The SAGE handbook of applied social research methods

"Provides students and researchers with a comprehensive resource that covers core methods, research designs and data collection, management, and analysis issues. The only handbook to focus on the multimethod and interdisciplinary application of social research, it covers both qualitative and qu...

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Main Authors: Bickman, Leornard , 1941- (Author), Rog, Debra J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE Publications , c2009
Edition:2nd ed
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Online Access:Table of contents only

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245 0 4 |a The SAGE handbook of applied social research methods   |c Leonard Bickman, Debra J. Rog, editors 
250 |a 2nd ed 
260 |a Thousand Oaks, California :   |b SAGE Publications ,   |c c2009 
300 |a xvii, 661 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 26 cm. 
500 |a Published in 1998 under title: Handbook of applied social research methods 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Applied research design : a practical approach -- 2. Design sensitivity : statistical power for applied experimental research -- 3. Practical sampling -- 4. Planning ethically responsible research -- 5. Randomized controlled trials for evaluation and planning -- 6. Quasi-experimentation -- 7. Designing a qualitative study -- 8. How to do better case studies (with illustrations from 20 exemplary case studies) -- 9. Integrating qualitative and quantitative approaches to research -- 10. Organizational diagnosis -- 11. Research synthesis and meta-analysis -- 12. Design and evaluation of survey questions -- 13. Internet survey methods -- 14. Concept mapping for applied social research -- 15. Mail surveys -- 16. Methods for sampling and interviewing in telephone surveys -- 17. Ethnography -- 18. Group depth interviews : focus group research 
520 |a "Provides students and researchers with a comprehensive resource that covers core methods, research designs and data collection, management, and analysis issues. The only handbook to focus on the multimethod and interdisciplinary application of social research, it covers both qualitative and quantitative approaches and places critical emphasis on finding the tools that best fit the research question given the constraints of deadlines, budget, and available resources"--Jacket. 
650 0 |a Social sciences   |x Methodology 
650 0 |a Social sciences   |x Research   |x Methodology 
700 1 |a Bickman, Leornard ,   |d 1941- ,   |e author 
700 1 |a Rog, Debra J. ,   |e author 
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