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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... Research in the College Context, a well-received text intended to assist new and experienced higher education researchers discover less familiar and less practiced research ... institutional researchers will find the chapters useful as they ...
... research regarding the initiatives taken at several peer institutions. Forming a task force of students, faculty, and ... institutional research to conduct a comprehensive study of the numbers of students and their types of disabilities ...
... institution's history, statistically analyzing existing institutional data, conducting needs assessment, and evaluating programs—all these and more fall under the general rubric of research. This book discusses the development of a research ...
... research, assessment, and evaluation—that constitute the subject matter of this book. From that starting point, strategies to guide the reader from a general idea to a well-developed research ... institutional, departmental, divisional, or ...
... research sessions. Conferences that focus on research related to college campus issues include the American Educational Research Association (AERA): Postsecondary Education Division; Association for Institutional Research (AIR); and ...
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 - 2003 |