TY - BOOK AU - McCaig,Colin AU - Dahlberg,Lena TI - Practical research and evaluation: a start-to-finish guide for practitioners SN - 9781847870032 (hbk.) AV - H62 .P6475 2010 U1 - 001.42 23 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - SAGE KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Evaluation N1 - Includes bibliographical 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 ER -