Author: Sue L. T. McGregor
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1506350976
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
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.
Understanding and Evaluating Research
Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030904281X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
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.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030904281X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
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.
Qualitative Evaluation Methods
Author: Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Evaluating Research
Author: Francis C. Dane
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 141297853X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
The book is intended to help students understand and interpret research articles and how to evaluate what was done in the research. It is not intended to show them how to do research but rather how to understand research articles and evaluate that research.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 141297853X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
The book is intended to help students understand and interpret research articles and how to evaluate what was done in the research. It is not intended to show them how to do research but rather how to understand research articles and evaluate that research.
Research Methods in Education
Author: Joseph Check
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1412998514
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
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.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1412998514
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
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.
Evaluation Research: Methods for Assessing Program Effectiveness
Author: Carol H. Weiss
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
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.
Research and Evaluation Methods in Special Education
Author: Donna M. Mertens
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 0761946535
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 0761946535
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
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.
Thinking about Program Evaluation
Author: Richard A. Berk
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761917656
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Through the use of specific examples to illustrate evaluation research goals and methods, this book provides readers with an overview of the science and politics of evaluation research. The Second Edition includes coverage of meta-analysis, selection models and instrumental variables.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761917656
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Through the use of specific examples to illustrate evaluation research goals and methods, this book provides readers with an overview of the science and politics of evaluation research. The Second Edition includes coverage of meta-analysis, selection models and instrumental variables.
Evaluation Methodology Basics
Author: E. Jane Davidson
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761929307
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
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.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761929307
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
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.
Internal Evaluation
Author: Arnold J. Love
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780803932012
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
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.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780803932012
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
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.