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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... Methodology faculty, dissertation advisors, and others engaged in research often hear the announcement, “I want to do a qualitative [or quantitative] study. I just haven't decided on my topic yet.” Unfortunately, this approach confuses ...
... methodological decisions about your research. Provocative exception. “Why don't students of color and White students ... methodology can be made with more ease, research topics can gain and/or retain clarity, and challenges to research ...
... methodology utilized, and suggests techniques to be employed throughout the research. Reading literature, speaking with professionals, and attending professional meetings and conferences are all good strategies for discovering relevant ...
... Methodology for the human sciences: Systems of inquiry. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. Rudestam, K., & Newton, R. R. (1992). Surviving your dissertation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Schwandt, T. A. (2007). (3rd ed.). The ...
... methodology through which to answer a research question. In undertaking this task, the researcher considers the topic and paradigmatic basis upon which to base the methodological choices. The paradigm debate has raged since Thomas Kuhn ...
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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