Handbook of applied social research methods /

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Imprint:Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c1998.
Description:xix, 580 p. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2764034
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Other authors / contributors:Bickman, Leonard, 1941-
Rog, Debra J.
ISBN:076190672X (cloth : acid-free paper)
0761906738 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Why a Handbook of Applied Social Research?
  • Part 1. Planning Applied Research
  • Applied Research Design
  • A Practical Approach
  • Design Sensitivity
  • Statistical Power for Applied Experimental Research
  • Designing a Qualitative Study
  • Practical Sampling
  • Planning Ethically Responsible Research
  • Part 2. Applied Research Framework
  • Randomized Controlled Experiments for Evaluation and Planning
  • Quasi-Experimentation
  • The Abridged Version of Case Study Research
  • Design and Method
  • Needs Analysis
  • Process and Techniques
  • Formative Evaluation of Costs, Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit
  • Toward Cost, Procedure, Process, Outcome Analysis
  • Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis
  • Part 3. Practical Data Collection And Analysis Methods
  • Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions
  • Practical Aspects of Interview Data Collection and Data Management
  • Mail Surveys
  • Methods for Sampling and Interviewing in Telephone Surveys
  • Ethnography
  • Focus Group Research: Exploration and Discovery
  • Graphing Data