Practical research and evaluation : a start-to-finish guide for p ractitioners - McCaig, Colin, Dr.; Dahlberg, Lena. (London : SAGE, 2010)
Practitioner research and the research process / Lena Dahlberg an d Colin McCaig -- Introduction to research and evaluation basics / Lena Dahlberg and Colin McCaig -- Research and evaluation design / Colin McCaig -- Ethics and research governance / Maria Smit h -- Writing a research proposal or brief / Colin McCaig and Lena Dahlberg -- Literature reviews / Tamsin Bowers-Brown and Anna St evens -- Action research / Scott Fernie and Karen Smith -- Dif ferent kinds of qualitative data collection methods / Maria Smith an d Tamsin Bowers-Brown -- Preparation and process of qualitative inte rviews and focus groups / Joanne Davis -- Qualitative data analys is / Karen Smith and Joanne Davies -- Different kinds of quantita tive data collection methods / Jason Leman -- Quantitative data c ollection / Jason Leman -- Quantitative data processing and anal ysis / Guillaumette Haughton and Anna Stevens -- Dissemination / Colin McCaig and Lena Dahlberg.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Social sciences -- Research; Research -- Evaluation