From the Book - Regular Print
General introduction : design, sampling, and ethics
Research questions and designs. When to use survey designs
When to use interview designs
When to use experimental designs
When to use naturalistic and participant observational designs
When to use archival designs : literature reviews and secondary data analyses
When to use combined research designs
Sampling, selection, and recruitment. Sampling for surveys
Identifying and recruiting people for interviews
Sampling, recruiting, and assigning participants in experiments
Searching and sampling for observations
Sampling from archival sources
Sampling and recruiting for combined research designs
Research ethics : the responsible conduct of research. Ethics in survey research
Ethics in interview research
Ethics in experimental research
Ethics in observational research
Ethical issues in archival research
Ethical considerations in combined research designs
Conclusion : culmination in design, sampling, and ethics in valid data coding.
pt. 1. Research questions and designs
pt. 2. Sampling, selection, and recruitment
pt. 3. Research ethics : the responsible conduct of research.
