The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods by Leona... - 9781412950312

The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research MethodsAuthor(s): Leonard Bickman, Debra J. Rog\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc, United States\nImprint: SAGE Publications Inc\nISBN-13: 9781412950312, 978-1412950312\nSynopsis\nThe Second Edition of The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods provides students and researchers with the most comprehensive resource covering core methods, research designs, and data collection, management, and analysis issues. This thoroughly revised edition continues to place critical emphasis on finding the tools that best fit the research question given the constraints of deadlines, budget, and available staff. Each chapter offers guidance on how to make intelligent and conscious tradeoffs so that one can refine and hone the research question as new knowledge is gained, unanticipated obstacles are encountered, or contextual shifts take place. \n\nEach chapter has been enhanced pedagogically to include more step-by-step procedure.