Real World Research - Colin Robson

Real World Research

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
608 Seiten
2023 | 5. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-1-119-52360-4 (ISBN)
56,82 inkl. MwSt
Provides students and practitioner alike with clear and systematic guidance on performing social research in applied settings

»Real World Research« supplies the multidisciplinary skills necessary to conduct social research projects inside and outside of the classroom or the workplace. Offering well-balanced coverage of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods, this highly practical resource incorporates approaches from different social science disciplines to help readers find answers to real-life research questions in healthcare, education, business and management, and in many other public and private settings. Detailed yet accessible chapters include step-by-step advice for developing a research question, choosing a research design strategy, collecting and analyzing the data, interpreting and reporting the results, and more.

The fifth edition contains timely coverage of contemporary methodologies, key ethical issues, and ongoing debates within the field of social research. New and expanded sections address topics such as evidence-based approaches to social research, ethical considerations when conducting research involving people, carrying out projects based solely on existing research, and the importance and implications of internet-based research. Featuring a wealth of up-to-date examples drawn from a wide range of disciplines, this classic textbook:

  • Focuses on useful real-world research in applied settings such as homes, schools, businesses, and other workplaces
  • Provides a concise overview and a well-defined example of each main step of the research process
  • Highlights the importance of collaboration, cooperation, and active participation in social research
  • Explains flexible research designs using largely qualitative methods, including additional coverage of ethnographic and grounded theory approaches
  • Includes an extensive companion website with numerous research examples, links to journal articles, PowerPoint slides, and many other additional resources

»Real World Research«, Fifth Edition, remains essential reading for those tasked with developing, performing, and reporting the findings of a research project, including students, academics and educators, social scientists, health practitioners, and professionals in a diverse range of fields.

Colin Robson is Emeritus Professor, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK. He is the former Chief Consultant of the Education of Children with Difficulties, Disabilities and Disadvantages project at the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, Paris, France. Professor Robson is the author of several books including Experiment, Design and Statistics in Psychology and Small-Scale Evaluation: Principles and Practice.

Acknowledgments

Preface  REMOVE ALL PAGE NUMBERSand mark shaded material

Why a 'resource for users of social research methods in applied settings?

Ways of using the book 

The main steps when carrying out a project

The audience(s) for this book

 

PART I SETTING THE SCENE         

Keeping a project diary

              

Chapter 1 What is real world research?  

What is real world research?      

Evaluation and change  

Participation and collaboration

 Ethical and political issues

Returning to the real world

Why do research in the real world?

Beginning the journey    

 

Chapter 2 Approaches to social research              

              

What is science?

Postmodernism and extreme relativist approaches

              

The two traditions: quantitative and qualitative social research   

The quantitative paradigm          

The qualitative paradigm             

Paradigms and research questions           

A pragmatic approach   

Mixed research designs 

Realism and real world research

The purposes of research            

Practical value of the theoretical material covered in the chapter              

PART II PLANNING: SELECTING A STRATEGY         

Chapter 3 Developing your ideas              

Design matters 

Deciding on the focus of a project            

Searching and reviewing the literature   

Research questions         

Developing your research question(s)     

The place of theory        

Chapter 4 General design issues

              

A framework for research design             

Gtttting a feel for design issues  

Choosing a research design strategy       

Establishing trustworthiness        78

Chapter 5 Desk-based research   82

              

Types of desk‐based research      83

Doing a literature review as a desk‐based project              88

The main steps when carrying out a literature review as a desk-based project       89

Doing a systematic review            93

Doing realist reviews       97

In summary         100

Chapter 6 Fixed designs 101

              

General features of fixed designs              103

Establishing trustworthiness in fixed design research        104

True experiments             121

               123

Quasi‐experiments           126

Single‐case experiments                134

Non‐experimental fixed designs 139

Sample size in fixed designs         144

Chapter 7 Flexible designs            145

              

General features of flexible designs          146

Research traditions in qualitative research            149

Case studies        150

Ethnographic studies       156

Grounded theory studies              161

Other traditions 165

Sampling in flexible designs         166

Establishing trustworthiness in flexible design research   168

Chapter 8 Mixed designs               174

              

