| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 135 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Applied social research methods series ; v. 39 |
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Applied social research methods series ; v. 39
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| Contents |
Requirements for good research -- Changing research conditions -- Goals and limitations of the book -- Specific planning issues -- Time-lines -- Planning a budget and keeping it under control -- General issues related to hiring -- Field staff characteristics and qualifications -- Hiring process for interviewers -- Hiring data processing staff -- Planning the training -- General training issues -- Securing cooperation and structuring the interview -- Interviewing techniques -- Practice interviews -- Interviewer brainstorming -- Participation and retention rates -- Accuracy of the listing of the target population -- How to maximize participation and retention rates -- Searches and reluctant participants -- The supervision structure -- Keeping track of the field effort -- Quality appraisal -- Morale -- Closing out the assessment wave -- Interviewer debriefing -- Data preparation -- Data processing -- Data management staff -- Data documentation -- Data sharing -- Selecting computer software -- Quality control -- Research ethics |
| Summary |
This book is aimed at proposal writers, graduate research students and project co-ordinators involved in large scale data collection and offers practical inforamtion on managing research projects |
| Analysis |
Social sciences Research |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-123) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Fieldwork.
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Social sciences -- Research.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Van Kammen, Welmoet Bok.
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| ISBN |
1412983851 |
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9781412983853 |
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(alk. paper) |
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(paperback; alk. paper) |
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(alk. paper) |
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(paperback; alk. paper) |
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