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Author : Eric Drever
Publisher : Scre Centre
ISBN 13 : 9781860030727
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Using Semi-structured Interviews in Small-scale Research written by Eric Drever and published by Scre Centre. This book was released on 2003 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter T Knight
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761968627
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (686 download)
Download or read book Small-Scale Research written by Peter T Knight and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002-03-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written with the needs of students uppermost, Small-Scale Research is a direct, comprehensive guide for students doing theses, dissertations, papers and projects. It systematically works through the central methods of inquiry and demonstrates the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
Author : Anne Galletta
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814732941
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond written by Anne Galletta and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond offers an in-depth and captivating step-by-step guide to the use of semi-structured interviews in qualitative research. By tracing the life of an actual research project–an exploration of a school district's effort over 40 years to address racial equality–as a consistent example threaded across the volume, Anne Galletta shows in concrete terms how readers can approach the planning and execution of their own new research endeavor, and illuminates unexpected real-life challenges they may confront and how to address them. The volume offers a close look at the inductive nature of qualitative research, the use of researcher reflexivity, and the systematic and iterative steps involved in data collection, analysis, and interpretation. It offers guidance on how to develop an interview protocol, including the arrangement of questions and ways to evoke analytically rich data. Particularly useful for those who may be familiar with qualitative research but have not yet conducted a qualitative study, Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond will serve both undergraduate and graduate students as well as more advanced scholars seeking to incorporate this key methodological approach into their repertoire.
Author : Gary Thomas
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446242994
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)
Download or read book How to do Your Research Project written by Gary Thomas and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lecturers, why waste time waiting for the post to arrive? Click on the above icon and receive your e-inspection copy today! ′Whether embarking on research as an undergraduate or for a doctorate, Gary Thomas′ book will be of great value to you. It is refreshingly different from other books about doing research: it′s informative, well-written, wide-ranging yet sufficiently detailed and above all it′s enjoyable to read! I recommend it highly′. Professor Peter Earley, Institute of Education, University of London Are you doing a research project? Do you need advice on how to carry out research? Using practical examples, this book takes you through what should happen at each phase in the project′s schedule. Gary Thomas explains the main design frames and methods of data collection and analysis used in education and social science research, and provides down to earth advice on how to weave these elements together into a coherent whole. Structured according to the main phases of doing a project, the book covers · deciding your topic and your research question · project management and study skills · doing a literature review · methodology and research design · design frames · ethics and access · how to analyse the information you gather · discussing findings, theorising, concluding and writing up This book is an essential read for undergraduate, postgraduate, CPD and doctoral students undertaking a project in the applied social sciences. Comments from tutors: ′I loved this book! It brought research methods alive′: Gill Richards ,Nottingham Trent University ′Unputdownable′: Joy Jarvis ,University of Hertfordshire ′Accessible and encouraging style′: Neil Stott ,Nottingham Trent University Comments from students: ′Brilliant′: Alison Patterson ′Love the visual models′: Susan Allan ′Filled me with optimism′: Anne Cowan ′Very entertaining as well as extremely useful′: Viv Brown Gary Thomas is Professor of Education at the University of Birmingham.
Author : Elaine Wilson
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446205134
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)
Download or read book School-based Research written by Elaine Wilson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2009-01-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ′This book will provide a very valuable resource for developing teachers and their University tutors. There is great breadth and depth in reflections upon different aspects of researching school based practice and the reader is guided carefully through the challenging processes of devising enquiries, collecting evidence, analysing data and writing up research. The book can be used on different levels - from quick reference to thorough analysis on research methodology. The examples drawn from the work of new researchers on M level PGCEs and MA programmes provide excellent models for reflection′ - Simon Thompson, Director of Initial Teacher Education at the University of Sussex The new M-level PGCE courses require trainee teachers to demonstrate the ability to systematically research their own practice during professional placements. This book is designed to guide students through the research process, supporting novice researchers as they build research skills. The book will help new teachers beginning to use research literature to ask questions about published work, showing that the nature of knowledge sought, and how such knowledge is justified, depends on the standpoint from which questions are asked, what sorts of answers are deemed researchable and the audience to whom results are to be addressed. It also contextualises methodological issues alongside key ideas which teachers are likely to be concerned with, such as ability grouping, pupil voice, pupil behaviour, teaching approaches and pupil motivation. Focused clearly on the needs of the new classroom researcher, this book is a thorough and thoughtful guide to the research process.
Author : Michael Lewis-Beck
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761923633
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (236 download)
Download or read book The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods written by Michael Lewis-Beck and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 900 entries, this resource covers all disciplines within the social sciences with both concise definitions & in-depth essays.
Author : Virginia Braun
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446289516
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Successful Qualitative Research written by Virginia Braun and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Shortlisted for the BPS Book Award 2014 in the Textbook Category* *Winner of the 2014 Distinguished Publication Award (DPA) from the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP)* Successful Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide for Beginners is an accessible, practical textbook. It sidesteps detailed theoretical discussion in favor of providing a comprehensive overview of strategic tips and skills for starting and completing successful qualitative research. Uniquely, the authors provide a "patterns framework" to qualitative data analysis in this book, also known as "thematic analysis." The authors walk students through a basic thematic approach, and compare and contrast this with other approaches. This discussion of commonalities, explaining why and when each method should be used, and in the context of looking at patterns, will provide students with complete confidence for their qualitative research journey. This textbook will be an essential textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates taking a course in qualitative research or using qualitative approaches in a research project.
