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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

15.09.2014

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

352

Maße (L/B/H)

23.5/19.1/1.9 cm

Gewicht

658 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-73736-1

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

15.09.2014

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

352

Maße (L/B/H)

23.5/19.1/1.9 cm

Gewicht

658 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-73736-1

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Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Applied Research Methods in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
  • List of Figures and Tables xiii
     
    Acknowledgments xvii
     
    The Authors xix
     
    Introduction 1
     
    Integrating Case Studies into Learning About Applied Research Methods 2
     
    The Cases 3
     
    Community Garden Initiative: Exploring Community Interest in Local Food Projects 4
     
    Statewide Needs Assessment: Understanding the Status of Aging Women 6
     
    Election Administration and Technology: Understanding the Implementation and Implications of Election Policy Decisions 8
     
    National Program Evaluation: Domestic Violence Prevention and Faith-Based and Community Organizations 11
     
    Criminal Justice Policy Reform: Exploring Innovation Across Sectors 13
     
    Structure of the Book and Message to Instructors 15
     
    Part One: Research Basics: What Do We Want to Know and Why? 19
     
    Chapter One Overview and Context of the Research Process 21
     
    The Research Process 21
     
    The Applied Research Context 25
     
    Public Administration, Nonprofit Studies, and Other Subfields 27
     
    Information Literacy 28
     
    Information Quality and Types of Sources 29
     
    Finding High-Quality Information 37
     
    Values, Beliefs, and Certainty in Applied Disciplines 38
     
    Grand Theory and Theories of the Middle Range 40
     
    Case Comparisons 41
     
    Ethics and Institutional Review Boards 43
     
    Specific Concerns for Public Administration and Nonprofit Studies 45
     
    Decision Trees 47
     
    Applied Research Project Planning 47
     
    Typical IRB Review Considerations 48
     
    Conclusion 49
     
    Overview of the Book 50
     
    Chapter Support Materials 51
     
    Chapter Two Applied Research Questions, Literature, and Theory 55
     
    Asking Good Research Questions 56
     
    Case Illustrations of Research Questions 57
     
    Research Questions and Sponsored Research 60
     
    Case Illustrations of Research Questions in Sponsored Research 60
     
    Using Literature and Building Theory 62
     
    The Literature Review 62
     
    Literature Sources 63
     
    Literature Searches 65
     
    A Note About Citations 69
     
    Theory Building 71
     
    Developing Research Expectations and Hypotheses 75
     
    Theories of Change and Logic Models 79
     
    Theories of Change 79
     
    Logic Models 82
     
    Steps for Development of Theories of Change 86
     
    Decision Tree 90
     
    Decisions About Applied Research and Using a Theory of Change 90
     
    Conclusion 91
     
    Chapter Support Materials 92
     
    Chapter Three Applied Research Designs 99
     
    General Parameters of Design 99
     
    Major Design Types 100
     
    Experimental Design 100
     
    Quasi-Experimental Design 105
     
    Nonexperimental Design 108
     
    Case Illustrations of Research Design Approaches 113
     
    Sampling 117
     
    Random or Probability Sampling 118
     
    Nonrandom or Nonprobability Sampling 121
     
    Sample Size 123
     
    Case Illustrations of Sampling Approaches 123
     
    Decision Trees 127
     
    Selecting a Research Design Type 127
     
    Choosing a Sampling Strategy 129
     
    Conclusion 130
     
    Chapter Support Materials 131
     
    Part two: Data Collection: Where and How Can We Gather Information? 135
     
    Chapter Four Qualitative Data Collection in the Field 137
     
    Validity, Reliability, and Error in Qualitative Research 138
     
    The Process of Conducting Field Research 142
     
    Interviews 146
     
    Writing Interview Questions 148
     
    Putting Respondents at Ease 149
     
    Focus Groups 151
     
    Direct Observation 152
     
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