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Introduction: Why a Handbook of Applied Social Research?
Leonard Bickman and Debra J. Rog
Part One: Planning Applied Research
1. Applied Research Design: A Practical Approach
Leonard Bickman, Debra J. Rog and Terry E. Hedrick
2. Design Sensitivity: Statistical Power for Applied Experimental Research
Mark W. Lipsey
3. Designing a Qualitative Study
Joseph A. Maxwell
4. Practical Sampling
Gary T. Henry
5. Planning Ethically Responsible Research
Joan E. Sieber
Part Two: Applied Research Framework
6. Randomized Controlled Experiments for Evaluation and Planning
Robert F. Boruch
7. Quasi-Experimentation
Melvin M. Mark and Charles S. Reichardt
8. The Abridged Version of Case Study Research: Design and Method
Robert K. Yin
9. Needs Analysis: Process and Techniques
Jack McKillip
10. Formative Evaluation of Costs, Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit:
Toward Cost -> Procedure -> Process -> Outcome Analysis
Brian T. Yates
11. Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis
Harris M. Cooper and James J. Lindsay
Part Three: Practical Data Collection and Analysis Methods
12. Design and Evaluation of Survey Questions
Floyd J. Fowler Jr
13. Practical Aspects of Interview Data Collection and Data Management
Welmoet Bok van Kammen and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber
14. Mail Surveys
Thomas W. Mangione
15. Methods for Sampling and Interviewing in Telephone Surveys
Paul J. Lavrakas
16. Ethnography
David M. Fetterman
17. Focus Group Research: Exploration and Discovery
David W. Stewart and Prem N. Shamdasani
18. Graphing Data
Gary T. Henry |
