Handbook of applied social research methods

Introduction - Leonard Bickman and Debra J Rog Why a Handbook of Applied Social Research?PART ONE: PLANNING APPLIED RESEARCHApplied Research Design - Leonard Bickman, Debra J Rog and Terry E Hedrick A Practical ApproachDesign Sensitivity - Mark W Lipsey Statistical Power for Applied Experimental ResearchDesigning a Qualitative Study - Joseph A MaxwellPractical Sampling - Gary T HenryPlanning Ethically Responsible Research - Joan E SieberPART TWO: APPLIED RESEARCH FRAMEWORKRandomized Controlled Experiments for Evaluation and Planning - Robert F BoruchQuasi-Experimentation - Melvin M Mark and Charles S ReichardtThe Abridged Version of Case Study Research - Robert K Yin Design and MethodNeeds Analysis - Jack McKillip Process and TechniquesFormative Evaluation of Costs, Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit - Brian T Yates Toward Cost, Procedure, Process, Outcome AnalysisResearch Synthesis and Meta-Analysis - Harris M Cooper and James J LindsayPART THREE: PRACTICAL DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS METHODSDesign and Evaluation of Survey Questions - Floyd J Fowler JrPractical Aspects of Interview Data Collection and Data Management - Welmoet Bok van Kammen and Magda Stouthamer-LoeberMail Surveys - Thomas W MangioneMethods for Sampling and Interviewing in Telephone Surveys - Paul J LavrakasEthnography - David M FettermanFocus Group Research: Exploration and Discovery - David W Stewart and Prem N ShamdasaniGraphing Data - Gary T Henry