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  • Evaluation in Action

    Interviews With Expert Evaluators

    by Jody L. Fitzpatrick, Christina A. Christie, Melvin M. Mark ...
    Evaluation in Action: Interviews With Expert Evaluators is the first book to go behind the scenes of real evaluations to explore the issues faced—and the decisions made—by notable evaluators in the field. Drawing from the popular "Exemplars" section in the American Journal of Evaluation (AJE), the book′s twelve interviews with evaluators illustrate a variety of evaluation practices in different ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Credible and Actionable Evidence

    The Foundation for Rigorous and Influential Evaluations

    Edited by Stewart I. Donaldson, Christina A. Christie, Melvin M. Mark ...
    Addressing one of the most important and contentious issues challenging applied research and evaluation practice today—what constitutes credible and actionable evidence?—this volume offers a balanced and current context in which to analyze the long-debated quantitative-qualitative paradigms. In the Second Edition, the contributors, a veritable "who’s who" in evaluation, discuss the diversity and ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

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  • The Oxford Guide to Library Research

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    The information world has undergone drastic changes since the publication of the 3rd edition of The Oxford Guide to Library Research in 2005, and Thomas Mann, a veteran reference librarian at the Library of Congress, has extensively revised his text to reflect those changes. This book will answer two basic questions: First, what is the extent of the significant research resources you will you miss ... Read more

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  • Heuristic Research

    Design, Methodology, and Applications

    by Clark Moustakas ...
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  • Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Scientists

    Beyond Regulatory Compliance

    by Mark Israel ...
    Ethics and integrity in researchare increasingly important for social scientists around the world. We are tackling more complex problems in the face of expanding and not always sympathetic regulation. This book surveys the recent developments and debates around researching ethically and with integrity and complying with ethical requirements. The new edition pushes beyond the work of the first ... Read more

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  • Focus Groups

    Theory and Practice

    by David W. Stewart, Prem N. Shamdasani ...
    Series series Applied Social Research Methods
    The fully updated Third Edition of Focus Groups: Theory and Practice offers a unique blend of focus group theory and practice in a single, easy-to-read source. It provides systematic treatment to the design, conduct, and interpretation of focus group data within the context of social science research and theory. Known for accessibility and step-by-step guidance, comprehensive treatment, and ... Read more

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  • Reflective Interviewing

    A Guide to Theory and Practice

    by Kathryn Roulston ...
    Qualitative researchers have long made use of many different interview forms. Yet, for novice researchers, making the connections between "theory" and "method" is not always easy. This book provides a theoretically-informed guide for researchers learning how to interview in the social sciences.In order to undertake quality research using qualitative interviews, a researcher must be able to ... Read more

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  • Analyzing and Reporting Focus Group Results

    by Richard A. Krueger ...
    Series series Focus Group Kit
    Richard Krueger offers a rich and valuable discussion of focus group analysis that is sure to become a major guide in future focus group efforts. Because analyzing focus group data is different from analyzing data collected through other qualitative methodologies, it presents new challenges to researchers. Analyzing and Reporting Focus Group Results offers an overview of important principles ... Read more

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  • Creating and Verifying Data Sets with Excel

    by Robert E. McGrath ...
    Accurate data entry and analysis can be deceptively labor-intensive and time-consuming. Creating and Verifying Data Sets with Excel is a focused, easy-to-read guide that gives readers the wherewithal to make use of a remarkable set of data tools tucked within Excel—tools most researchers are entirely unaware of. Robert E. McGrath’s book is the first to focus exclusively on Excel as a data entry ... Read more

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  • Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research

    by Jerome Kirk, Marc L. Miller ...
    Series series Qualitative Research Methods
    Authors Jerome Kirk and Marc L. Miller define what is—and what is not—qualitative research. They suggest that the use of numbers in the process of recording and analyzing observations is less important than that the research should involve sustained interaction with the people being studied, in their own language and on their own turf. Following a chapter on objectivity, the authors discuss the ... Read more

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  • Doing & Writing Qualitative Research

    by Adrian Holliday ...
    With a strong focus on using less traditional forms of data, Doing & Writing Qualitative Research provides a new perspective on issues such as the role of the researcher and the impact they have on data, and also considers the impact of social, cultural, and political complexities across a range of disciplines.Approachable and logically structured, the new Third Edition expertly sets out the many ... Read more

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