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The field research survival guide edited by Arlene Rubin Stiffman
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social service--Fieldwork.
- Social service.
- Psychology--Fieldwork.
- Psychology.
- Psychiatry--Research--Fieldwork.
- Psychiatry.
- Public health--Fieldwork.
- Public health.
- public health.
- social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York Oxford University Press 2009
- Summary:
- This collection of field research narratives acknowledges the unpredictability of managing a project and illustrates real-world problems and solutions. Each chapter has practical import for the researcher, ties together extant literature, and illustrates the issues with concrete examples from the authors' own experience
- Contents:
- Contributors; 1 Balancing Science and Services: The Challenges and Rewards of Field Research; 2 Developing Questions when the Perfect Instrument Is Not Available; 3 Hiring, Training, and Retaining Research Staff and Interviewers; 4 Managing the Data from Survey Development through Archiving; 5 Data Preparation and Data Standards: The Devil Is in the Details; 6 Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Disparities: Ethical Dilemmas, Legal Issues, and IRB Requirements; 7 Creating Interdisciplinary Research Teams and Using Consultants
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Print version record
- Other Format:
- Print version Field research survival guide
- ISBN:
- 0199724148
- 9780199724147
- 0190296054
- 9780190296056
- 0199893853
- 9780199893850
- 1281998494
- 9781281998491
- 9786611998493
- 6611998497
- OCLC:
- 646809756
- Publisher Number:
- 9786611998493
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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