Accessing, Waiting, Plunging in, Wondering, and Writing: Retrospective Sense-Making of Fieldwork

Field Methods (2000)

Tags: Writing, Fieldwork, Access, Participant observation, Theory, Conversation analysis, Ethics / Research ethics, Ethnography, Interviews, Methodology, Qualitative research

Achievement Testing

Isaac I. Bejar

(1983)

A book which summarizes many of the recent advances in the theory and practice of achievement testing, in the light of technological developments, and developments in psychometric and psychological theory. It provides an introduction to the two major psychometric models, item response theory and g...

Tags: Validity of measurement

The Action Research Dissertation: A Guide for Students and FacultyRecently Published

Kathryn Herr & Gary L. Anderson

(2005)

Provides an accessibleroadmap that honors the complexity of action research. It will show that action research is appropriate not only for a dissertation, but also a deeply rewarding experience for both the researcher and participants. This bookhelps students understand the ways action research di...

Tags: Participatory action research, Action research, Dissertation, Practitioner research, Collaborative research, Practitioner evaluation

Action Research in the Classroom

Vivienne Baumfield, Elaine Hall, & Kate Wall

(2008)

Action Research in the Classroom is an essential guide for any teacher or student-teacher interested in doing research in the classroom. The ...

The Active Interview

James A. Holstein & Jaber F. Gubrium

(1995)

Interviews were once thought to be the pipeline through which information was transmitted from a passive subject to an omniscient researcher. However the new `active interview' considers interviewers and interviewees as equal partners in constructing meaning around an interview. This interpretatio...

Tags: Active interviews, Meaning, Interviews

An Additional Measure of Overall Effect Size for Logistic Regression Models

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (2008)

Tags: Regression, Regression coefficient, Effect size (ES), Predictor variables, Logistic regression, Quantitative data analysis

Advanced Focus Group Research

Edward F. Fern

(2001)

Advanced Focus Group Research examines the focus group research process in depth. It uncovers and addresses many of the complexities researchers encounter in conducting focus group research and introduces a conceptual framework that helps researchers make informed decisions about how to plan a foc...

Tags: Group dynamics, Theory, Focus groups

Advances in Age-Period-Cohort Analysis

Sociological Methods & Research (2008)

Tags: Random effects, Cohort effects, Analysis, Cohort analysis

Advances in Mixed Methods Research

Manfred Max Bergman

(2008)

Advances in Mixed Methods Research provides an essential introduction to the fast-growing field of mixed methods research. Bergman's book examines the current state of mixed-methods research, exploring exciting new ways of conceptualizing and conducting empirical research in the social and health ...

Tags: Combining methods, Mixing qualitative and quantitative data, Synthesis, Methodology, Concepts & philosophies, Mixed methods, Qualitative research, Quantitative research, Research design

Adventures in Criminal Justice Research

Kim A. Logio, George W. Dowdall, Earl R. Babbie, & Fred S. Halley

(2008)

The only book of its kind, this text guides students through the process of conducting criminological data analysis. Used primarily in lab settings, the Fourth Edition of Adventures in Criminal Justice Research, derived from the popular Adventures in Social Research (Babbie et al, Pine Forge Press...

Tags: Statistical significance, Variables, Data analysis, Analysis, Statistical packages, Survey, Descriptive statistics, Research design