Methods of family research. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Theodore N. Greenstein, Shannon N. Davis.
• Other Names: Greenstein, Theodore N; Davis, Shannon N
• Contents: Preface; The Goal of This Text; What’s New in the Third Edition; To the Student; To the Instructor; Organization of This Text; Acknowledgments; 1.Why Do Research on Families?; What Are the Stages of Social Research?; How Is Research on Families Different?; The Benefits of Well-Conducted Research; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 2.Causal Inference in Family Research; Variables; Units of Analysis; Thinking Causally; Framing the Hypothesis; Causal Inference in Qualitative Research; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 3.Searching and Reading the Literature; Reading a Journal Article; Where Do I Go From Here?; How Do Journal Articles Get Published?; Research Monographs; Edited Volumes; Other Types of Publications; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 4.Sampling Issues; Defining the Population; Sampling Designs; How Large Does the Sample Need to Be?; How Do We Go About Choosing a Sampling Technique?; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 5.How Do We Measure Concepts?; Characteristics of a Good Measurement Procedure; Levels of Measurement; What Are Reliability and Validity?; Some Thoughts on Reliability and Validity; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 6.Working With Scales and Indices; Types of Scales and Indices; Using Existing Scales and Indices; How Do We Evaluate Scales and Indices?; How Do We Deal With Missing Data in Scales and Indices?; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 7.Studying Families: Quantitative Methods; Studying Families Through Experiments; Studying Families Through Survey Methods; Studying Families Through Nonreactive Techniques; Types of Nonreactive Research; Secondary Analysis of Sample Surveys; Some Limitations of Quantitative Methods; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 8.Studying Families: Qualitative Methods; Qualitative Research Compared to Quantitative Research; Types of Qualitative Strategies; Studying Families through Observation; Evaluating Qualitative Research; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 9.Studying Families: Mixed Methods; Mixed-Method Approaches to Family Research; Mixed-Model Studies in Family Research; Some Closing Thoughts on Choosing a Research Strategy; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 10.Using Other People’s Data; Advantages and Disadvantages of Secondary Analysis; What Are Some Sources of Data About Families?; Sources of Secondary Data Sets; Future Trends in Secondary Data Analysis; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 11.Analyzing Data on Families; Descriptive Statistics; Interpreting Cross-classification Tables; Inferential Statistics; Commonly Reported Tests of Statistical Significance; Some Thoughts About Statistical Analysis; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 12.Advanced Topics in Family Analysis; The Idea of Nested Entities; Analyzing Nested Data; Individual Change over Time; Final Thoughts on Nested Entities; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 13.Evaluating Family Programs; Needs and Social Impact Assessment: What Is the Problem?; Outcome Assessment: Does It Work?; Process Research: How Does It Work?; Some Thoughts About Randomization in Evaluation Research; The Relationship Between Applied and Basic Research; Study Questions; For Further Reading; 14.The Ethics and Politics of Family Research; Ethical Issues in Research on Families and Children; What Is the Role of the Institutional Review Board?; Political Concerns in Research on Families; Some Closing Thoughts; Study Questions; For Further Reading; References; Glossary and Index; About the Authors;
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 306.85072; Families -- Research -- Methodology; Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452285726; 1452285721
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