Transformative research and evaluation
By: Donna M. Mertens.
Publisher: Guilford Press; The Guilford Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781593853020; 9781593859855
Subjects: Evaluation research (Social action programs); Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology; Social justice
Description: This book provides a framework for making methodological decisions and conducting research and evaluations that promote social justice. The transformative paradigm has emerged from a broad range of social and behavioral science research projects with communities that have been pushed to the margins, such as ethnic, racial, and sexual minority group members and children and adults with disabilities. Mertens shows how to formulate research questions based on community needs, develop researcher-community partnerships grounded in trust and respect, and skillfully apply quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods data collection strategies. Practical aspects of analyzing and reporting results are addressed, and numerous sample studies are presented. Table of contents: 1. Resilience, Resistance, and Complexities That Challenge 2. The Transformative Paradigm: Basic Beliefs and Commensurate Theories 3. Self, Partnerships, and Relationships 4. Developing the Focus of Research/Evaluation Studies 5. A Transformative Research and Evaluation Model 6. Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods 7. Participants: Identification, Sampling, Consent, and Reciprocity 8. Data-Collection Methods, Instruments, and Strategies 9. Data Analysis and Interpretation 10. Reporting and Utilization: Pathway to the Future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Resilience, resistance, and complexities that challenge; title: The transformative paradigm : basic beliefs and commensurate theories; title: Self, partnerships, and relationships; title: Developing the focus of research/evaluation studies; title: A transformative research and evaluation model; title: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods; title: Participants : identification, sampling, consent, and reciprocity; title: Data-collection methods, instruments, and strategies; title: Data analysis and interpretation; title: Reporting and utilization : pathway to the future.