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Real World Research de Colin Robson

Real World Research

Autor Colin Robson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 mai 2024

Observăm în literatura academică o distanță persistentă între rigoarea teoretică a metodelor de cercetare și provocările logistice ale aplicării acestora în contexte profesionale reale. Real World Research de Colin Robson vine să acopere tocmai această lacună, oferind un cadru sistematic pentru proiectele desfășurate în afara laboratorului steril, direct în școli, spitale sau corporații. Ajuns la a cincea ediție, volumul este recalibrat pentru era digitală, introducând secțiuni noi despre cercetarea bazată pe internet și utilizarea exclusivă a seturilor de date existente. Descoperim aici o organizare pragmatică, structurată pe etapele logice ale unui proiect: de la 'Setarea contextului' (Partea I), unde se discută etica și politicul, la 'Planificarea strategiei' (Partea II), esențială pentru alegerea designului corect. Comparabil cu Doing Research in the Real World de David E Gray în ceea ce privește accentul pe practică, volumul lui Colin Robson se distinge prin profunzimea abordării metodologiilor mixte și prin integrarea teoriilor etnografice moderne. De asemenea, dacă Research Design (International Student Edition) de John W. Creswell rămâne un standard pentru fundamentele filozofice, Real World Research excelează în furnizarea de instrumente aplicate pentru 'practicianul-cercetător'. În contextul operei sale, această ediție rafinează temele explorate în Small-Scale Evaluation, extinzând analiza de la proiectele locale, de scurtă durată, la cercetări complexe, multidisciplinare. Subliniem faptul că autorul nu se limitează la prezentarea tehnicilor de colectare a datelor, ci insistă asupra importanței colaborării și participării active, transformând cercetarea dintr-un exercițiu solitar într-un instrument de schimbare socială și organizațională.

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ISBN-13: 9781119523604
ISBN-10: 1119523605
Pagini: 704
Dimensiuni: 187 x 232 x 36 mm
Greutate: 1.4 kg
Ediția:5. Auflage
Editura: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte este indispensabilă studenților și profesioniștilor care trebuie să conducă cercetări în condiții reale, unde resursele sunt limitate și contextele sunt fluide. Cititorul câștigă o metodologie clară pentru a naviga între metodele cantitative și calitative, primind sfaturi practice pentru fiecare pas, de la designul proiectului la raportarea etică. Este resursa definitivă pentru cei care doresc ca datele lor să aibă un impact direct în politicile educaționale, medicale sau de management.

Despre autor

Colin Robson este profesor emerit de psihologie la Universitatea din Huddersfield, având o experiență vastă în conducerea și supervizarea proiectelor de cercetare aplicată. Din 1996, acesta ocupă funcția de consultant principal pentru Centrul OECD pentru Cercetare și Inovare în Educație (CERI), unde s-a specializat în dezvoltarea statisticilor și indicatorilor pentru sistemele naționale de educație a copiilor cu dizabilități sau dezavantaje sociale. Expertiza sa internațională, consolidată prin prezentări la Ministerul Educației din Finlanda și alte foruri de prestigiu din Paris, se reflectă în abordarea sa riguroasă, dar accesibilă, asupra științelor sociale.

Notă biografică

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.

Cuprins

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 Subject Index

Descriere scurtă

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.