Introduction to Research
Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies
- 7th Edition - October 7, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Elizabeth DePoy
- Language: English
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Request a sales quoteLearn the latest healthcare and human service research methods! Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies, Seventh Edition, helps bridge the gap between research and practice by giving you a solid foundation for critiquing your own work. This easy-to-read guide covers all the major research design strategies: qualitative, quantitative, naturalistic, experimental-type, and mixed method. Plus, this edition has been updated to include contemporary references, two all-new chapters, updated research methods, and more.
- UPDATED! New thinking on who can know, who should be involved in the research enterprise, big data, research methods, strategies, and references provides you with the latest information on research in diverse areas of health and human service inquiry
- Comprehensive coverage of research designs helps you further understand how to apply these methods to healthcare and human service settings
- Detailed examination of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies offers a unique and balanced focus that makes this text more comprehensive than others in its field
- NEW! Two additional chapters cover contemporary ethical issues and emergent design
- NEW! Enhanced ebook version, included with every new print purchase, features math tips and study questions, plus access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
- Case examples provide real-life snapshots of what it is like to participate in different types of research processes, identify research dilemmas relevant to chapter subjects, and alert you to problems you might encounter
- Contemporary practice examples give you a highly relevant understanding of today’s changing health and human service and research environments
- In-depth analysis of big data and data analytics expands your knowledge of how to apply these numbers to health and human service research
- Emphasis on technology in research and research-informed practice ensures you grasp the latest available methods
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- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- CONTENTS
- Part I Introduction
- 1 Welcome to the Universe of Research!
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- WHAT IS RESEARCH?
- WHAT RESEARCH IS NOT
- SETTING THE STAGE BY EXAMPLE
- WHEN AND WHY IS RESEARCH NECESSARY AND USEFUL?
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 2 Essentials of Research
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- TEN ESSENTIALS OF RESEARCH
- ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 3 Research Ethics
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- ETHICS OF KNOWLEDGE GENERATION AND USE IN PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL LIVES
- PRINCIPLES FOR PROTECTING HUMAN SUBJECTS
- BELMONT REPORT
- INFORMED CONSENT PROCESS
- INVOLVING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
- SPECIALIZED OVERSIGHT OF EXPERIMENTAL-TYPE DESIGNS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- Part II Thinking Processes
- 4 Philosophical Foundations
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- RESEARCH TRADITIONS
- PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EXPERIMENTAL-TYPE RESEARCH
- PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NATURALISTIC INQUIRY
- PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MIXED METHODS
- INTEGRATING THE EXPERIMENTAL-TYPE AND NATURALISTIC TRADITIONS—MIXED METHODS
- IMPLICATIONS OF PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES FOR DESIGN
- SELECTING A RESEARCH TRADITION AND DESIGN STRATEGY
- PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 5 Framing the Problem
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- IDENTIFYING A TOPIC
- FRAMING A RESEARCH PROBLEM
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 6 Developing a Knowledge Base Through Literature and Resources
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- WHY REVIEW THE LITERATURE/RESOURCES?
- HOW TO CONDUCT A LITERATURE/RESOURCE SEARCH
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 7 Theory in Research
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- WHY IS THEORY IMPORTANT?
- WHAT IS THEORY?
- ROLE OF THEORY IN DESIGN SELECTION
- THEORY IN EXPERIMENTAL-TYPE RESEARCH
- THEORY IN NATURALISTIC INQUIRY
- THEORY USE IN MIXED METHODS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 8 Formulating Research Questions and Queries
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- RESEARCH QUESTIONS IN EXPERIMENTAL-TYPE DESIGN
- HYPOTHESES
- RESEARCH QUERIES IN NATURALISTIC INQUIRY
- INTEGRATING RESEARCH APPROACHES BY MIXING METHODS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 9 Language and Thinking Processes
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- EXPERIMENTAL-TYPE LANGUAGE AND THINKING PROCESSES
- NATURALISTIC LANGUAGE AND THINKING PROCESSES
- MIXED METHOD APPROACHES
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- Part III Design Approaches
- 10 Experimental-Type Designs
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- TRUE-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
- TRUE-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN VARIATIONS
- QUASIEXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
- PRE-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
- NONEXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
- EXPERIMENTAL-TYPE META-ANALYSIS
- CLINICAL TRIAL METHODOLOGY
- CRITERIA FOR SELECTING APPROPRIATE AND ADEQUATE EXPERIMENTAL-TYPE DESIGNS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 11 Naturalistic Designs
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- ENDOGENOUS RESEARCH
- PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH
- CRITICAL THEORY
- EMANCIPATORY RESEARCH
- PHENOMENOLOGY
- HEURISTIC RESEARCH
- LIFE HISTORY
- OBJECT READING
- GROUNDED THEORY
- NATURALISTIC META-ANALYSIS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 12 Mixed Method Designs
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- APPROACHES TO MIXING METHODS
- DESIGN SEQUENCE
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- References
- 13 Emerging Designs
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- DESIGNS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOCIAL ACTION
- TECHNOLOGICALLY DRIVEN EMERGING DESIGNS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- Part IV Action Processes
- 14 Setting the Boundaries of a Study
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- OVERVIEW OF BOUNDARY-SETTING METHODS
- WHY SET BOUNDARIES TO A STUDY?
