Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods

✍ Scribed by Leonard Bickman and Debra J. Rog (Editors)

• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 616
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods shows how to make intelligent and conscious decisions so that researchers can refine and hone their research questions as new knowledge is gained, unanticipated obstacles are encountered, or contextual shifts take place - all key elements in the iterative nature of applied research. With examples and illustrations from the authors' own experiences, this book gives readers a practical guide to conducting applied research.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Halftitle......Page 2
Title......Page 4
ISBN......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
Part I Planning Applied Research......Page 22
1 Applied Research Design A Practical Approach......Page 26
2 Design Sensitivity Statistical Power for Applied Experimental Research......Page 60
3 Designing a Qualitative Study......Page 90
4 Practical Sampling......Page 122
5 Planning Ethically Responsible Research......Page 148
Part II Applied Research Framework......Page 178
6 Randomized Controlled Experiments for Evaluation and Planning......Page 182
7 Quasi-experimentation......Page 214
8 The Abridged Version of Case Study Research Design and Method......Page 250
9 Need Analysis Process and Techniques......Page 282
10 Formative Evaluation of Costs, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-BenefitToward Cost → Procedure → Process → Outcome Analysis......Page 306
11 Research Synthesis and Meta-analysis......Page 336
Part III Practical Data Collection and Analysis Methods......Page 360
12 Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions......Page 364
13 Practical Aspects of Interview Data Collection and Data Management......Page 396
14 Mail Surveys......Page 420
15 Methods for Sampling and Interviewing in Telephone Surveys......Page 450
16 Ethnography......Page 494
17 Focus Group Research Exploration and Discovery......Page 526
18 Graphing Data......Page 548
Index......Page 578
About the Editors......Page 608
About the Contributors......Page 610