When to Use What Research Design.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogt, W. Paul.

Contributor:

Gardner, Dianne C.

Haeffele, Lynne M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences--Research--Design.

Social sciences.

Local Subjects:

Social sciences--Methodology.

Social sciences--Research--Design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Publications, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Systematic, practical, and accessible, this is the first book to focus on finding the most defensible design for a particular research question. Thoughtful guidelines are provided for weighing the advantages and disadvantages of various methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods designs. The book can be read sequentially or readers can dip into chapters on specific stages of research (basic design choices, selecting and sampling participants, addressing ethical issues) or data collection methods (surveys, interviews, experiments, observations, archival studies, and co

Contents:

Cover; Front Matter; Brief Contents; Extended Contents; General Introduction Design, Sampling, and Ethics; Part I

Research Questions and Designs; Chapter 1

When to Use Survey Designs; Chapter 2

When to Use Interview Designs; Chapter 3

When to Use Experimental Designs; Chapter 4

When to Use Naturalistic and Participant Observational Designs; Chapter 5

When to Use Archival Designs: Literature Reviews and Secondary Data Analyses; Chapter 6

When to Use Combined Research Designs; Part II

Sampling, Selection, and Recruitment; Chapter 7

Sampling for Surveys

Chapter 8

Identifying and Recruiting People for Interviews Chapter 9

Sampling, Recruiting, and Assigning Participants in Experiments; Chapter 10

Searching and Sampling for Observations; Chapter 11

Sampling from Archival Sources; Chapter 12

Sampling and Recruiting for Combined Research Designs; Part III

Research Ethics: The Responsible Conduct of Research; Chapter 13

Ethics in Survey Research; Chapter 14

Ethics in Interview Research; Chapter 15

Ethics in Experimental Research; Chapter 16

Ethics in Observational Research; Chapter 17

Ethical Issues in Archival Research

Chapter 18

Ethical Considerations in Combined Research Designs Conclusion: Culmination of Design, Sampling, and Ethics in Valid Data Coding; Glossary; References; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-4625-0387-X

1-283-51121-5

9786613511218

1-4625-0361-6

OCLC:

780445868