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Planning and Conducting Agency-Based Research
by Westerfelt, Alex J.; Dietz, Tracy J.Edition:
4th
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0205636853
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2/11/2009
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This unique workbook provides step-by-step procedures for completing an agency-based research study. Extremely user friendly, it includes concrete instructin and a fully annotated sample literature review with spaces for students to respond.
Table of Contents
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| Introduction | |
| Agency-Based Research | |
| New in this Edition | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Layout of the Workbook | |
| How to Use This Workbook | |
| Special Note to Students | |
| Special Note to Course Instructors | |
| Special Note to Field Instructors | |
| Special Note to Agency Staff | |
| A Final Note | |
| Orientation to Agency Research | |
| If the Agency Has a Research Program | |
| If the Agency Does Not Have a Research Program | |
| Staff Views and Usage of Research | |
| Agency Resources for Your Research | |
| Timeframe for Your Research Project | |
| Protection of Research Participants (Preliminary) | |
| The University IRB | |
| The Agency IRB | |
| Prepare a Time Line for Your Human Subjects' Review Application | |
| The Research Question | |
| What Would You Like to Know? | |
| What Would the Agency Like to Know? | |
| What Would the Clients Like to Know? | |
| What Is Your Research Question? | |
| List of Student Research Questions and Design Type | |
| Browse the Literature | |
| Related to Your Topic | |
| Refine Your Research Question | |
| Finalize Your Research Question | |
| The Literature Review | |
| Conduct a Literature Search | |
| Evaluate and Critique the Literature | |
| Write the INTRODUCTION Section | |
| Write the LITERATURE REVIEW Section | |
| Annotated Example of a Literature Review | |
| Choosing Your Methodology and Developing a Time Line | |
| Determine the Purpose of Your Study | |
| Develop Your Proposed Time Line | |
| Submit Proposed Study to Your Course Instructor | |
| Study Timeline Template | |
| Survey Research | |
| Translate Concepts and Variables into Measures | |
| Construct Your Research Questionnaire | |
| Plan How to Administer Your Questionnaire | |
| Pilot Your Research Instrument and Plan for Data Collection | |
| Write the METHODS Section | |
| Data Collection | |
| Qualitative Research | |
| Develop the Interview Agenda (Your Research Instrument) | |
| Plan How to Conduct Interviews | |
| Pilot Your Interview Agenda and Plan for Data Collection | |
| Write the METHODS Section | |
| Data Collection | |
| Single-Subject Design Research | |
| Translate Concepts into Variables | |
| Translate Variables into Measures | |
| Identify the Specific Single-Subject Design | |
| Write the METHODS Section | |
| Data Collect | |
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