http://www.isical. ac.in/~ddroy/invt.html MANOVIKASH KENDRA, 4.12.2011, 10 AM to 12 Noon TYPES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION RESEARCH Scientific research: It aims at development of theory on special education. It is used by the scientific communities. Reporting of results follow standard guidelines provided by specific scientific groups concerned with disabilities or special education. Action research: It is action oriented. It has no intention to develop theory. Generally, it is project oriented. Reporting of results follow the guidelines provided by the fund providers. Both report distribution of cause-effect variables using either qualitative or quantitative manners or in both. WHY RESEARCH REPORTING ? Special educational research is a continuing process. It is the process of repeated search. Research findings may be affected by different errors due to