Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods

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Introduction - Leonard Bickman and Debra J Rog Why a Handbook of Applied Social Research? PART ONE: PLANNING APPLIED RESEARCH Applied Research Design - Leonard Bickman, Debra J Rog and Terry E Hedrick A Practical Approach Design Sensitivity - Mark W Lipsey Statistical Power for Applied Experimental Research Designing a Qualitative Study - Joseph A Maxwell Practical Sampling - Gary T Henry Planning Ethically Responsible Research - Joan E Sieber PART TWO: APPLIED RESEARCH FRAMEWORK Randomized Controlled Experiments for Evaluation and Planning - Robert F Boruch Quasi-Experimentation - Melvin M Mark and Charles S Reichardt The Abridged Version of Case Study Research - Robert K Yin Design and Method Needs Analysis - Jack McKillip Process and Techniques Formative Evaluation of Costs, Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit - Brian T Yates Toward Cost, Procedure, Process, Outcome Analysis Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis - Harris M Cooper and James J Lindsay PART THREE: PRACTICAL DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS METHODS Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions - Floyd J Fowler Jr Practical Aspects of Interview Data Collection and Data Management - Welmoet Bok van Kammen and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber Mail Surveys - Thomas W Mangione Methods for Sampling and Interviewing in Telephone Surveys - Paul J Lavrakas Ethnography - David M Fetterman Focus Group Research: Exploration and Discovery - David W Stewart and Prem N Shamdasani Graphing Data - Gary T Henry