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| Introduction | |
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| Agency-Based Research | |
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| New in this Edition | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Layout of the Workbook | |
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| How to Use This Workbook | |
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| Special Note to Students | |
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| Special Note to Course Instructors | |
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| Special Note to Field Instructors | |
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| Special Note to Agency Staff | |
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| A Final Note | |
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| Orientation to Agency Research | |
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| If the Agency Has a Research Program | |
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| If the Agency Does Not Have a Research Program | |
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| Staff Views and Usage of Research | |
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| Agency Resources for Your Research | |
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| Timeframe for Your Research Project | |
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| Protection of Research Participants (Preliminary) | |
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| The University IRB | |
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| The Agency IRB | |
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| Prepare a Time Line for Your Human Subjects' Review Application | |
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| The Research Question | |
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| What Would You Like to Know? | |
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| What Would the Agency Like to Know? | |
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| What Would the Clients Like to Know? | |
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| What Is Your Research Question? | |
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| List of Student Research Questions and Design Type | |
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| Browse the Literature | |
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| Related to Your Topic | |
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| Refine Your Research Question | |
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| Finalize Your Research Question | |
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| The Literature Review | |
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| Conduct a Literature Search | |
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| Evaluate and Critique the Literature | |
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| Write the Introduction Section | |
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| Write the Literature Review Section | |
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| Annotated Example of a Literature Review | |
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| Choosing Your Methodology and Developing a Time Line | |
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| Determine the Purpose of Your Study | |
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| Develop Your Proposed Time Line | |
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| Submit Proposed Study to Your Course Instructor | |
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| Study Timeline Template | |
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| Survey Research | |
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| Translate Concepts and Variables into Measures | |
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| Construct Your Research Questionnaire | |
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| Plan How to Administer Your Questionnaire | |
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| Pilot Your Research Instrument and Plan for Data Collection | |
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| Write the METHODS Section | |
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| Data Collection | |
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| Qualitative Research | |
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| Develop the Interview Agenda (Your Research Instrument) | |
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| Plan How to Conduct Interviews | |
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| Pilot Your Interview Agenda and Plan for Data Collection | |
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| Write the METHODS Section | |
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| Data Collection | |
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| Single-Subject Design Research | |
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| Translate Concepts into Variables | |
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| Translate Variables into Measures | |
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| Identify the Specific Single-Subject Design | |
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| Write the METHODS Section | |
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| Data Collection | |
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| Outcomes Evaluation | |
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| Developing the Rationale for the Intervention: A Logic Model | |
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| Developing Program Outcomes and their Measures | |
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| Choosing a Design | |
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| Threats to Internal Validity | |
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| Selecting a Sample and Assigning Groups | |
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| Writing the Methods Section | |
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| Data Collection | |
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| Example of a Logic Model | |
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| Sample Design | |
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| For Probability Samples | |
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| For Nonprobability Samples | |
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| Write the SAMPLE Section | |
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| Protection of Research Participants | |
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| Construct a Consent Form | |
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| Outline Procedures for Obtaining Informed Consent | |
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| Confidentiality Safeguards | |
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| Request Agency Approval | |
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| Request IRB Approval | |
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| Sample Consent Forms | |
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| Data Analysis for Surveys and Outcomes Evaluation | |
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| Presentation of Descriptive Information | |
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| Statistical Tests for Descriptive Data | |
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| Presentation of Group Comparis | |