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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807402103321

Autore

Biddix J. Patrick

Titolo

Research methods and applications for student affairs / / J. Patrick Biddix

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-119-46614-8

1-119-46613-X

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

371.4

Soggetti

Student affairs services - Research - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Studying research -- Reading research -- Framing research -- Considering ethics -- Learning qualitative research -- Reviewing documents -- Observing people and places -- Interviewing individuals and groups -- Learning quantitative research -- Describing trends data -- Testing differences -- Assessing relationships -- Making predictions -- Exploring mixed methods.

Sommario/riassunto

A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING RESEARCH METHODS Research Methods and Applications for Student Affairs offers students and professionals in the field an authoritative and accessible guide to help navigate research in student affairs. This comprehensive resource on research methods instruction clearly shows how to interpret the various forms of research, how to be critical as a research consumer, and how to use research to inform practice. Author J. Patrick Biddix—a noted scholar and expert in the field—presents a detailed overview of three qualitative-focused and four quantitative-focused research methods. The text reviews the basics of these qualitative and quantitative approaches and explores how to differentiate the major types of research as well as how to understand, read, evaluate, and apply results. Biddix also includes important information on using mixed methods approaches. The user-friendly text includes insights on key issues, as well as descriptions of the individual sections that comprise research studies. Also included is an



overview of ethical considerations that apply specifically to student affairs. Research Methods and Applications for Student Affairs is an essential guide for enhancing research methods' skills, and offers direction for applying those skills in actual work situations.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910131574803321

Autore

Walters Wendy S

Titolo

Multiply/Divide [[electronic resource] ] : On the American Real and Surreal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Sarabande Books, 2015

ISBN

1-941411-08-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Classificazione

SOC041000SOC001000POL002000LCO010000

Disciplina

306.097309/05

Soggetti

City and town life -- United States -- 21st century

Sex discrimination -- United States -- 21st century

United States -- Race relations -- 21st century

United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century

City and town life - 21st century - United States

Sex discrimination - 21st century - United States

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

United States - General

United States Social conditions 21st century

United States Race relations 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Author's Note; Lonely in America; Chicago Radio; Cleveland; Manhattanville, Part One; In Search of the Face; Multiply/Divide; The Personal; Post-Logical Notes on Self-Election; Cowboy Horizon; Procedural; Manhattanville, Part Two; When the Sea Comes for Us; Norway; Acknowledgments; The Author

Sommario/riassunto

<div>Literary essays explore psyches of American cities, race, and the



shrinking space between safety and danger.</div>