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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... experience in mind. The second edition of Research in the 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 ...
... experiences of undocumented students in his college. The Vice President has charged the task force with an examination of federal and state laws and policies surrounding the issue. A purpose of the task force is to learn more about ...
... experience, discussions with colleagues, literature on the topic, and web postings to broadly inform decisions. If the initial research question is very narrow, the inquirer can move in the opposite way, situating the question within ...
... experience, should ask the questions, “Is this the research I really want to undertake?” “Has my topic strayed from my original purposes?” While this may be difficult for the beginning researcher to understand, experienced researchers ...
... experiences of undocumented students in his college. The Vice President has charged the task force with an examination of federal and state laws and policies surrounding the issue. A purpose of the task force is to learn more about ...
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 |
Research in the College Context: Approaches and Methods Frances K. Stage,Kathleen Manning Limited preview - 2013 |
Research in the College Context: Approaches and Methods Frances K. Stage,Kathleen Manning Limited preview - 2003 |