Methodological Approaches to Community-Based Research

✍ Scribed by Dr. Leonard A. Jason PhD (editor), David S. Glenwick PhD (editor)

• Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 283
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Methodological Approaches to Community-Based Research offers innovative research tools that are most effective for understanding social problems in general and change in complex person-environment systems at the community level. Methodological pluralism and mixed-methods research are the overarching themes in this groundbreaking edited volume, as contributors explain cutting-edge research methodologies that analyze data in special groupings, over time, or within various contexts. As such, the methodologies presented here are holistic and culturally valid, and support contextually grounded community interventions.

This volume features web appendices that include a variety of research applications (e.g., SPSS, SAS, GIS) and guidelines for the accompanying data sets. The extensive illustrations and case studies in Methodological Approaches will give readers a comprehensive understanding of community-level phenomena and a rich appreciation for the way collaboration across behavioral science disciplines leads to more effective community-based interventions.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction: An Overview of Methodological Innovations in Community Research
Part I
Pluralism and Mixed Methods in Community Research
Chapter 2
Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research: Implications for Research Practice
Chapter 3
Methodological Pluralism: Implications for Consumers and Producers of Research
Chapter 4 Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches: An Example of Mixed Methods Research
Part II
Methods Involving Grouping of Data
Chapter 5
Clustering and Its Applications in Community Research
Chapter 6 The Person-Oriented Approach and Community Research
Chapter 7 Meta-Analysis in Community-Oriented Research
Part III Methods Involving Change Over Time
Chapter 8 Time-Series Analysis in Community-Oriented Research
Chapter 9
Survival Analysis in Prevention and Intervention Programs
Part IV
Methods Involving Contextual Factors
Chapter 10 Multilevel Modeling: Method and Application for Community-Based Research
Chapter 11 Epidemiologic Approaches to Community-Based Research
Chapter 12
Applying Geographic Information Systems to Community Research
Chapter 13
Economic Cost Analysis for Community-Based Interventions
Afterword
Index
About the Editors