Research Methods in Practice provides an innovative, state-of-the-art introduction to research and analytical methods for postgraduate students. The coverage of the methods and concepts of contemporary research allow researchers and non-researchers alike to truly grasp the logic, and limits, of modern research as it appears in academic journals, government reports, and in the daily news. The textbook emphasizes the critical interpretation and practical application of research findings, and covers many cutting-edge issues and methods not found in other books, including: a more in-depth, contemporary focus on causation; the logic and use of control variables with non-experimental data; the use of visual path diagrams to better understand both causation and the use of control variables; a fuller, more innovative treatment of quasi and natural experiments; a focus on data collection for performance measurement; a discussion of cutting-edge issues in sampling and survey research (such as the response rate problem in telephone surveys and the emergence of new methods for online surveys); and, an integrated treatment of qualitative methods that appears throughout the book and emphasizes the integration of qualitative with quantitative methods.

By:   Dahlia K. Remler, Gregg G. Van Ryzin
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 33mm,  Width: 232mm,  Spine: 187mm
Weight:   998g
ISBN:  

9781412964678

ISBN 10:   1412964679
Pages:   616
Publication Date:   June 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Gregg G. Van Ryzin, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. Dr. Van Ryzin's research focuses on the use of surveys and other social science methods to measure the performance of government and nonprofit organizations and to evaluate program outcomes. He also conducts research on citizen satisfaction with public services and other public attitudes toward government. He teaches courses in statistics, research methods, program evaluation, and performance measurement and has published over 25 articles in scholarly journals in the fields of public administration, policy analysis, and urban affairs. Prior to joining Rutgers University, he was on the faculty of the School of Public Affairs, Baruch College / CUNY, where he served for eight years as the faculty director of the Baruch Survey Research Unit. Prior to becoming an academic, he had a post-doctoral professional career in evaluation and survey research in Washington, DC. He received his PhD in psychology from the City University of New York in 1991 and his BA in geography from Columbia University in 1985. Dahlia K. Remler is an Associate Professor at the School of Public Affairs, Baruch College and the Department of Economics, Graduate Center, both of the City University of New York. She is also a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. She has published widely in a variety of areas in health care policy, including health care cost containment, information technology in health care, cigarette tax regressivity, simulation methods for health insurance take-up, health care cost growth and health insurance and health care markets. She has also recently started working on higher education issues. She received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, a D.Phil. in physical chemistry from Oxford University-while a Marshall Scholar-and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. She has held a dissertation fellowship at the Brookings Institution, a post-doctoral research fellowship at Harvard Medical School, and assistant professorships at Tulane University's and Columbia University's Schools of Public Health, prior to joining the faculty at Baruch.