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Author | : Sue L. T. McGregor |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | : 880 |
Release | : 2017-10-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1506350976 |
Understanding and Evaluating Research: A Critical Guide shows students how to be critical consumers of research and to appreciate the power of methodology as it shapes the research question, the use of theory in the study, the methods used, and how the outcomes are reported. The book starts with what it means to be a critical and uncritical reader of research, followed by a detailed chapter on methodology, and then proceeds to a discussion of each component of a research article as it is informed by the methodology. The book encourages readers to select an article from their discipline, learning along the way how to assess each component of the article and come to a judgment of its rigor or quality as a scholarly report.
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 1991-02-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 030904281X |
With insightful discussion of program evaluation and the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control, this book presents a set of clear-cut recommendations to help ensure that the substantial resources devoted to the fight against AIDS will be used most effectively. This expanded edition of Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs covers evaluation strategies and outcome measurements, including a realistic review of the factors that make evaluation of AIDS programs particularly difficult. Randomized field experiments are examined, focusing on the use of alternative treatments rather than placebo controls. The book also reviews nonexperimental techniques, including a critical examination of evaluation methods that are observational rather than experimentalâ€"a necessity when randomized experiments are infeasible.
Author | : Saville Kushner |
Publisher | : Information Age Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-12 |
Genre | : Research |
ISBN | : 9781681236889 |
This book is written for research students and their supervisors, for 'program evaluators', and for those researchers who don't call themselves evaluators, but whose research is evaluative. It is aimed, this is to say, at those whose research involves judgment - of policies, practices or organization. judgment of their value, merit or their appropriateness. The involvement of judgment changes the nature of any research and makes particular demands on the researcher in terms of choice and use of method, ethics, political relationships and even emotional capabilities. There are many methodological text-books and models to support the researcher to meet such challenges. This is not one of those. Rather than teach a methodology or propose a model, this book helps you to think methodologically - i.e. to solve methodological, political, emotional issues as they arise, using your own judgment and your own resources. There are no blueprints for dealing with the ethics and the politics of evaluative research, there is only your ability to manage complexity and unpredictability. This book supports you in developing just that. Since this is an intellectual challenge the book offers both theory and method combined, and is laced with practical examples. (Fuente: www.infoagepub.com)
Author | : Joseph Check |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 2011-10-27 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1412998514 |
Research Methods in Education introduces research methods as an integrated set of techniques for investigating questions about the educational world. This lively, innovative text helps students connect technique and substance, appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and make ethical research decisions. It weaves actual research "stories" into the presentation of research topics, and it emphasizes validity, authenticity, and practical significance as overarching research goals. The text is divided into three sections: Foundations of Research (5 chapters), Research Design and Data Collection (7 chapters), and Analyzing and Reporting Data (3 chapters). This tripartite conceptual framework honors traditional quantitative approaches while reflecting the growing popularity of qualitative studies, mixed method designs, and school-based techniques. This approach provides a comprehensive, conceptually unified, and well-written introduction to the exciting but complex field of educational research.
Author | : Michael Quinn Patton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 381 |
Release | : 1984 |
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ISBN | : |
Author | : Donna M. Mertens |
Publisher | : Corwin Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0761946535 |
This text will enable readers to use tools to design, conduct and report research in a way that transforms, when appropriate, the delivery of special education.
Author | : Arnold J. Love |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1991-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780803932012 |
This text provides an introduction to the theory and practice of internal evaluation. It presents the stages of internal evaluation growth, ways of identifying users' needs and selecting appropriate evaluation methods.
Author | : Carol H. Weiss |
Publisher | : Prentice Hall |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Purposes of evaluation; Formulating the question and measuring the aswer; Design of the evaluation; The turbulent setting of the action program; Utilization of evaluation results.
Author | : Donna M. Mertens |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2017-07-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1506330673 |
In Mixed Methods Design in Evaluation, the first volume of SAGE's Evaluation in Practice Series, best-selling author Donna M. Mertens explores the meaning of mixed methods evaluation, its evolution over the last few decades, and the dominant philosophical frameworks that are influencing thought and practice in the field today. Four chapters explore evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions, development of instruments, systematic reviews, and policy evaluations, while an additional chapter covers evaluation approaches often required in specific contexts including gender responsive evaluations, needs assessment, and evaluations in conflict zones. Practical in nature, the book guides readers’ thinking about the design of mixed methods evaluations through the use of illustrative examples and explanations for further applications.
Author | : E. Jane Davidson |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780761929307 |
Evaluation Methodology Basics introduces evaluation by focusing on the main kinds of 'big picture' questions that evaluations usually need to answer, and how the nature of such questions are linked to evaluation methodology choices. The author: shows how to identify the right criteria for your evaluation; discusses how to objectively figure out which criteria are more important than the others; and, delves into how to combine a mix of qualitative and quantitative data with 'relevant values' (such as needs) to draw explicitly evaluative conclusions.