Real World Research/ (Record no. 176263)
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 0631176896 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Transcribing agency | CUS |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 300.72 |
Item number | ROB/R |
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Real World Research/ |
Sub title | a Resource for Social Scientists and Practitioner-Researchers |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Robson,Colin |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Oxford: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Wiley-Blackwell, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1993. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | 528 |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | PART I Before You Start<br/>1 Real World Enquiry<br/>Focusing on the Real World<br/>Studying Cases<br/>Can All This BcrSafely Skipped?<br/>Evaluation and Change<br/>The Audience for this Book<br/>A Word to Psychologists - Aspiring and Actual<br/>A Word to Others with a Social Science Background<br/>A Word to Those without a Social Science Background<br/>Returning to the Real World<br/>Further Reading<br/>2 Developing a Proposal<br/>Models of the Research Process<br/>Deciding on the Focus<br/>Deciding on the Research Question{s)<br/>Developing the Research Question(s)<br/>Research Questions and Hypotheses<br/>Ethical Considerations<br/>Further Reading<br/>Part II Designing the Enquiry<br/>3 General Design Issues<br/>Getting a Feel for Design Issues<br/>Choosing a Research Strategy - Overview<br/>^Experimental Methodology<br/>^Survey Methodology<br/>._^,Gase Study Methodology<br/>Treating Other Enquiries as Case Studies<br/>Implications of Taking Case Study Seriously<br/>Feminist Research and Sexism<br/>Establishing Trustworthiness<br/>Further Reading<br/>4 Experimental Design Outside the Laboratory<br/>Introduction<br/>^Experimentation and Causality<br/>Laboratory Experiments and the Real World<br/>Field Experiments<br/>True Experimental Designs<br/>Quasi-experimentation<br/>Single-subject Experimental Designs<br/>Passive Experimentation<br/>Further Reading<br/>/<br/>5 Designing Small Surveys ^<br/>Introduction<br/>What is t Survey?<br/>Advantages and Disadvantages of the Survey<br/>Why Carry Out a Survey?<br/>Formal Designs for Surveys<br/>Practicalities of Design<br/>Sampling in Surveys - and Elsewhere<br/>Probability Samples<br/>Non-probability Samples<br/>Representative Sampling and the Real World<br/>Sampling and the Other Research Strategies<br/>Further Reading ^<br/>6 Designing Case Studies<br/>Introduction<br/>Developing a Conceptual Framework<br/>Developing a Set of Research Questions in a Case Study<br/>Developing a Sampling Strategy<br/>Selection of Data Collection Techniques<br/>Types of Case Study<br/>Requirements from the Investigator<br/>Research Strategies and Real Life<br/>Further Reading<br/>Choosing a Research Strategy Summary<br/>7 Designing Evaluations<br/>Evaluation - a Purpose, not a Strategy<br/>The Importance of Evaluation<br/>A Note on Possible Subjects for an Evaluation<br/>Defining Evaluation<br/>Differing Approaches<br/>Purposes of Evaluation<br/>Carrying Out an Evaluation<br/>The Politics of Evaluation<br/>Needs Assessment<br/>Evaluation and Enquiry<br/>Further Reading<br/>PART ni Tactics - the Methods of Data Collection<br/>Selecting the Method(s) — Overview<br/>8 Observational Methods<br/>Introduction<br/>Advantages and Disadvantages of Observation<br/>Observation in Enquiry<br/>Approaches to Observation<br/>Participant Observation<br/>Getting Started<br/>Observational Biases<br/>Structured Observation<br/>Observer Effects<br/>Deciding on a Coding Scheme<br/>Coding Sequences of Behaviour<br/>Reliability and Structured Observation<br/>Further Reading<br/>9 Interviews and Questionnaires<br/>Introduction<br/>Interviews<br/>Advantages and Disadvantages of Interviews<br/>Types and Styles of Interviews<br/>General Advice for Interviewers<br/>Content of the Interview<br/>Carrying out Structured Interviews<br/>Carrying out Semi-structured Interviews<br/>Focused Interviews<br/>Other Approaches to Interviewing<br/>Self-completed Questionnaires<br/>The Coding of Responses<br/>Diaries<br/>Scales and Tests<br/>Further Reading<br/>10 Unobtrusive Measures and Other Approaches<br/>Introduction<br/>Trace Measures<br/>Using Documents<br/>Using Data Archives<br/>Brief Review of Additional Approaches<br/>Using Multiple Methods<br/>Further reading<br/>Arranging the Practicalities<br/>PART rV Dealing with the Data<br/>The Qualitative/Quantitative Debate<br/>Collecting the Data<br/>Analysing and Interpreting the Data<br/>Preparing for Analysis<br/>11 The Analysis of Quantitative Data<br/>Introduction<br/>Creating a Data Set /<br/>Exploring the Data Set<br/>Exploring Relationships between Two Variables<br/>Exploring Relationships among Three or More Variables<br/>Exploring Differences<br/>Quantitative Analysis and the Research Strategies<br/>(Experiment, Survey and Case Study)<br/>Further reading<br/>12 The Analysis of Qualitative Data<br/>Introduction<br/>Types of Qualitative Analysis<br/>Approaches to Analysis<br/>General Strategies for Analysis<br/>Carrying out Analysis during Data Collection<br/>Filing and Storage Systems<br/>Analysis on Completion of Data Collection<br/>Drawing Conclusions from Qualitative Data<br/>Establishing the Trustworthiness of Enquiry Based<br/>on Qualitative Data<br/>Further Reading<br/>PART V Making an Impact<br/>13 Reporting on the Enquiry<br/>Introduction<br/>Reporting What You Have Found |
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