The SAGE handbook of applied social research methods /
This text is a comprehensive, intelligent & authoritative guide to researchers who need to select & use the most suitable approach, specific designs, & data collection procedures for their applied research.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Los Angeles ; London :
SAGE,
[2009]
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : why a handbook of applied social research methods? / Leonard Bickman and Debra J. Rog
- Applied research design : a practical approach / Leonard Bickman and Debra J. Rog
- Design sensitivity : statistical power for applied experimental research / Mark W. Lipsey and Sean M. Hurley
- Practical sampling / Gary T. Henry
- Planning ethically responsible research / Joan E. Sieber
- Randomized controlled trials for evaluation and planning / Robert F. Boruch [and others]
- Quasi-experimentation / Melvin M. Mark and Charles S. Reichardt
- Designing a qualitative study / Joseph A. Maxwell
- How to do better case studies (with illustrations from 20 exemplary case studies) / Robert K. Yin
- Integrating qualitative and quantitative approaches to research / Abbas Tashakkori and Charles Teddlie
- Organizational diagnosis / Michael I. Harrison
- Research synthesis and meta-analysis / Harris M. Cooper, Erika A. Patall, and James J. Lindsay
- Design and evaluation of survey questions / Floyd J. Fowler Jr. and Carol Cosenza
- Internet survey methods / Samuel J. Best and Chase H. Harrison
- Concept mapping for applied social research / Mary Kane and William M. Trochim
- Mail surveys / Thomas W. Mangione and Janet H. Van Ness
- Methods for sampling and interviewing in telephone surveys / Paul J. Lavrakas
- Ethnography / David M. Fetterman
- Group depth interviews : focus group research / David W. Stewart, Prem N. Shamdasani, and Dennis W. Rook.