- IMPLICATIONS OF BOUNDARY SETTING
- SPECIFYING THE SCOPE OF PARTICIPATION
- GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR BOUNDING STUDIES
- SUBJECTS, RESPONDENTS, INFORMANTS, PARTICIPANTS, LOCATIONS, CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES, AND VIRTUAL BOUNDARIES
- SOME WORDS ABOUT SETTING BOUNDARIES IN MIXED METHODS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 15 Boundary Setting in Experimental-Type Designs
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- SAMPLING PROCESS
- PROBABILITY SAMPLING
- NONPROBABILITY METHODS
- COMPARING SAMPLE WITH POPULATION
- DETERMINING THE SAMPLE SIZE
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 16 Boundary Setting in Naturalistic Designs
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- WAYS OF SETTING BOUNDARIES
- THE PROCESS OF SETTING BOUNDARIES
- ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 17 Collecting Information
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- PRINCIPLES OF INFORMATION COLLECTION
- LOOKING, WATCHING, LISTENING, READING, AND RECORDING
- ASKING
- OBTAINING AND EXAMINING MATERIALS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 18 Collecting Data Through Measurement in Experimental-Type Research
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- MEASUREMENT PROCESS
- MEASUREMENT SCALES
- CONFIDENCE IN INSTRUMENTS
- CONSIDERATIONS IN SELECTING A MEASURE
- INFORMATION SOURCES
- CONSTRUCTING AN INSTRUMENT
- ADMINISTERING THE INSTRUMENT
- A FEW WORDS ABOUT BIG DATA
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 19 Gathering Information in Naturalistic Inquiry
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- FOUR INFORMATION-GATHERING PRINCIPLES
- INFORMATION-GATHERING PROCESS
- INFORMATION-GATHERING STRATEGIES
- RECORDING INFORMATION
- ACCURACY IN COLLECTING INFORMATION
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 20 Preparing and Organizing Data
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- MANAGING DATA IN EXPERIMENTAL-TYPE RESEARCH
- MANAGING DATA IN NATURALISTIC INQUIRY
- PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 21 Statistical Analysis for Experimental-Type Designs
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- WHAT IS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS?
- SOME WORDS ABOUT MIXED METHODS
- SOME MORE WORDS, NOW ABOUT BIG DATA
- LEVEL 1: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
- BIVARIATE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
- LEVEL 2: DRAWING INFERENCES
- LEVEL 3: ASSOCIATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 22 Analysis in Naturalistic Inquiry
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- SOME WORDS ABOUT MIXED METHODS
- STRATEGIES AND STAGES IN NATURALISTIC ANALYSIS
- STAGE ONE: INCEPTION OF A STUDY
- STAGE TWO: FORMAL REPORT PREPARATION
- EXAMPLES OF ANALYTICAL PROCESSES IN DIVERSE NATURALISTIC DESIGNS
- ACCURACY AND RIGOR IN ANALYSIS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 23 Sharing Research Knowledge Before the Study
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- REASONS FOR SHARING BEFORE ENGAGEMENT
- WHERE TO SEEK SUPPORT FOR A RESEARCH IDEA
- WHO READS A PROPOSAL?
- SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 24 Sharing Research Knowledge During and After the Study
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- CRAFTING A REPORT
- EXPERIMENTAL-TYPE REPORTING
- SPECIFIC REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
- PREPARING TABLES AND FIGURES
- NATURALISTIC DISSEMINATION
- PREPARING A MIXED METHOD REPORT
- ACCESSIBILITY
- LINGUISTIC SENSITIVITY
- INTEGRITY OF PRESENTATION
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- 25 Ethical Issues
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- REVIEW OF THE MAJOR TYPES OF ETHICAL DECISION MAKING
- FALSIFICATION IS NOT VERIFICATION
- WHO SHOULD AND CAN CONSENT?
- WHO AND WHAT CAN KNOW AND HOW?
- WHAT IS THE BEST EVIDENCE?
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- Part V Improving Practice Through Inquiry
- 26 Reciprocal Role of Research and Practice
- CHAPTER OUTLINE
- KEY TERMS
- EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
- EXAMINED PRACTICE
- SUMMARY
- EXERCISES
- REFERENCES
- Glossary
- Index
- TIP
- Study Questions
- Edition: 7
- Published: October 7, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443109416
- eBook ISBN: 9780443110498
- eBook ISBN: 9780443110481
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Elizabeth DePoy
Professor Elizabeth DePoy, Interdisciplinary Disability Studies and Social Work; Cooperating Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Cooperating Faculty, School of Policy and International Affairs, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Interdisciplinary Disability Studies and Social Work; Cooperating Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Cooperating Faculty, School of Policy and International Affairs, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA