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245		0	_aReal World Research/ _ba Resource for Social Scientists and Practitioner-Researchers _cRobson,Colin
260			_aOxford: _bWiley-Blackwell, _c1993.
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505			_aPART I Before You Start 1 Real World Enquiry Focusing on the Real World Studying Cases Can All This BcrSafely Skipped? Evaluation and Change The Audience for this Book A Word to Psychologists - Aspiring and Actual A Word to Others with a Social Science Background A Word to Those without a Social Science Background Returning to the Real World Further Reading 2 Developing a Proposal Models of the Research Process Deciding on the Focus Deciding on the Research Question{s) Developing the Research Question(s) Research Questions and Hypotheses Ethical Considerations Further Reading Part II Designing the Enquiry 3 General Design Issues Getting a Feel for Design Issues Choosing a Research Strategy - Overview ^Experimental Methodology ^Survey Methodology ._^,Gase Study Methodology Treating Other Enquiries as Case Studies Implications of Taking Case Study Seriously Feminist Research and Sexism Establishing Trustworthiness Further Reading 4 Experimental Design Outside the Laboratory Introduction ^Experimentation and Causality Laboratory Experiments and the Real World Field Experiments True Experimental Designs Quasi-experimentation Single-subject Experimental Designs Passive Experimentation Further Reading / 5 Designing Small Surveys ^ Introduction What is t Survey? Advantages and Disadvantages of the Survey Why Carry Out a Survey? Formal Designs for Surveys Practicalities of Design Sampling in Surveys - and Elsewhere Probability Samples Non-probability Samples Representative Sampling and the Real World Sampling and the Other Research Strategies Further Reading ^ 6 Designing Case Studies Introduction Developing a Conceptual Framework Developing a Set of Research Questions in a Case Study Developing a Sampling Strategy Selection of Data Collection Techniques Types of Case Study Requirements from the Investigator Research Strategies and Real Life Further Reading Choosing a Research Strategy Summary 7 Designing Evaluations Evaluation - a Purpose, not a Strategy The Importance of Evaluation A Note on Possible Subjects for an Evaluation Defining Evaluation Differing Approaches Purposes of Evaluation Carrying Out an Evaluation The Politics of Evaluation Needs Assessment Evaluation and Enquiry Further Reading PART ni Tactics - the Methods of Data Collection Selecting the Method(s) — Overview 8 Observational Methods Introduction Advantages and Disadvantages of Observation Observation in Enquiry Approaches to Observation Participant Observation Getting Started Observational Biases Structured Observation Observer Effects Deciding on a Coding Scheme Coding Sequences of Behaviour Reliability and Structured Observation Further Reading 9 Interviews and Questionnaires Introduction Interviews Advantages and Disadvantages of Interviews Types and Styles of Interviews General Advice for Interviewers Content of the Interview Carrying out Structured Interviews Carrying out Semi-structured Interviews Focused Interviews Other Approaches to Interviewing Self-completed Questionnaires The Coding of Responses Diaries Scales and Tests Further Reading 10 Unobtrusive Measures and Other Approaches Introduction Trace Measures Using Documents Using Data Archives Brief Review of Additional Approaches Using Multiple Methods Further reading Arranging the Practicalities PART rV Dealing with the Data The Qualitative/Quantitative Debate Collecting the Data Analysing and Interpreting the Data Preparing for Analysis 11 The Analysis of Quantitative Data Introduction Creating a Data Set / Exploring the Data Set Exploring Relationships between Two Variables Exploring Relationships among Three or More Variables Exploring Differences Quantitative Analysis and the Research Strategies (Experiment, Survey and Case Study) Further reading 12 The Analysis of Qualitative Data Introduction Types of Qualitative Analysis Approaches to Analysis General Strategies for Analysis Carrying out Analysis during Data Collection Filing and Storage Systems Analysis on Completion of Data Collection Drawing Conclusions from Qualitative Data Establishing the Trustworthiness of Enquiry Based on Qualitative Data Further Reading PART V Making an Impact 13 Reporting on the Enquiry Introduction Reporting What You Have Found
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