TY - BOOK AU - Dahlberg, Lena AU - McCaig, Colin TI - Practical research and evaluation : : a start-to-finish guide for practitioners SN - 978-1-84787-004-9 AV - 300.72 P88 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - SAGE KW - Research KW - Evaluation KW - Social sciences N1 - Includes bibliographic references and index; Practitioner research and the research process / Lena Dahlberg and Colin McCaig -- Introduction to research and evaluation basics / Lena Dahlberg and Colin McCaig -- Research and evaluation design / Colin McCaig -- Ethics and research governance / Maria Smith -- Writing a research proposal or brief / Colin McCaig and Lena Dahlberg -- Literature reviews / Tamsin Bowers-Brown and Anna Stevens -- Action research / Scott Fernie and Karen Smith -- Different kinds of qualitative data collection methods / Maria Smith and Tamsin Bowers-Brown -- Preparation and process of qualitative interviews and focus groups / Joanne Davis -- Qualitative data analysis / Karen Smith and Joanne Davies -- Different kinds of quantitative data collection methods / Jason Leman -- Quantitative data collection / Jason Leman -- Quantitative data processing and analysis / Guillaumette Haughton and Anna Stevens -- Dissemination / Colin McCaig and Lena Dahlberg N2 - A self-help DIY book for doing research - tells the reader everything they need to know to do research, and to understand others` research ER -