Book description
A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING RESEARCH METHODS
Research Methods and Applications for Student Affairs offers students and professionals in the field an authoritative and accessible guide to help navigate research in student affairs. This comprehensive resource on research methods instruction clearly shows how to interpret the various forms of research, how to be critical as a research consumer, and how to use research to inform practice.
Author J. Patrick Biddix—a noted scholar and expert in the field—presents a detailed overview of three qualitative-focused and four quantitative-focused research methods. The text reviews the basics of these qualitative and quantitative approaches and explores how to differentiate the major types of research as well as how to understand, read, evaluate, and apply results. Biddix also includes important information on using mixed methods approaches.
The user-friendly text includes insights on key issues, as well as descriptions of the individual sections that comprise research studies. Also included is an overview of ethical considerations that apply specifically to student affairs.
Research Methods and Applications for Student Affairs is an essential guide for enhancing research methods' skills, and offers direction for applying those skills in actual work situations.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise for Research Methods and Applications for Student Affairs
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- About the Author
- About this Book
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One: Studying Research
- Chapter Two: Reading Research
- Chapter Three: Framing Research
- Chapter Four: Considering Ethics
- Chapter Five: Learning Qualitative Research
- Chapter Six: Reviewing Documents
- Chapter Seven: Observing People and Places
- Chapter Eight: Interviewing Individuals and Groups
- Chapter Nine: Learning Quantitative Research
- Chapter Ten: Describing Trends
- Chapter Eleven: Testing Differences
- Chapter Twelve: Assessing Relationships
- Chapter Thirteen: Making Predictions
- Chapter Fourteen: Exploring Mixed Methods
- Glossary
- Index
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Research Methods and Applications for Student Affairs
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2018
- Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
- ISBN: 9781119299707
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