Applied Research Design: A Practical Guide

Applied Research Design: A Practical Guide Book Description

To help researchers and students make the transition from the classroom and laboratory to research in the real world, ' the authors reveal the pitfalls and suggest strategies to overcome problems in the design and planning of applied research. With a focus on how to refine research questions as real world events force deviations from the original research plan, they discuss how to study and monitor program implementation and statistical power analysis. They also explore how to assess the human and material resources that will be needed at different times while conducting an applied research design to facilitate the management of data collection, analysis, and interpretation.

Terry E Hedrick has contributed to Applied Research Design: A Practical Guide as an author. Hedrick is Director of the Training Institute of the U.S. General Accounting Office.

Leonard Bickman has contributed to Applied Research Design: A Practical Guide as an author. Leonard Bickman, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Public Policy. He is director of the Center for Evaluation and Program Improvement and Associate Dean for Research at Peabody College. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology (social) from the City University of New York, his master's degree in experimental psychopathology from Columbia University and his bachelor's from the City College of New York. Professor Bickman is a nationally recognized leader in program evaluation and mental healthservices research on children and adolescents. He has published more than 15 books and monograp

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