Applied Social Research Methods – serie
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Survey Research Methods
Häftad, 2013
1238 kr
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The Fifth Edition of Floyd J. Fowler Jr.’s bestselling Survey Research Methods presents the very latest methodological knowledge on surveys. Offering a sound basis for evaluating how each aspect of a survey can affect its precision, accuracy, and credibility, the book guides readers through each …
Qualitative Research Design
An Interactive Approach
Häftad, 2012
894 kr
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Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach provides researchers and students with a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. It shows how the components of design interact with each other, and provides a strategy for creating coherent and workable relationships …
Improving Survey Questions
Design and Evaluation
Häftad, 1995
1437 kr
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What is a good question? Although there are several potential sources for error in survey data, the validity of surveys depends on the design of the questions asked. This book shows how to word and format a question, write questions that will evoke the kind of answers for which they were designed, …
Mixed Methodology
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
Av Abbas Tashakkori, Charles B. Teddlie
Häftad, 1998
2040 kr
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Looking for a practical guide to using mixed methodologies? Authors Abbas Tashakkori and Charles Teddlie explore the most resourceful way to combine qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Beginning with a discussion of the paradigm wars between positivism and constructivism, Mixed Methodology …
Measuring Community Indicators
A Systems Approach to Drug and Alcohol Problems
Av Paul J. Gruenewald, Andrew J. Treno m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
2442 kr
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Drug and alcohol abuse monitoring and prevention has been pushed from the national to the local and community level. How do communities go about measuring the effectiveness of their drug and alcohol abuse programs? Aimed at providing communities and researchers with the needed analytic and …
Measuring Community Indicators
A Systems Approach to Drug and Alcohol Problems
Av Paul J. Gruenewald, Andrew J. Treno m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
1575 kr
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Drug and alcohol abuse monitoring and prevention has been pushed from the national to the local and community level. How do communities go about measuring the effectiveness of their drug and alcohol abuse programs? Aimed at providing communities and researchers with the needed analytic and …
Narrative Research
Reading, Analysis, and Interpretation
Av Amia Lieblich, Rivka Tuval-Mashiach m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
2040 kr
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What is the most effective way for a researcher to read and analyze life-story materials? Using a new model for the classification of types of readings, Narrative Research shows readers how to read, analyze and interpret life story materials. The authors first introduce readers to four models of …
Narrative Research
Reading, Analysis, and Interpretation
Av Amia Lieblich, Rivka Tuval-Mashiach m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
1115 kr
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What is the most effective way for a researcher to read and analyze life-story materials? Using a new model for the classification of types of readings, Narrative Research shows readers how to read, analyze and interpret life story materials. The authors first introduce readers to four models of …
Interpretive Interactionism
Inbunden, 2001
2798 kr
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" Interpretive Interactionism argues strongly for a new approach to qualitative research methods. Writing primarily for established practitioners and advanced graduate students, Denzin seeks to fuse influences of symbolic interactionist, hermeneutical, feminist, post-modern, and …
Interpretive Interactionism
Häftad, 2001
2040 kr
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" Interpretive Interactionism argues strongly for a new approach to qualitative research methods. Writing primarily for established practitioners and advanced graduate students, Denzin seeks to fuse influences of symbolic interactionist, hermeneutical, feminist, post-modern, and …
Practical Meta-Analysis
Av Mark W. Lipsey, David Wilson
Inbunden, 2000
2690 kr
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By integrating and translating the current methodological and statistical work into a practical guide, the authors of this text provide readers with a state-of-the-art introduction to the various approaches to doing meta-analysis.
Practical Meta-Analysis
Av Mark W. Lipsey, David Wilson
Häftad, 2000
2040 kr
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By integrating and translating the current methodological and statistical work into a practical guide, the authors of this text provide readers with a state-of-the-art introduction to the various approaches to doing meta-analysis.
