Practical research and evaluation a start-to-finish guide for practitioners / edited by Colin McCaig, Lena Dahlberg.

Other author McCaig, Colin, Dr.
Other author Dahlberg, Lena.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : SAGE,
Descriptionviii, 263 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from SAGE Research Methods Core
Subjects
Social sciences--Research.
Research--Evaluation.

Contents Practitioner research and the research process / Lena Dahlberg and Colin McCaig -- Introduction to research and evaluation basics / Lena Dahlberg and Colin McCaig -- Research and evaluation design / Colin McCaig -- Ethics and research governance / Maria Smith -- Writing a research proposal or brief / Colin McCaig and Lena Dahlberg -- Literature reviews / Tamsin Bowers-Brown and Anna Stevens -- Action research / Scott Fernie and Karen Smith -- Different kinds of qualitative data collection methods / Maria Smith and Tamsin Bowers-Brown -- Preparation and process of qualitative interviews and focus groups / Joanne Davis -- Qualitative data analysis / Karen Smith and Joanne Davies -- Different kinds of quantitative data collection methods / Jason Leman -- Quantitative data collection / Jason Leman -- Quantitative data processing and analysis / Guillaumette Haughton and Anna Stevens -- Dissemination / Colin McCaig and Lena Dahlberg.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009936571
ISBN9781847870032 (hbk.)
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