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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... explore new methods to answer pressing questions on their campuses. The book is useful for faculty teaching research classes —it provides a basic introduction to a variety of methods. From the introduction provided in this book ...
... 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 analyzing existing institutional data, conducting needs ...
... explored in a journal kept by the researcher as soon as the research project is conceptualized. This journal is an ... explore research project summaries. Through research topic and purpose statements, question and sub-question drafts ...
... explored. Other researchers focus narrowly, seeking to answer questions so esoteric that only a handful of people in an exactly similar situation would care or understand the results. To avoid Keller's (1985) admonition about ...
... explore the broad array of resources concerning topics of interest. The more familiar the researcher is with the questions, techniques, and research findings of others who share similar interests, the easier it is to generate a new ...
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 |