Methods of research on human development and families. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Theodore N. Greenstein, Shannon N. Davis.
• Authors: Greenstein, Theodore N; Davis, Shannon N
• Contents: Preface; The Goal of This Text; To the Student; To the Instructor; Organization of This Text; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter 1 Why Do Research on Families and Children?; What Are the Stages of Social Research?; How Is Research on Families and Children Different?; The Benefits of Well-Conducted Research; Study Questions; Chapter 2 The Ethics of Research on Families and Children; The Rights of Participants in Research on Families and Children; What Is the Role of the Institutional Review Board?; Fraud in Research on Families and Children; The Value of Ethically Sound Research; Study Questions; Chapter 3 Causal Inference in Research on Families and Children; Variables; Units of Analysis; Thinking Causally; Framing the Hypothesis; Causal Inference in Qualitative Research; Study Questions; Chapter 4 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; Chapter 5 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; Chapter 6 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; Chapter 7 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; Chapter 8 Studying Families: Methods for Quantitative Data; Studying Families Through Experiments; Studying Families Through Survey Methods; Studying Families and Children Through Nonreactive Techniques; Types of Nonreactive Research; “Big Data” in the Study of Families and Children; Secondary Analysis of Sample Surveys; Ethics and Quantitative Methods; Some Limitations of Quantitative Methods; Study Questions; Chapter 9 Studying Families: Methods for Qualitative Data; Qualitative Research Compared to Quantitative Research; Types of Qualitative Strategies; Studying Families Through Observation; Ethics and Qualitative Research; Evaluating Qualitative Research; Study Questions; Chapter 10 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; Chapter 11 Using Other People’s Data; Advantages and Disadvantages of Secondary Analysis; Data on Children; Data on Adolescents; Data on Older Adults; Data on Families and Households; Sources of Secondary Data Sets; Future Trends in Secondary Data Analysis; Study Questions; Chapter 12 Analyzing Data on Families and Children; Descriptive Statistics; Interpreting Cross-Classification Tables; Inferential Statistics; Commonly Reported Tests of Statistical Significance; Some Thoughts About Statistical Analysis; Study Questions; Chapter 13 Advanced Topics in Family Data Analysis; The Idea of Nested Entities; Analyzing Nested Data; Individual Change Over Time; Final Thoughts on Nested Entities; Study Questions; Chapter 14 Evaluating Programs in Human Development and Family Science; 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; Chapter 15 Politics of Research on Families and Children; Political Concerns in Research on Families and Children; Some Closing Thoughts; Glossary; References; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.85072; Families -- Research -- Methodology; Economic development -- Research -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506386072
• Related ISBNs: 9781506386065
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