2010, ISBN: 9781412949743

[This] is a great self-help book for framing the research effort and guiding the reader through the research process. I can't name another book of this type on the market. --Ted Gaiser, B… Plus…

[This] is a great self-help book for framing the research effort and guiding the reader through the research process. I can't name another book of this type on the market. --Ted Gaiser, Boston College Doing Qualitative Research Using Your Computer is a practical, hands-on guide to using commonly available everyday technology, including Microsoft software, to manage and streamline research projects. Chris Hahn uses straight-forward, everyday language to walk readers through this process, drawing on a wide range of examples to demonstrate how easy it is to use such software. This guide is full of useful hints and tips on how to manage research more efficiently and effectively, including: Formatting transcripts for maximum coding efficiency in Microsoft WordUsing features of Word to organize the analysis of data and to facilitate efficient qualitative codingEfficiently storing and analyzing qualitative data in Access or Excel to develop categories, themes, and important conceptsCreating flexible analytic memos that help lead the researcher to final conclusions and enrich the written reportUtilizing inexpensive and easy-to-obtain tools to collect data and manage research projects. Doing Qualitative Research Using Your Computer is ideal for those students or researchers who don't want to invest in expensive specialised software packages and who are looking for a result that is more tailored to their individual needs. It will be an invaluable companion for anyone embarking on their own research project.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/89301eba/doing-qualitative-research-using-your-computer-chris-hahn-9781412946933.jpg|9781412946933|Doing Qualitative Research Using Your Computer : Paperback : SAGE Publications Inc : 9781412946933 : 11 Apr 2008 : Ideal for those students or researchers who don't have the time or money to invest in expensive specialised software packages (NVivo, AT ...|new|1|1|1|32.99|0|GBP|Chris Hahn|SAGE Publications Inc|11 Apr 2008|Research methods: general 9781412945172|Intensive Culture|23.67|https://wordery.com/intensive-culture-scott-m-lash-9781412945172|`This book makes a vital contribution to our understanding of contemporary culture. It re-reads key thinkers such as Nietzsche, Leibniz, Simmel, Benjamin, Bergson in order to assert the primacy of the vital and the social against the closed mind of instrumental reason. It develops an innovative theoretical platform to account for the place of the informational, the intensive, and the religious for re-thinking the fundamental questions of life, and how to live today. It is a fitting summation of Scott Lash's challenging reorganization of critical and sociological theory.'---Couze Venn, Nottingham Trent University `This book is an engagement with the continuing dissolution of the symbolic in contemporary communication, in a critical reflection on thinkers ranging from Aristotle to Leibniz to Luhmann. It is a provocative archaelogy of today's `cultural capitalism' and of its metaphysics baggage. For Scott Lash the opposition between `intensive' ans the `extensive', i.e. Leibniz's distinction between `substance' and `system', is eroded in the age of informational capitalism, as words become things and things become data. For Lash the future of capitalism is one in which this intensity takes over the logic - as `intensive materialism'-of the economy itself. Yet this very process entails the dissolution of both intensity and with it of the singular. Lash pursues this compelling line of thought through encounter with Samuel Benjamin, Durkheim and Philip K. Dick (!)'---Bernard Stiegler, Director of the Department of Cultural Development at the Centre Georges-Pompidou Contemporary culture, today's capitalism - our global information society - is ever expanding, is ever more extensive. And yet we seem to be experiencing a parallel phenomenon which can only be characterised as intensive. This thought-provoking, innovative book is dedicated to the study of such intensive culture. Whilst extensive culture is a culture of the same, a culture of fixed equivalence, intensiv ...|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/ccaea7ef/intensive-culture-scott-m-lash-9781412945172.jpg|9781412945172|Intensive Culture : Paperback : SAGE Publications Inc : 9781412945172 : 14 Jun 2010 : A diverse, detailed, and thought provoking exploration of modern society, focusing on Scott Lash's concept of 'intensive' (as opposed to expansive) culture. An innov ...|new|1|1|1|36.99|0|GBP|Scott M. Lash|SAGE Publications Inc|14 Jun 2010|Social theory 9781412949743|Evaluation in Action|58.00|https://wordery.com/evaluation-in-action-jody-l-fitzpatrick-9781412949743|Evaluation in Action: Interviews With Expert Evaluators is the first book to go behind the scenes of real evaluations to explore the issues faced?and the decisions made?by notable evaluators in the field. Drawing from the popular Exemplars" section in the American Journal of Evaluation (AJE), the book's twelve interviews with evaluators illustrate a variety of evaluation practices in different settings and include commentary and analysis on what the interviews teach about evaluation practice. Praise for Evaluation in Action "Evaluation in Action: Interviews With Expert Evaluators is a "must" read for those who want to know how evaluations really take place." ?Marvin C. Alkin, University of California, Los Angeles "This book offers a rare opportunity to glimpse the assumptions, values, logic, and reasoning behind evaluator choices. It models the reflection required of good practice. The interviews are accessible and engaging, like being invited to a conversation over coffee?a tribute to the power of storytelling. They drew me in and made me want to join the discussion and ask even more questions. The section on cultural competence in evaluation is a particularly significant contribution to the knowledge base of our field. ?Karen Kirkhart, Syracuse University, former President of American Evaluation Association "This book is unique in the breadth of evaluation types and settings covered and the interview format provides a personal, in-depth picture of the evaluator's thinking. I'm excited about using it with my students." ?Katye M. Perry, Oklahoma State University, former Chair of the Topical Interest Group on Teaching of Evaluation This book fills a major gap in evaluation literature. In addition to the cases, the introductory chapter is a masterful distillation of key issues in evaluation, while the last two chapters provide a concise analysis of the interaction of evaluation the ... Books, [PU: SAGE Publications]<