The quantitative‐qualitative incompatibility thesis             175

The mixed methods movement  176

Types of mixed designs  177

Designing and carrying out mixed desjgn research             180

Pragmatism, realism or ‘anything goes’? 183

Dealing with discrepancies in findings      184

Chapter 9 Designs for particular purposes: evaluation, action and change               187

              

Evaluation research         187

Action research 199

Intervention and change               203

Researchers and practitioners     204

Chapter 10 Ethical and political considerations    205

Introduction      

Ethical codes and guidelines        208

Ethical issues      209

Researcher safety and risk            220

Working with vulnerable groups 222

General ethical responsibilities    229

Ethical review boards and committees    231

Politics and real world research  235

Sexism, racism and social research           239

PART III TACTICS: THE METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION  241

               Selecting the method(s) 241

Chapter 11 Surveys and questionnaires   243

              

Designing surveys            245

Carrying out a sample survey       256

Designing and using a questionnaire         258

Diaries   273

Sampling in surveys – and elsewhere       276

Probability samples         277

Non‐probability samples               279

Chapter 12 Interviews and focus groups 284

              

Types and styles of interviews

Advantages and disadvantages of interviews

General advice for interviewers  287

Content of the interview               288

Carrying out different types of interview                290

Focus groups      298

Dealing with interview data         305

Skills in interviewing        306

Chapter 13 Tests and scales         307

              

Measurement scales       307

Other scaling techniques               315

Using existing tests and scales    316

Developing your own test            317

Chapter 14 Observational methods          319

              

Observation in real world research           321

Approaches to observation          322

Participant observation  323

Getting started as a participant observer               327

Structured observation  332

Deciding on a coding scheme      335

The use of existing coding schemes          335

Developing your own scheme     337

               338

Reliability and structured observation     343

Chapter 15 Additional methods of data collection             346

              

Unobtrusive measures    347

Content analysis of documents   349

Secondary data analysis 359

Introduction to a range of more specialist techniques       361

Internet‐based research 377

Feminist research methods

Multiple methods            383

Chapter 16 Writing a project proposal     385

              

How to recognize a good proposal            386

The content of a research proposal          387

The problem of pre‐specifying flexible design studies       391

Shortcomings of unsuccessful proposals 391

Sources of funding           392

PART IV CARRYING OUT THE PROJECT     395

Arranging the practicalities          395

PART V DEALING WITH THE DATA            

Collecting the data

Analysing and interpreting data

Realist analysis and interpretation           

Preparing for analysis    

Analysis or interpretation?          

Quantitative and qualitative data – and their integration

in mixed designs              

Chapter 17 The analysis and interpretation of quantitative data 

              

Creating a data set

Starting data analysis     

Exploring the data set    

Exploring relationships between two variables    

Exploring relationships among three or more variables   

Analysing differences     

Quantitative analysis and different fixed design research strategies          

The 'New Statistics'

Chapter 18 The analysis and interpretation of qualitative data    

              

Types of qualitative analysis       

Using the computer for qualitative data analysis

Dealing with the quantity of qualitative data       

Thematic coding analysis             

Data analysis in grounded theory studies              

Alternative approaches to qualitative analysis

Integrating qualitative and quantitative data in mixed designs     

Chapter 19 Reporting, disseminating and moving forward            

Reporting what you have found

Ethics and reporting       

Reporting fixed design research 

The scientific journal format       

Reporting flexible design studies              

Reporting on mixed design studies          

Reporting on case studies            

Reporting on literature reviews 

Writing for non‐academic audiences – the technical report          

Alternative forms of presentation            

Writing skills      

Where next?     

Appendix A: Using specialist software for quantitative analysis    

Appendix B: Using specialist software for qualitative analysis       

References and author index Visit the website to view

the References and Author Index, www.wiley.com/college/robsonCHECK

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Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 187 x 235 mm
Gewicht 1389 g
Einbandart kartoniert
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Statistik / Evaluation
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
Naturwissenschaften Chemie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10 1-119-52360-5 / 1119523605
ISBN-13 978-1-119-52360-4 / 9781119523604
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