The Methods Coach

Learning Through Practice

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Av Lance Roberts, Karen Kampen, Tracey Peter, Roberts

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A companion volume to core research methods texts, The Methods Coach: Learning Through Practice helps students bridge the 'knowing-doing gap'. That is, while core texts help students understand research methods, the coaching program in this supplementary volume helps students do research methods. The three-part structure of each lab-a 'tune-up', a lab application, and constructive feedback-optimizes students' ability to apply and practise the theories, concepts, and techniques presented in introduction to research methods courses. As a result, The Methods Coach offers much more than conventional study guides, which instead tend to focus on learning comprehension via chapter summaries, review of major concepts, and sample test questions.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-01-29
Mått205 x 255 x 11 mm
Vikt390 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor160
FörlagOUP Canada
ISBN9780195426588

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Lance Roberts is a Professor in the Sociology Department and a Fellow of St John's College at the University of Manitoba. He recently completed a term as Director of the Winnipeg Area Study, a survey research unit. For over three decades he has taught undergraduate and graduate methods and statistics courses and is the author of several books and dozens of articles on topics related to social trends, ethnic relations, education, and inequality. Karen Kampen is a Doctoral Candidate in the Sociology Department's PhD program at the University of Manitoba, where she holds the position of Lab Instructor.Tracey Peter is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at University of Manitoba.

'You Play the Way you Practice': A Preface for Students ; Lab 1: The Building Blocks: Variables and Hypotheses ; Lab 2: Errors in Reasoning ; Lab 3: Conceptual and Operational Definitions ; Lab 4: Levels of Measurement ; Lab 5: Quantitative Sampling Considerations ; Lab 6: Survey Design Issues ; Lab 7: Content Analysis-Instrument Pre-testing ; Lab 8: Content Analysis-Collecting the Data ; Lab 9: Content Analysis-Processing the Data ; Lab 10: Qualitative Field Observation ; Lab 11: Using Existing and Official Statistics ; Lab 12: Causal Thinking ; Tips for Lab Applications ; Index