| Document Type
|
:
|
BL
|
| Record Number
|
:
|
1039145
|
| Doc. No
|
:
|
b793515
|
| Title & Author
|
:
|
The field research survival guide /\ edited by Arlene Rubin Stiffman.
|
| Publication Statement
|
:
|
New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2009.
|
| Page. NO
|
:
|
1 online resource (xv, 262 pages)
|
| ISBN
|
:
|
0199724148
|
|
|
:
|
: 9780199724147
|
|
|
:
|
0195325524
|
|
|
:
|
9780195325522
|
| Bibliographies/Indexes
|
:
|
Includes bibliographical references and index.
|
| Contents
|
:
|
Contributors; 1 Balancing Science and Services: The Challenges and Rewards of Field Research; 2 Developing Questions when the Perfect Instrument Is Not Available; 3 Hiring, Training, and Retaining Research Staff and Interviewers; 4 Managing the Data from Survey Development through Archiving; 5 Data Preparation and Data Standards: The Devil Is in the Details; 6 Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Disparities: Ethical Dilemmas, Legal Issues, and IRB Requirements; 7 Creating Interdisciplinary Research Teams and Using Consultants.
|
| Abstract
|
:
|
This collection of field research narratives acknowledges the unpredictability of managing a project and illustrates real-world problems and solutions. Each chapter has practical import for the researcher, ties together extant literature, and illustrates the issues with concrete examples from the authors' own experience.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Psychiatry-- Research-- Fieldwork.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Psychology-- Fieldwork.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Public health-- Fieldwork.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Social service-- Fieldwork.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services Welfare.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Human Services.
|
| Subject
|
:
|
Social service-- Fieldwork.
|
| Dewey Classification
|
:
|
361.0072/3
|
| LC Classification
|
:
|
HV11.F454 2009eb
|
| Added Entry
|
:
|
Stiffman, Arlene Rubin,1941-
|