Research in the College Context: Approaches and Methods

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Frances 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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Preface
What is your Research Approach?
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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Frances K. Stage is Professor of Higher Education at New York University, USA.

Kathleen Manning is Professor Emerita of Higher Education and Student Affairs at the University of Vermont, USA.

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