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This text is an introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methods for undergraduate students majoring in Human Development and Family Studies, and now includes useful applications and key examples from human development.
Preface \\ The Goal of This Text \\ To the Student \\ To the Instructor \\ Organization of This Text \\ Acknowledgments \\ About the Authors \\ Chapter 1 Why Do Research on Families and Children? \\ What Are the Stages of Social Research? \\ How Is Research on Families and Children Different? \\ The Benefits of Well-Conducted Research \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 2 The Ethics of Research on Families and Children \\ The Rights of Participants in Research on Families and Children \\ What Is the Role of the Institutional Review Board? \\ Fraud in Research on Families and Children \\ The Value of Ethically Sound Research \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 3 Causal Inference in Research on Families and Children \\ Variables \\ Units of Analysis \\ Thinking Causally \\ Framing the Hypothesis \\ Causal Inference in Qualitative Research \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 4 Searching and Reading the Literature \\ Reading a Journal Article \\ Where Do I Go From Here? \\ How Do Journal Articles Get Published? \\ Research Monographs \\ Edited Volumes \\ Other Types of Publications \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 5 Sampling Issues \\ Defining the Population \\ Sampling Designs \\ How Large Does the Sample Need to Be? \\ How Do We Go About Choosing a Sampling Technique? \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 6 How Do We Measure Concepts? \\ Characteristics of a Good Measurement Procedure \\ Levels of Measurement \\ What Are Reliability and Validity? \\ Some Thoughts on Reliability and Validity \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 7 Working With Scales and Indices \\ Types of Scales and Indices \\ Using Existing Scales and Indices \\ How Do We Evaluate Scales and Indices? \\ How Do We Deal With Missing Data in Scales and Indices? \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 8 Studying Families: Methods for Quantitative Data \\ Studying Families Through Experiments \\ Studying Families Through Survey Methods \\ Studying Families and Children Through Nonreactive Techniques \\ Types of Nonreactive Research \\ “Big Data” in the Study of Families and Children \\ Secondary Analysis of Sample Surveys \\ Ethics and Quantitative Methods \\ Some Limitations of Quantitative Methods \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 9 Studying Families: Methods for Qualitative Data \\ Qualitative Research Compared to Quantitative Research \\ Types of Qualitative Strategies \\ Studying Families Through Observation \\ Ethics and Qualitative Research \\ Evaluating Qualitative Research \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 10 Studying Families: Mixed Methods \\ Mixed-Method Approaches to Family Research \\ Mixed-Model Studies in Family Research \\ Some Closing Thoughts on Choosing a Research Strategy \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 11 Using Other People’s Data \\ Advantages and Disadvantages of Secondary Analysis \\ Data on Children \\ Data on Adolescents \\ Data on Older Adults \\ Data on Families and Households \\ Sources of Secondary Data Sets \\ Future Trends in Secondary Data Analysis \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 12 Analyzing Data on Families and Children \\ Descriptive Statistics \\ Interpreting Cross-Classification Tables \\ Inferential Statistics \\ Commonly Reported Tests of Statistical Significance \\ Some Thoughts About Statistical Analysis \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 13 Advanced Topics in Family Data Analysis \\ The Idea of Nested Entities \\ Analyzing Nested Data \\ Individual Change Over Time \\ Final Thoughts on Nested Entities \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 14 Evaluating Programs in Human Development and Family Science \\ Needs and Social Impact Assessment: What Is the Problem? \\ Outcome Assessment: Does It Work? \\ Process Research: How Does It Work? \\ Some Thoughts About Randomization in Evaluation Research \\ The Relationship Between Applied and Basic Research \\ Study Questions \\ Chapter 15 Politics of Research on Families and Children \\ Political Concerns in Research on Families and Children \\ Some Closing Thoughts \\ Glossary \\ References \\ Index
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