Research for development : a practical guide /: a practical guide. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sophie Laws [and three others].
• Other Names: Laws, Sophie, 1957-; Save the Children Fund (Great Britain)
• Contents: How to use this book; PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND PLANNING YOUR RESEARCH; Introduction: Why Research for Development Matters; So What Is Research?; 'But I'm not a Researcher': The Contribution of the Development Worker; Who Should Do Research for Development Work? The Broader Issues; Research and Social Change; How to Tell When Research is the Best Approach to a Problem; Using Research in Development Work; So What is the Right Approach to Research for Development Work?; Two Major Research Approaches; Types of Research in Development Work; Programme-Focused and Issue-Focused Research; Using Research for Programme Development; Using Research to Influence Policy; Planning for Effective Research; Quality in Research; Choosing a Research Focus; Defining the Research Questions; Writing a Research Brief; Managing Research; Attracting and Engaging with Funders; Deciding Who Should Do The Research; Selecting and Appointing External Researchers; Managing Costs and Time; Supervising Researchers; Reviewing Existing Evidence; How to Look; Where to Look; How to Use the Internet for Research; Learning Development Research Skills; Where to Start?; Some Ways of Learning Research Skills; Supporting Southern Researchers; PART TWO: COLLECTING DATA; Choosing Methods; Choosing a Research Approach; Choosing Research Techniques; Triangulation: Using More Than One Technique; Collecting and Managing Quality Data; Introduction; Three Characterisics of Good-quality Data; Ways to Improve Quality in Data Collection; Improving Communication with Respondents; Collecting, Recording and Managing Data; Ensuring 'Trustworthiness'; Thinking about Ethics in Research; Codes of Ethics; Responsibilities Towards Respondents: Some Ethical Issues to Consider; Wider Accountability; Responsibilities to Colleagues; Choosing a Sample; What Does Sampling Mean?; Quantitative or Qualitative Sampling?; Probability or Random Sampling; Purposive or Non-Random Sampling; How to Sample For Cases, Location, Time and Events; Including 'Hard-To-Reach' People; Incentives: What Are The Issues?; Collecting Data; How to Ask Questions; Interviews; Focus Groups; Questionnaires; Use of Documentary Sources and Secondary Data Analysis; Observation; Participatory Research; Participation for...?; Participation by...?; Participation in...?; Some Participatory Research Methods; Practical Challenges in Participatory Research; Critical Perspectives on Participatory Research; PART THREE: ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH COMMUNICATION; Undertaking Research Analysis; Getting Organized; What is Analysis?; Interpretation; The Process of Data Analysis; Participation in the Analysis Process; Methods of Analysis; Qualitative Analysis; Quantitative Analysis; So What Does It All Mean?; Writing Effectively; What to Write; What Not to Write; What Must Be Included; How to Write: The Process; Writing Press Releases, Policy Briefs or Journal Articles; Promoting Research Uptake; Building a Successful Communications Strategy; Promotion for Implementation: Influencing Programmes; Promotion for Policy Influence; Some Tools for Communication; Dealing with the Media; Capacity Building; Assessing Research for Development Work; What, Who and When?; Assessing Research Output; Assessing Research Uptake; Assessing Research Impact; Appendix 1: On Monitoring and Evaluation; Appendix 2: Useful Websites; Glossary; References;
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (440 pages)
• Subjects: 338.90072; Economic development -- Research -- Methodology; Développement économique -- Recherche -- Méthodologie
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446275610; 1446275612
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