Author : Paul J. Lavrakas
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 150631788X
Total Pages : 1072 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods written by Paul J. Lavrakas and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2008-09-12 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In conjunction with top survey researchers around the world and with Nielsen Media Research serving as the corporate sponsor, the Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods presents state-of-the-art information and methodological examples from the field of survey research. Although there are other "how-to" guides and references texts on survey research, none is as comprehensive as this Encyclopedia, and none presents the material in such a focused and approachable manner. With more than 600 entries, this resource uses a Total Survey Error perspective that considers all aspects of possible survey error from a cost-benefit standpoint.
Author : Diana Burton
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761944218
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (442 download)
Download or read book Practitioner Research for Teachers written by Diana Burton and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2005 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors show how being able to conduct and understand research is vital for the professional development of teachers.
Author : Diana Burton
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1847873588
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)
Download or read book Key Issues for Education Researchers written by Diana Burton and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2009-06-04 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doing a small-scale research project is a compulsory element of an Education Studies degree. This book will guide and support students through their research, offering practical advice on designing, planning and completing the research and on writing it up. It outlines the philosophical approaches underpinning research, and talks through techniques in both quantitative and qualitative methods, how to design research instruments, and the collecting and analyzing of data.
Author : Anne Galletta
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814733417
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond written by Anne Galletta and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond offers an in-depth and captivating step-by-step guide to the use of semi-structured interviews in qualitative research. By tracing the life of an actual research project–an exploration of a school district's effort over 40 years to address racial equality–as a consistent example threaded across the volume, Anne Galletta shows in concrete terms how readers can approach the planning and execution of their own new research endeavor, and illuminates unexpected real-life challenges they may confront and how to address them. The volume offers a close look at the inductive nature of qualitative research, the use of researcher reflexivity, and the systematic and iterative steps involved in data collection, analysis, and interpretation. It offers guidance on how to develop an interview protocol, including the arrangement of questions and ways to evoke analytically rich data. Particularly useful for those who may be familiar with qualitative research but have not yet conducted a qualitative study, Mastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond will serve both undergraduate and graduate students as well as more advanced scholars seeking to incorporate this key methodological approach into their repertoire.
Author : United States. General Accounting Office. Program Evaluation and Methodology Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Using Structured Interviewing Techniques written by United States. General Accounting Office. Program Evaluation and Methodology Division and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Simpson
Publisher : HP Trade
ISBN 13 : 9781860030772
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Using Observations in Small-scale Research written by Mary Simpson and published by HP Trade. This book was released on 2003 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers are guided through: the pros and cons of using observation, the main methods of recording, planning and carrying out observation sessions, analysing the dato to answer different types of research question
Author : Kimberly Safford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134722915
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)
Download or read book Small-Scale Research in Primary Schools written by Kimberly Safford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small-scale Research in Primary Schools provides guidance and inspiration for students and practitioners undertaking practical investigations and workplace enquiry in the primary school. The 30 chapters are carefully selected to illustrate a range of approaches to educational enquiry, and are particularly relevant to the range of practitioners who may carry out school-based research as part of a course of study: teachers, trainee- and newly-qualified teachers, teaching assistants, learning mentors and staff who support children with individual needs. Research topics addressed in chapters include children’s learning in the core curriculum subjects as well as themes central to teaching and learning. Important concepts and terminology are highlighted throughout. More specifically, areas of research explored include: Play Special Educational Needs Working with parents and families English as an Additional Language Creativity Language development Learning environments Small-scale Research in Primary Schools provides a straightforward, highly accessible introduction to enquiry approaches and research methodologies, and the questions and challenges adults in schools encounter about children’s learning. It shows how small-scale research in primary education can impact on professional thinking and learning. It aims to provide constructive support for students and practitioners in extending their knowledge and understanding through workplace enquiry.
Author : Joseph S. Wholey
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 : 0787973882
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (879 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation written by Joseph S. Wholey and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2004-06-08 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation offers managers, analysts, consultants, and educators in government, nonprofit, and private institutions a valuable resource that outlines efficient and economical methods for assessing program results and identifying ways to improve program performance. The Handbook has been thoroughly revised. Many new chapters have been prepared for this edition, including chapters on logic modeling and on evaluation applications for small nonprofit organizations. The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation is a comprehensive resource on evaluation, covering both in-depth program evaluations and performance monitoring. It presents evaluation methods that will be useful at all levels of government and in nonprofit organizations.
Author : Harvey Russell Bernard
Publisher : Altamira Press
ISBN 13 : 9780759108691
Total Pages : 803 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Research Methods in Anthropology written by Harvey Russell Bernard and published by Altamira Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the best-selling textbook in anthropological methods. It includes new examples, new material on text analysis, rapid ethnography, computers in the field, and an expanded bibliography.
Author : Jonathan A Smith
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446203891
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis written by Jonathan A Smith and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ′It is not often I can use "accessible" and "phenomenology" in the same sentence, but reading the new book, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis...certainly provides me the occasion to do so. I can say this because these authors provide an engaging and clear introduction to a relatively new analytical approach′ - The Weekly Qualitative Report Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is an increasingly popular approach to qualitative inquiry. This handy text covers its theoretical foundations and provides a detailed guide to conducting IPA research. Extended worked examples from the authors′ own studies in health, sexuality, psychological distress and identity illustrate the breadth and depth of IPA research. Each of the chapters also offers a guide to other good exemplars of IPA research in the designated area. The final section of the book considers how IPA connects with other contemporary qualitative approaches like discourse and narrative analysis and how it addresses issues to do with validity. The book is written in an accessible style and will be extremely useful to students and researchers in psychology and related disciplines in the health and social sciences.
