Data Collection And Management - A Practical Guide (Paperback)

Tired of a trial-and-error approach to collecting and managing data? Data Collection and Management offers helpful information on managing research projects. By stressing how to use good standards for data collecting and processing, the authors cover such important how-tos as planning research activities; making budgetary decisions and keeping the budget under control; hiring, training, and supervising field interviewing staff; establishing whether interviewers are ready to start interviewing; and ensuring high participant acquisition and retention rates. The book also covers using computerized information systems for tracking data collected and the data management process. Proposal writers, principal investigators, graduate research students, and project coordinators of research requiring large-scale field data collection will find the book to be an indispensable tool.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications (USA)
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1995
First published:	July 1995
Authors:	Magda Stouthamer-Loeber • Welmoet Bok Van Kammen
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	135
ISBN-13:	978-0-8039-5657-5
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General theory of computing > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General
LSN:	0-8039-5657-6
Barcode:	9780803956575

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