Selecting Research Methods (SAGE Benchmarks in Social Research Methods) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847871801 ISBN 13: 9781847871800

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

Selecting Research Methods provides advice from prominent social scientists concerning the most crucial steps for planning and undertaking meaningful research: selecting the methods to be used. Contributors to the collection address methodological choices in four stages: design, sampling, coding and measurement, and analysis.

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About the Author

W. Paul Vogt is Emeritus Professor of Research Methods and Evaluation at Illinois State University where he won both teaching and research awards. He specializes in methodological choice and program evaluation and is particularly interested in ways to integrate multiple methods. His other books include: Tolerance & Education: Learning to Live with Diversity and Difference (Sage Publications, 1998); Quantitative Research Methods for Professionals (Allyn & Bacon, 2007); Education Programs for Improving Intergroup Relations (coedited with Walter Stephan, Teachers College Press, 2004). He is also editor of four 4-volume sets in the series, Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods: Selecting Research Methods (2008); Data Collection (2010); Quantitative Research Methods (2011); and, with Burke Johnson, Correlation and Regression Analysis (2012).His most recent publications include the coauthored When to Use What Research Design (2012) and Selecting the Right Analyses for Your Data: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches (2014).

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1847871801
• ISBN 13: 9781847871800
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1640
• Editor: Vogt W. (William) Paul