SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods

Name: SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods
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ISBN: 9781412950312

ISBN-10: 1412950317

ISBN-13: 9781412950312

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Leonard Bickman, Debra J. Rog, Leonard Bickman, Leonard Bickman

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The Second Edition of The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods provides students and researchers with the most comprehensive resource covering core methods, research designs, and data collection, management, and analysis issues. This thoroughly revised edition continues to place critical emphasis on finding the tools that best fit the research question given the constraints of deadlines, budget, and available staff. Each chapter offers guidance on how to make intelligent and conscious tradeoffs so that one can refine and hone the research question as new knowledge is gained, unanticipated obstacles are encountered, or contextual shifts take place. Each chapter has been enhanced…

Book details

List price: $195.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/27/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 680
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.300
Language: English



Introduction


Why A Handbook of Applied Social Research?




Approaches to Applied Research



Applied Research Design




Design Sensitivity: Statistical Power for Applied Experimental Research




Practical Sampling




Planning Ethically Responsible Research




Applied Research Designs



Randomized Controlled Trials for Evaluation and Planning




Quasi-experimentation




Designing a Qualitative Study




How to Do Better Case Studies (with Illustrations from 20 Exemplary Case Studies)




Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Research




Organizational Diagnosis




Research Synthesis and Meta-analysis




Practical Data Collection



Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions




Internet Survey Methods




Concept Mapping for Applied Social Research




Mail Surveys




Methods for Sampling and Interviewing in Telephone Surveys




Ethnography




Group Depth Interviews: Focus Group Research



Applied Research Design



Designing a Qualitative Study



Practical Sampling



Planning Ethically Responsible Research



Randomized Controlled Experiements for Evaluation



Quasi-Experimentation



Abridged Version of Case Study Research: Design and Method



Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis



Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions



Organizational Diagnosis and Assessment



Mail Surveys



Methods for Sampling and Interviewing in Telephone Surveys



Ethnography



Focus Group Research: Exploration andDiscovery



Concept Mapping



Internet Data Collection



Mixed Methods



Comparative Analysis