Research in the College Context Approaches and Methods

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

PART I Developing a Context for Research

1 Choosing a Method: What is your Question?

2 What is your Research Approach?

PART II Respondent-Based Methods

3 The Qualitative Interview

4 Focus Groups

PART III Mixed Methods

5 Participatory Action Research

6 Mixed Methods Research

PART IV Using Original and Pre-Existing Data and Resources

7 Visual Methods in Higher Education

8 Document Analysis, Oral History, and Historical Methods. 9 Policy Analysis Research10 Surveys

PART V Large Data Set Analysis

11 Secondary Data Analysis

12 Large National Datasets

PART VI Communicating your Results-Adding to the Knowledge of the Field

13 Reporting Results and Conclusion

Contributor Biographies

Index