When research goes off the rails : why it happens and what you can do about it / edited by David L. Streiner, Souraya Sidani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Streiner, David L.

Sidani, Souraya.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Research--Methodology.

Psychology.

Medical sciences--Research--Methodology.

Medical sciences.

Behavioral Sciences--methods.

Biomedical Research--methods.

Research Design.

Medical Subjects:

Behavioral Sciences--methods.

Biomedical Research--methods.

Research Design.

Physical Description:

xiii, 398 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2010]

Summary:

This Refreshingly Candid Guide Presents Firsthand Vignettes of Obstacles on The Bumpy road of research and offers feasible, easy-to-implement solutions. Contributors from a range of disciplines describe real-world problems at each stage of a quantitative or qualitative research project-from gaining review board approval to collecting and analyzing data-and discuss how these problems were resolved, including suggestions for further reading. A detailed summary chart helps readers quickly find material on specific issues, methods, and settings. Written with clarity and wit, the vignettes provide exemplars of critical thinking that researchers can apply when developing the operational plan of a study or when facing practical difficulties in a particular research phase.

Contents:

I Ethics Approval 17

1 When Mountains Move Too Slowly / Melanie A. Hwalek, Victoria L. Straub 21

2 The Ethics of Sex Research on the Internet / Aussa Sherry, Amy Amidon 27

3 When Safeguards Become Straitjackets: How Ethics Research Board Requirements Might Contribute to Ethical Dilemmas in Studies with Marginalized Populations / Mechthilo Meyer, Alma Estable, Lynne Maclean, Nancy Edwards 34

4 Going Off the Rails for "Love or Money" : Implementation Issues Related to Payment of Research Participants in an Addiction-Research Project / Brian R. Rush, Dominique Morisono 43

II Accessing the Participants 53

5 Frailty, Thy Name Is Macho / Jos ̌Quirino Dos Santos 57

6 Power in Numbers: Research with Families in Long-Term Care / Julie M. Dergalserafini 65

7 Getting the Wrong Gatekeeper / Lynne Maclean 74

8 Breaking into Court / Mandeep K. Dhami, Karen A. Souza 81

9 The RDC Archipelago / Scott Veldhuizen, John Cairney, David L. Streiner 88

III Recruitment and Retention 97

10 Small Colleges and Small n's / Chrostopher Koch, Anna Tabor 101

11 Mitigating the Impact of External Forces / Souraya Sidani, David L Streiner, Chantale Marie Leclerc 106

12 A Trip to the School of Hard Knocks: Recruiting Participants from Health Service Agencies for Qualitative Studies of Aging / Kathleen W. Piercy 113

13 All Aboard!: Using Community Leaders to Keep Clinical Researchers on Track / Philippe A. Barrette 119

14 Changing Horses in Midstream: Transforming a Study to Address Recruitment Problems / Anthoney S. Joyce 130

15 When Cost Meets Efficiency: Rethinking Ways to Sample a Rare Population / Julian Montoro-Rodricuez, Gregory C. Smith 136

16 The Story Is in the Numbers / Robert Van Reekum 147

17 Strategies for Retaining Participants in Longitudinal Research with Economically Disadvantaged and Ethnically Diverse Samples / Elizabeth A. Goncy, Michelle E. Roley, Manfred H. M. Van Dulmen 152

18 Culturally Specific Strategies for Retention and Adherence to Physical Activity Interventions in Hispanic Women / Colleen Keller, Jilie Fleury, Adrianna Perez 161

IV Study Implimentation 169

19 When a Beautiful Intervention Meets Ugly Reality: Implementing an Intervention in the Real World / Souraya Sidani, David L. Streiner, Chantle Marie Leclerc 171

20 When Saving Blood Goes Wrong / Cluadio S. Cinà, Catherine M. Clase 177

21 PDA = Pretty Darned Awful: The Trials and Tribulations of Running Trials of PDAs / Geofferey R. Norman 183

22 When Sugar Is Not So Sweet: Camera Shyness and Intentional Cointervention Almost Derail a Study / Franchise Filion, C. Cľeste Johnston 191

23 Placebo Problems: Power and Persecution, or Paranoia? / Robert Van Reekum 199

V Data Collection 207

24 Revisiting Traditional Survey Methodology to Recruit and Survey Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Older Adults / S. Melinda Spencer, Julie Hicks Patrick 211

25 Technology: Help or Hindrance? / Nasreen Roberts 219

26 Hoist on Our Own Postcard / David L. Streiner 223

27 On the Finer Points of Handling Googlies: Reflections on Hits, Near Misses, and Full-Blown Swings at the Air in Large, Population-Based Studies Involving School, Parents, and Children / John Cairyney, John A. Hay, Brent E. Faught 228

28 Pets, Pies, and Videotape: Conducting In-Home Observational Research with Late-Life Intergenerationai Families / Brian D. Carpenter, Steve Balsis 239

29 Underfunded but Not Undone / Dianne Brynt 248

30 Community-Based Participatory Research: A Lesson in Humility / Dennis Watson 254

31 Where Did All the Bodies Go? / Harry S.Shannon 263

32 Measures for Improving Measures / Katherine Mcknight, Patrick E. Mcknight 268

VI Data Analysis 281

33 Drowsing Over Data: When Less Is More / Lynne Maclean, Alma Estable, Mechthild Meyer, Anita Kothari, Nancy Edwards, Barb Riley 283

34 Bigger Is Not Always Better: Adventures in the World of Survey Data Analysis / Sylvia Kairouz, Louise Nadeau 290

35 Taking Aim at a Moving Target: When a Study Changes in the Middle / Arthro Mart&Iacute-Carvajal 299

36 Lack of Normative Data as an Obstacle to Neuropsychological Assessment / F. Richard Ferraro, Kaylee Trottier-Wolter 304

37 These Data Do Not Compute / Lynne Maclean, Mechthilo Meyer, Alma Estable, Anita Kothari, Nancy Edwards 309

38 Avoiding Data Disasters and Other Pitfalls / Melinda F. Davis 320

39 When Interpretation Goes Awry: The Impact of Interim Testing / Dale Glaser 327

VII Collaboration 335

40 What Happened to Cooperation and Collaboration? / Nasreen Roberts 337

41 Presto! It's Gone: When a Study Ceases to Exist Right before Your Eyes / Katrina L. Bledsoe 344

42 Building Stakeholder Capacity to Enhance Effectivenessin Participatory Program Evaluation / Debazou Y.Yantio 352

VIII Final Thoughts 359

43 Sometimes It Is the Researcher, Not the Research, That Goes "Off the Rails" : The Value of Clear, Complete, and Precise Information in Scientific Reports / Joseph A. Durlak, Christine I. Celio, Molly K. Pachan, Kriston B. Schelunger 361

44 Final Thoughts: A Healthy Dose of Realism / Souraya Sidani, David L. Streiner 369.

ISBN:

9781606234105

1606234102

9781606234112

1606234110

OCLC:

318874703