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schedule, work 237
Schinke, S.P. 244
search engines 37
Selltiz, J. 94
secondary data 163–4
secondary sources 138–9
semi-experimental studies, 106, 113–14
sensitive information 156–8
service delivery, evaluating 335–7
Shinkfield, A.J. 324, 342
simple random sampling 203
snowball sampling 208
Social Sciences Citation Index 35
Solomon, L.C. 324
sponsoring organisation, ethical
issues 247–8
stacked bar chart 301
stakeholders 243
statistics and research 308
stem-and-leaf display 304
Stevens, S.S. 74
stratified random sampling 203–4
structured inquiries 11–12
structured interviews 144–5
stub 294
study designs, philosophy oriented 130–3
action research 131–2
feminist research 132
participatory and collaborative research 132–3
study designs in qualitative research 126–30
case study design 126–7
community discussion forums 129–30
focus groups/group interviews 127–8
holistic design 129
oral history design 127
participant observation 128–9
reflective journal log 130
study designs in quantitative research 105–24
before-and-after 107
comparative study designs 120–1
control studies 117–19
cross-over comparative designs 123
cross-sectional 107
double-control designs 119–20
experimental 113–14
longitudinal 110
matched-control designs 121
non-experimental 113–14
placebo design 122
prospective 111–12
random 114
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study designs in quantitative research cont.
replicated cross-sectional designs 124
retrospective 111–12
retrospective–prospective 111–12
semi-experimental or quasi-experimental
113–14
study population 55–6, 193
definition 55
ethical issues affecting 244–5
evaluating participation 333–5
Stufflebeam, D.L. 324
subject area 46–7
subjectivity 5
summated rating scale 170–4
systematic sampling 208–9
tables 292–5
target population 193
text 292
thematic writing 41
theoretical framework 38–40
Thurstone scale 174
Thyer, B.A. 94
time-frame 237
time-and-motion studies 336
total percentage 297
transferability 185
treatment group 113
trend curve 305
trend studies 124–5
Trochim 185
Twoomey, B.G. 44
Type I error 88
Type II error 88
unit of measurement 62
unstructured inquiries 11–12
unstructured interviews 144–5
validity 178–81
concept 178–9
concurrent 180
construct 180–1
credibility 184–5
dependability 184–5
face 179–80
predictive 180
in quantitative research 179–81
in qualitative research 184–6
transferability 185
types 179–81, 184–6