Using qualitative research to promote organizational intelligence / Ezekiel Kimball, Karla I. Loya, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kimbal, Ezekiel, editor.

Loya, Karla I., editor.

Series:

New directions for institutional research ; no. 174.

New directions for institutional research ; number 174.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Association for Institutional Research.

Education, Higher--Research.

Education, Higher.

Qualitative research.

Physical Description:

105 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2017].

Summary:

This volume explores qualitative research as a tool for institutional research. Utilizing Terenzini's definition of institutional research as systematic inquiry in the pursuit of organizational intelligence, the chapters in this volume present the argument that qualitative research can serve as a mechanism to produce technical / analytical, issues, and contextual awareness. Contributors to this volume also highlight, how difficult it may be to achieve true organizational intelligence without some use of qualitative research. While institutional researchers often employ informal qualitative methods (for example, drawing insight from their experiences and anecdotal observations) to anchor their understanding issues and context, we argue that qualitative data collection and analysis should be utilized more widely by institutional researchers. To that end this volume presents a systematic approach to qualitative research in institutional research that connects technical and analytical skills with issues awareness and knowledge of context. Book jacket.

Contents:

A qualitative toolkit for institutional research / Chrystal A. George Mwangi, Genia M. Bettencourt

Integrity is more than validity : seeking credible, usable, and ethical research / Sharon F. Rallis, Rachael B. Lawrence

Using mixed methods to assess initiatives with broad-based goals / Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas

Using qualitative research to document variations in student experience / Rachel E. Friedensen, Byron P. McCrae, Ezekiel Kimball

Context matters : using qualitative inquiry to inform departmental effectiveness and student success / Elizabeth A. Williams, Martha L.A. Stassen

Cooperative attention : using qualitative case studies to study peer institutions / Bethany Lisi

Using qualitative inquiry to promote organizational intelligence / Ezekiel Kimball, Karla I. Loya.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1119474345

9781119474340

OCLC:

1004262364