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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... 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 ...
... Data Set Analysis Higher education is replete with quantitative data from large national as well as government-sponsored sources. Diane Cárdenas Elliott in “Chapter 11: Secondary Data Analysis” encourages new and experienced researchers ...
... quantitative methods. 7. Critical quantitative research uses numerical data “to represent educational processes and outcomes on a large scale to reveal inequities... to question models measures and analytic practices of quantitative ...
... Data, methods and theory in educational enquiry. London: Bloomsbury Academic. Stage, F. K. (2007). Answering critical questions using quantitative data. Special Issue: Using Quantitative Data to Answer Critical Questions. New Directions ...
... Quantitative Scope Findings Focus Constructivist Paradigm Data Results Depth Descriptive and interpretive Individual and Individuals, groups Idiographic Context dependent Breadth Breadth Prediction and control Generalizable Post ...
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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