RESEARCH METHOD COHEN ok

INDEX
Absolutism 51, 61–2
Access 51, 55–8, 65, 100, 109–10, 121–4, 178–80, 237
accounts 171, 197–8, 384–95; characteristics of 384–5;
examples of 385–8; problems with 392–3; procedures
in 385–8 see also discourse analysis; ethogenic
method; network analysis; speech acts; stories
achievement tests 417
action research 29, 30, 34, 45, 65–6, 69–70, 85,
296–313; as critical praxis 302–4; emancipatory
302–4; models of 306; nature of 296–302; planning
of 304–10; principles of 296–302; problems in
311–12; reflexivity in 310; stages of 304–10 see also
collaborative action research; Delphi techniques;
Nominal Group Technique
advocacy 54
alpha 519, 552–3, 555 see also Cronbach’s alpha
alternative hypothesis 83, 515
American Psychological Association 60, 63, 72, 414,
417, 520
analysis of variance 546–52, 585, 592
analytic induction 86, 134, 178, 472–3
anonymity 64–5, 75, 126, 318
ANOVA see analysis of variance
anthropological methods see ethnographic methods
applied research 41
aptitude tests 417
AQUAD 488
Assessment 86
association, concepts of see correlation
assumptions of statistical tests 592
ATLAS 488
beneficence 58–61, 71, 72 see also ethics
beta weighting 539–42
betrayal 65–6, 74
bias 68, 129, 151, 157, 196, 214, 410–11; in historical
research 196; in interviewing 129
biographies 86, 170
Blumer, H. 20, 224, 167
Boids 247
British Educational Research Association 72
case studies 34, 85, 170, 253–63; defined 253–8;
examples of 258–60; observation in 260; planning of
261–2;
catalytic validity see validity, kinds of
causal research 34, 272, 505
causal-comparative research 269
Central Limit Theorem 106–7, 246
children 53–4, 69, 154, 374–6, 390
chi-square 101, 523–8, 580–3, 592
cluster analysis 584–5
cluster sampling see sampling, kinds of
Cochrane Collaboration 290
Code-A-Text 488
codes of practice 51, 53, 57, 63, 70, 71–4, 76–7
coding 86, 145, 184, 348, 477–81, 483–7, 492–3
cognitive mapping 86
cohort studies 211–12, 213–18, 219–21
collaborative action research 296–304
complexity theory 31, 33–4, 246–7, 249
computerized adaptive testing 162, 433–4
computers, see AQUAD; ATLAS; Boids; Code-A-Text;
computerized adaptive testing; CROSSTABS;
ETHNOGRAPH; ethnographic methods;
Geographical Information Systems; HyperQuad2;
HyperRESEARCH; Hypersoft; internet; interviews;
NUD.IST;
N-Vivo; QUALPRO; simulations; SphinxSurvey; SPSS
Comte, A. 9–10
conceptions of social reality 7–10
concurrent validity see validity, kinds of
confidence intervals 103, 522
confidence levels 103
confidentiality 64–5, 72, 73, 74, 126, 175, 181, 231, 318
consequential validity see validity, kinds of
consistency, see reliability
constant comparison 86, 116–17, 473, 493–4
constructs, personal see personal constructs
construct validity see validity, kinds of
content analysis, 86, 197, 462–6, 470–3, 475–91;
defined 475–6; example of 483–7; procedures in
476–83; reliability in 490–1