ISBN: 9781412949743

Through a dialogue between the evaluator and the interviewer, the reader learns about the problems the evaluator faced in conducting the evaluation and the choices and compromises they ma… Plus…

Through a dialogue between the evaluator and the interviewer, the reader learns about the problems the evaluator faced in conducting the evaluation and the choices and compromises they made. Jody L. Fitzpatrick is Director of the Master's in Public Administration Program and an Associate Professor with the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. Designed to take readers behind the scenes of real evaluations and introduce them to the issues faced and decisions made by notable evaluators in the field, this book builds on 'Exemplars', a popular section in the American Journal of Evaluation (AJE), in which a well-known evaluator is interviewed about an evaluation he or she has conducted. Through a dialogue between the evaluator and the interviewer, the reader learns about the problems the evaluator faced in conducting the evaluation and the choices and compromises they made. Jody L. Fitzpatrick is Director of the Master's in Public Administration Program and an Associate Professor with the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. She is the author of Program Evaluation: Alternative Approaches and Practical Guidelines (Third Edition, Pearson, 2004; with James Sanders and Blaine Worthen). Dr. Fitzpatrick's interests include evaluation practice, ethics, and education policy. Dr. Fitzpatrick has many years of experience conducting evaluations, first as an internal evaluator in Appalachia and New York and then as an external evaluator in a variety of settings. She has published in Evaluation Review, American Journal of Evaluation, and New Directions for Evaluation and has served on the Board of the American Evaluation Association and as Associate Editor of the American Journal of Evaluation. PrefaceChapter 1: Evaluation and Its Practice: Some Key Considerations and ChoicesPart I: Traditional Evaluations with a Primary purpose of Judging Merit and WorthChapter 2: The Evaluation of GAIN: A Welfare-to-Work Program in California, An Interview with James A. RiccioChapter 3: Evaluation of the Natural Resources Leadership Program, 1995 through 1998, An Interview with Jennifer C. GreeneChapter 4: The Evaluation of the Ft. Bragg and Stark County Systems of Care for Children and Adolescents, An Interview with Len BickmanPart II: Evaluations with a Focus on DescriptionChapter 5: The Evaluation of the Stanford Teacher Education Program (STEP), An Interview with David FettermanChapter 6: The Evaluation of the Homeless Families Program, An Interview with Debra J. RogChapter 7: The Council for School Performance: Performance Reports for Georgia Schools, An Interview with Gary T. HenryPart III: Evaluations with an Emphasis on Program Planning and Organizational DevelopmentChapter 8: Evaluation of the Special Education Program at the Anoka-Hennepin School District, An Interview with Jean A. KingChapter 9: Evaluation of the Work and Health Initiative with a Focus on Winning New Jobs, An Interview with Stewart I. DonaldsonChapter 10: Developing an Evaluation System for the Corporate Education Development and Training (CEDT) Department at Sandia National Laboratories, An Interview with Hallie PreskillChapter 11: Evaluation of the Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative, An Interview with Ross ConnerPart IV: Evaluations Concerning Cultural CompetenceChapter 12: Evaluation of the Fun with Books Program, An Interview with Katrina BledsoeChapter 13: Evaluation of Godfrey?s Children Center in Tanzania, An Interview with Allan Wallis and Victor DukayPart V: Analysis, Interpretations, and ConclusionsChapter 14: Exemplars? Choices: What Do These Cases Tell Us About Practice?Chapter 15: Analyzing the Practice of Evaluation: What Do these Cases Tell Us About Theory?Appendix I: Other Categories for the InterviewsAbout the Authors, Neu, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], EAN: 9781412949743, UPC: 9781412949743, Format: Paperback / softback, 472 pages, Breite: 15 cm, Gewicht: 0.35 kg, Höhe: 2.3 cm, Länge: 22.6 cm, Sprache: Eng, [PU: SAGE Publications]<

ISBN: 9781412949743

Evaluation in Action: Interviews With Expert Evaluators is the first book to go behind the scenes of real evaluations to explore the issues faced?and the decisions made?by notable evaluat… Plus…

Evaluation in Action: Interviews With Expert Evaluators is the first book to go behind the scenes of real evaluations to explore the issues faced?and the decisions made?by notable evaluators in the field. Drawing from the popular "Exemplars" section in the American Journal of Evaluation (AJE), the book's twelve interviews with evaluators illustrate a variety of evaluation practices in different settings and include commentary and analysis on what the interviews teach about evaluation practice. Praise for Evaluation in Action "Evaluation in Action: Interviews With Expert Evaluators is a "must" read for those who want to know how evaluations really take place." ?Marvin C. Alkin, University of California, Los Angeles "This book offers a rare opportunity to glimpse the assumptions, values, logic, and reasoning behind evaluator choices. It models the reflection required of good practice. The interviews are accessible and engaging, like being invited to a conversation over coffee?a tribute to the power of storytelling. They drew me in and made me want to join the discussion and ask even more questions. The section on cultural competence in evaluation is a particularly significant contribution to the knowledge base of our field. ?Karen Kirkhart, Syracuse University, former President of American Evaluation Association "This book is unique in the breadth of evaluation types and settings covered and the interview format provides a personal, in-depth picture of the evaluator's thinking. I'm excited about using it with my students." ?Katye M. Perry, Oklahoma State University, former Chair of the Topical Interest Group on Teaching of Evaluation This book fills a major gap in evaluation literature. In addition to the cases, the introductory chapter is a masterful distillation of key issues in evaluation, while the last two chapters provide a concise analysis of the interaction of evaluation the ... Books, [PU: SAGE Publications]<