Conducting Educational Research

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We have a number of people to thank for their assistance with the development of
this text. First, we would like to thank all the students we have worked with over
the years who have taught us what a master’s level student needs. We are especially
grateful to those students who allowed us to use their work as examples for this
text: Debbie Bale, Stacey Boatright, Deborah Brandell, William Burns, Carolyn
Cameron, Sharon Clark, Steve Colkitt, April Crysler, David Dempsey, Emily
Ferguson, Carlos Gumataotao, Kim Huber, Tom Kuntz, Krista MacGregor, Tia
Martini, Caroline Missal, Sherilyn Mooney, Sheryl Nash, Nancy Petersen, Robert
Probert, Chris Stiles, and Ken Szopa. We also appreciate the other authors who
allowed us to include portions of their work in our book.
Finally, we would like to thank the University of Portland for providing us with
sabbatical time to work on this text and, more importantly, to our families for their
encouragement, support, and for putting up with us throughout this endeavor:
thanks Jeff, Barbara, Chris, Ian, Devon, and Adam.
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