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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... outcomes on a large scale to reveal inequities... to question models measures and analytic practices of quantitative research... to conduct culturally relevant research by studying institutions and people in context... and to study new ...
... outcomes? Does the researcher prefer to explain and describe events, practices, or actions in more distinct settings? researcher The following questions can help new researchers determine whether the research can be logistically and ...
... outcomes of different methods.” Action–theory or theory–action conflict. “Enrollment management says that student involvement is essential but student discipline systems don't have student involvement as a central tenet of their ...
... outcomes (e.g. the “butterfly effect”). One cannot possibly find or isolate any “effect” from its “cause.” Singular and multiple causes result in singular and multiple effects. The interpretations and descriptions that compose the ...
... laws. Explanation, prediction, and control are the outcomes desired of the research (Guba & Lincoln, 2005; Heron & Reason, 1997; Lincoln, Lynham, & Guba, 2011). The researcher should consider the following questions to assess whether the.
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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