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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... respondents build theory “grounded” in the data and research context. This interpretive and descriptive theory aids the researcher and others to understand and/or make meaning of the phenomenon under study. These reconstructions of the ...
... respondent need to be taken into account in the research process? Is it ethical to conduct research on a topic or topics about ... respondents. A second perceived weakness of a constructivist approach is the lack of generalizability of ...
... respondent relationship; verification of hypotheses; generalizations; and value-free, unbiased procedures and results. Positivist Paradigm Components The positivist paradigm is a highly effective perspective on which to rest research ...
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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 - 2013 |
Research in the College Context: Approaches and Methods Frances K. Stage,Kathleen Manning Limited preview - 2003 |