Research in the College Context: Approaches and MethodsFrances K. Stage, Kathleen Manning Routledge, 2015 M08 20 - 238 pages Research in the College Context, 2nd Edition provides faculty, students, practitioners, and researchers in the college environment with a manual of diverse approaches and methods for researching higher education and college students. The text offers the reader a variety of qualitative and quantitative research tools including interviewing, surveys, mixed methods, focus groups, visual methods, participatory action research, policy analysis, document analysis and historical methods, secondary data analysis, and use of large national data sets. This revised edition provides readers with current and innovative methodological tools needed to research the complex issues facing higher education today. Each technique is thoroughly presented with accompanying examples, advice for designing research projects, and tips for data collection, analysis, and dissemination of results. Clearly organized and accessible, this volume is the essential guide for experienced and novice researchers. |
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... campus residents. The Director asks the Assistant Director of Residence Life to provide a summary of documented cases that can be used for a general campus discussion to inform all on the issue. A professor in the School of Business ...
... campus. Analyzing already available policies and documents, exploring policies related to a campus issue, surveying students about their learning in classes, learning about a particular period in an institution's history, statistically ...
... campus. Although the literature may have been replete with information about drinking on campus, the Director may not personally have seen evidence of alcohol abatement initiatives on campus. The research topic pursued could involve the ...
... campus. By reading the literature on student alcohol use and discussing the project with others, the Director may realize that the student affairs staff was most concerned about the alcohol use of students prior to arriving on campus ...
... Campus faculty and administrators often have practical questions they would like answered through research and systemic study. In each of the research vignettes described at the start of this chapter, campus issues awaited researchers ...
Contents
RespondentBased Methods | |
Focus Groups | |
Mixed Methods | |
Mixed Methods Research | |
Using Original and PreExisting Data and Resources | |
Document Analysis Oral History and Historical Methods | |
Policy Analysis Research | |
Surveys | |
Large Data Set Analysis | |
Large National Datasets | |
Communicating your ResultsAdding to the Knowledge of the Field | |
Contributor Biographies | |
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