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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... 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 ...
... College Context offers a review, overview, and introduction to research methods that are helpful to students, faculty, and administrators who collect and analyze data in the college environment. In this way, the reader can assess which ...
... students, faculty, and administrators, the Provost asked the group to prepare a strategic plan for responding to the needs of this group of students. The Vice President for Student Affairs at a community college has created a task force ...
... college 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 ...
... students embarking on their first substantial project, formulate questions so broad they could fill an entire career with sub-questions to be explored. Other researchers focus narrowly, seeking to answer questions so esoteric that only ...
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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Research in the College Context: Approaches and Methods Frances K. Stage,Kathleen Manning Limited preview - 2013 |
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