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Applied survey data analysis
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ISBN: 9781420080667 1420080660 Year: 2010 Publisher: Boca Raton, FL Chapman & Hall/CRC

Multilevel statistical models
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ISBN: 0340806559 9780340806555 Year: 2003 Volume: 3 Publisher: London Arnold

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This new edition of this classic incorporates the most recent thinking on methodology and software, as well as the latest literature on multilevel statistical models. Topics covered by multilevel models have increased in recent years, and the methods are widely applied in the social sciences as well as in areas such as epidemiology, geography, education, surveys, and medicine. This third edition includes chapters on meta analysis, factor analysis and structural equation models, and has expanded sections on MCMC methods.

Collecting and interpreting qualitative materials
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ISBN: 9781412957571 Year: 2008 Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publications

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Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials, Third Edition is the third volume of the paperback versions of The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research, Third Edition. This portion of the handbook considers the tasks of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting empirical materials, and comprises the Handbook's Parts IV (“Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Empirical Materials”) and V (“The Art and Practices of Interpretation, Evaluation, and Presentation”).Collecting and Interpreting Qualitative Materials, Third Edition introduces the researcher to basic methods of gathering, analyzing and interpreting qualitative empirical materials. Part I moves from interviewing to observing, to the use of artifacts, documents and records from the past; to visual, and autoethnographic methods. It then takes up analysis methods, including computer-assisted methodologies, as well as strategies for analyzing talk and text.Key Feature of the Third Edition• Contains a new Reader's Guide prepared by the editors that helps students and researchers navigate through the chapters, locating the different methodologies, methods, techniques, issues, and theories relevant to their work.• Presents an abbreviated Glossary of terms that offer students and researchers a ready resource to help decode the language of qualitative research.• Offers recommended Readings that provide readers with additional sources on specific topic areas linked to their research.Intended AudienceThis text is designed for graduate students taking classes in social research methods and qualitative methods as well as researchers throughout the social sciences and in some fields within the humanities.


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Qualitative research practice : a guide for social science students and researchers
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ISBN: 9781446209110 9781446209127 Year: 2014 Publisher: London, Thousand Oaks, Calif., New Delhi Sage Publications

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Written by a team of leading researchers associated with NatCen Social Research (the National Centre for Social Research) this textbook leads students and researchers through the entire process of qualitative research from beginning to end - moving through design, sampling, data collection, analysis and reporting. In this fully revised second edition you will find:A practical account of how to carry out qualitative research which recognises a range of current approaches and applicationsA brand new chapter on ethicsA brand new chapter on observational researchUpdated advice on using software when analysing your qualitative dataNew case studies which illustrate issues you may encounter and how problems have been tackled by other researchers. This book is an ideal guide for students, practitioners and researchers faced with the challenges of doing qualitative research in both applied and academic settings in messy real-life contexts.

Introduction to survey sampling
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ISBN: 0803921268 1483347265 1412984688 1452220972 0585212163 9780803921269 Year: 1983 Volume: 07-035 Publisher: London, Thousand Oaks, Calif., New Delhi Sage Publications

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Reviews sampling methods used in surveys: simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratification, cluster and multi-stage sampling, sampling with probability proportional to size, two-phase sampling, replicated sampling, panel designs, and non-probability sampling. Kalton discusses issues of practical implementation, including frame problems and non-response, and gives examples of sample designs for a national face-to-face interview survey and for a telephone survey. He also treats the use of weights in survey analysis, the computation of sampling errors with complex sampling designs, and the determination of sample size.

Systematic reviews in the social sciences : a practical guide
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ISBN: 9781405121118 1405121114 1405121106 9781405121101 Year: 2006 Publisher: Malden, MA Blackwell

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Such diverse thinkers as Lao-Tze, Confucius, and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have all pointed out that we need to be able to tell the difference between real and assumed knowledge. The systematic review is a scientific tool that can help with this difficult task. It can help, for example, with appraising, summarising, and communicating the results and implications of otherwise unmanageable quantities of data.This book, written by two highly-respected social scientists, provides an overview of systematic literature review methods:* Outlining the rationale and methods of systematic reviews;* Giving worked examples from social science and other fields;* Applying the practice to all social science disciplines;* It requires no previous knowledge, but takes the reader through the process stage by stage;* Drawing on examples from such diverse fields as psychology, criminology, education, transport, social welfare, public health, and housing and urban policy, among others.* Including detailed sections on assessing the quality of both quantitative, and qualitative research; searching for evidence in the social sciences;meta-analytic and other methods of evidence synthesis; publication bias; heterogeneity; and approaches to dissemination.

Purchasing to improve health systems performance
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ISBN: 1280951435 0335225004 0335213677 9780335225002 9780335213672 9780335213689 0335213685 9781280951435 0335213685 9780335225002 9780335231546 0335231543 9786610951437 6610951438 Year: 2005 Publisher: Buckingham ; Maidenhead, Berkshire Brussels Open University Press European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

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Purchasing is championed as a key to improving health systems performance. However, despite the central role the purchasing function plays in many health system reforms, there is very little evidence about its development or its real impact on societal objectives.This book addresses this gap and provides:* A comprehensive account of the theory and practice of purchasing for health services across Europe* An up-to-date analysis of the evidence on different approaches to purchasing* Support for policy makers and practitioners as they formulate purchasing strategies so that they can increase effectiveness and improve performance in their own national context* An assessment of the intersecting roles of citizens, the government and the providersWritten by leading health policy analysts, this book is essential reading for health policy makers, planners and managers as well as researchers and students in the field of health studies.

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