Diagnosing Organizations
Methods, Models, and Processes
Av Michael I. Harrison, Michael I. Harrison
Inbunden, 2005
2371 kr
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Click 'Additional Materials' for downloadable sample chapter Many managers and organizational leaders face shrinking budgets, growing competition, and changing organizational alliances and missions A bewildering array of new technologies and management techniques offer help in handling these …
Diagnosing Organizations
Methods, Models, and Processes
Häftad, 2004
1428 kr
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Click 'Additional Materials' for downloadable sample chapter Many managers and organizational leaders face shrinking budgets, growing competition, and changing organizational alliances and missions A bewildering array of new technologies and management techniques offer help in handling these …
Qualitative Research Design
An Interactive Approach
Inbunden, 2004
1791 kr
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This book gives researchers and students a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to planning qualitative research. Based on a course that the author taught for 7 years at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, it is written in an informal, jargon-free style and incorporates many examples and …
Need Analysis
Tools for the Human Services and Education
Häftad, 1987
1471 kr
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This work brings together material of relevance to a wide range of courses in evaluation, policy analysis, social services, and welfare and planning. . . Equal opportunity and affirmative action workers should also look at this. --Media Information Australia Need assessment has grown in popularity …
Research in Health Care Settings
Av Kathleen E. Grady, Barbara Strudler Wallston
Häftad, 1988
1471 kr
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This is the first volume to focus on a substantive area of research rather than on a particular method. It describes the whole process of research from setting up and conducting the project to interpreting and publishing results. Much current research is cited in this very useful American volume. …
Participant Observation
A Methodology for Human Studies
Av Danny L. Jorgensen, Danny L. Jorgensen
Häftad, 1989
1529 kr
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While providing an introduction to basic principles and strategies, Participant Observation also explores the philosophy and methodology underlying the actual practice of participant observation. Taking a thoroughly practical approach to the methods of participant observation, Danny L. Jorgensen …
Practical Sampling
Häftad, 1990
1529 kr
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Sampling is fundamental to nearly every study in the social and policy sciences, yet clear, concise guidance for practitioners and graduate students has been difficult to find. Practical Sampling provides guidance for researchers dealing with the everyday problems of sampling. Using the practical …
Linking Auditing and Meta-Evaluation
Enhancing Quality in Applied Research
Av Thomas A. Schwandt, Edward S. Halpern
Häftad, 1988
1471 kr
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I have reviewed the Thomas A. Schwandt and Edward S. Halpern book and find it to be both timely and a needed resource in the area of program evaluation. --Robert W. Covert, Evaluation Research Center, University of Virginia "Very clearly and systematically presented and will be of considerable …
On Time and Method
Av Janice Kelly, Joseph Edward McGrath
Inbunden, 1988
2371 kr
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It is an excellent short introduction to issues of time, suitable for advanced undergraduate or graduate research methods course focusing on experimental and quasi-experimental designs. . . . An interesting introduction to the issues as seen by experimental social psychologists. . . . I'd recommend …
On Time and Method
Av Janice Kelly, Joseph Edward McGrath
Häftad, 1988
1471 kr
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It is an excellent short introduction to issues of time, suitable for advanced undergraduate or graduate research methods course focusing on experimental and quasi-experimental designs. . . . An interesting introduction to the issues as seen by experimental social psychologists. . . . I'd recommend …
Standardized Survey Interviewing
Minimizing Interviewer-Related Error
Av Floyd J. Fowler, Thomas W. Mangione m. fl.
Häftad, 1990
1529 kr
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Accuracy, reliability, verifiable and error-free results - these are the goals that anyone involved in survey interviewing desires. A practical guide to producing standardized - and reliable - interviews, this volume represents a blending of social science theories of interviewing dynamics, the …
Internal Evaluation
Building Organizations from Within
Av Arnold J. Love, Arnold J. Love
Häftad, 1991
1471 kr
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A terrific combination of pragmatic techniques and relevant theory. I wish I had this book when I became an internal evaluator 20 years ago--but I am glad I have it now because it is helping me put my experience in context, and providing many new ideas. I will make substantial use of it on the job …
Applied Research Design
A Practical Guide
Av Terry E. Hedrick, Leonard Bickman m. fl.
Häftad, 1993
1529 kr
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"The Terry E. Hedrick, Leonard Bickman, and Debra J. Rog text provides a framework for designing research that is adaptable to almost any applied setting and constantly reiterates the need for establishing and maintaining credibility with the client at each level of the research process. Although …
Studying Families
Av Anne P. Copeland, Kathleen M. White m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
1623 kr
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This volume provides valuable guidelines and information to the family studies research. Each chapter contains thought provoking exercises and a reference list. Anyone considering a family study needs to read this volume before beginning. While no single volume can provide a complete roadmap, this …
Event History Analysis
Av Kazuo Yamaguchi, Kazuo Yamaguchi
Häftad, 1991
1529 kr
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In a manner similar to many other titles within the Applied Social Research Methods Series, this 182-page book thoroughly covers many of the specific methodological hurdles encountered in implementing event history analysis (EHA). The Applied Social Research Methods Series' . . . is the result of …
Doing Legal Research
A Guide for Social Scientists and Mental Health Professionals
Av Roberta A. Morris, Bruce D. Sales m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
2371 kr
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Finding and using the appropriate legal materials can help social researchers design and execute their research more appropriately as well as assist mental health practitioners seeking answers to legal questions that their practice increasingly presents. Where can social researchers and mental …
Doing Legal Research
A Guide for Social Scientists and Mental Health Professionals
Av Roberta A. Morris, Bruce D. Sales m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
1529 kr
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Finding and using the appropriate legal materials can help social researchers design and execute their research more appropriately as well as assist mental health practitioners seeking answers to legal questions that their practice increasingly presents. Where can social researchers and mental …
Randomized Experiments for Planning and Evaluation
A Practical Guide
Av Robert F. Boruch, Robert F. Boruch
Häftad, 1997
1471 kr
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How can you tell if a new program has been effective or not? Is there any way to predict how a group of individuals would have fared without the new program or service? Packed with rich and varied examples, Robert F. Boruch untangles the complexities of randomized field experiments so that …
