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The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods.

Bickman, Leonard.

The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods. - 2nd ed. - 1 online resource (681 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Why a Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods? -- Part I - Approaches to Applied Research -- Chapter 1 - Applied Research Design: A Practical Approach -- Chapter 2 - Design Sensitivity: Statistical Power for Applied Experimental Research -- Chapter 3 - Practical Sampling -- Chapter 4 - Planning Ethically Responsible Research -- Part II - Applied Research Designs -- Chapter 5 - Randomized Controlled Trials for Evaluation and Planning -- Chapter 6 - Quasi-Experimentation -- Chapter 7 - Designing a Qualitative Study -- Chapter 8 - How to Do Better Case Studies: (With Illustrations From 20 Exemplary Case Studies) -- Chapter 9 - Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Research -- Chapter 10 - Organizational Diagnosis -- Chapter 11 - Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis -- Part III - Practical Data Collection -- Chapter 12 - Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions -- Chapter 13 - Internet Survey Methods -- Chapter 14 - Concept Mapping for Applied Social Research -- Chapter 15 - Mail Surveys -- Chapter 16 - Methods for Sampling and Interviewing in Telephone Surveys -- Chapter 17 - Ethnography -- Chapter 18 - Group Depth Interviews: Focus Group Research -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.

This Handbook addresses the methodology of social science research and the appropriate use of different methods.

9781412973311


Social sciences.


Electronic books.

H62

300.72

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