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Author:   David L. Streiner ,  Souraya Sidani ,  Katrina L. Bledsoe ,  Brian Carpenter
Publisher:   Guilford Publications
Imprint:   Guilford Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.566kg
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9781606234105

ISBN 10:   1606234102
Pages:   398
Publication Date:   11 November 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Going Off the Rails: An Introduction, Souraya Sidani and David L. Streiner I. Ethics Approval 1. When Mountains Move Too Slowly, Melanie A. Hwalek and Victoria L. Straub 2. The Ethics of Sex Research on the Internet, Alissa Sherry and Amy Amidon 3. When Safeguards Become Straitjackets: How Ethics Research Board Requirements Might Contribute to Ethical Dilemmas in Studies with Marginalized Populations, Mechthild Meyer, Alma Estable, Lynne MacLean, and Nancy Edwards 4. Going Off the Rails for “Love or Money”: Implementation Issues Related to Payment of Research Participants in an Addiction-Research Project, Brian R. Rush and Dominique Morisano II. Accessing the Participants 5. Frailty, Thy Name Is Macho, José Quirino dos Santos 6. Power in Numbers: Research with Families in Long-Term Care, Julie M. Dergal Serafini 7. Getting the Wrong Gatekeeper, Lynne MacLean 8. Breaking into Court, Mandeep K. Dhami and Karen A. Souza 9. The RDC Archipelago, Scott Veldhuizen, John Cairney, and David L. Streiner III. Recruitment and Retention 10. Small Colleges and Small n’s, Christopher Koch and Anna Tabor 11. Mitigating the Impact of External Forces, Souraya Sidani, David L. Streiner, and Chantale Marie LeClerc 12. A Trip to the School of Hard Knocks: Recruiting Participants from Health Service Agencies for Qualitative Studies of Aging, Kathleen W. Piercy 13. All Aboard!: Using Community Leaders to Keep Clinical Researchers on Track, Philippe Barrette 14. Changing Horses in Midstream: Transforming a Study to Address Recruitment Problems, Anthony S. Joyce 15. When Cost Meets Efficiency: Rethinking Ways to Sample a Rare Population, Julian Montoro-Rodriguez and Gregory C. Smith 16. The Story Is in the Numbers, Robert van Reekum 17. Strategies for Retaining Participants in Longitudinal Research with Economically Disadvantaged and Ethnically Diverse Samples, Elizabeth A. Goncy, Michelle E. Roley, and Manfred H. M. van Dulmen 18. Culturally Specific Strategies for Retention and Adherence to Physical Activity Interventions in Hispanic Women, Colleen Keller, Julie Fleury, and Adrianna Perez IV. Study Implementation 19. When a Beautiful Intervention Meets Ugly Reality: Implementing an Intervention in the Real World, Souraya Sidani, David L. Streiner, and Chantale Marie LeClerc 20. When Saving Blood Goes Wrong, Claudio S. Cinà and Catherine M. Clase 21. PDA = Pretty Darned Awful: The Trials and Tribulations of Running Trials of PDAs, Geoffrey R. Norman 22. When Sugar Is Not So Sweet: Camera Shyness and Intentional Cointervention Almost Derail a Study, Françoise Filion and C. Celeste Johnston 23. Placebo Problems: Power and Persecution, or Paranoia?, Robert van Reekum V. Data Collection 24. Revisiting Traditional Survey Methodology to Recruit and Survey Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Older Adults, S. Melinda Spencer and Julie Hicks Patrick 25. Technology: Help or Hindrance?, Nasreen Roberts 26. Hoist on Our Own Postcard, David L. Streiner 27. On the Finer Points of Handling Googlies: Reflections on Hits, Near Misses, and Full-Blown Swings at the Air in Large, Population-Based Studies Involving School, Parents, and Children, John Cairney, John A. Hay, and Brent E. Faught 28. Pets, Pies, and Videotape: Conducting In-Home Observational Research with Late-Life Intergenerational Families, Brian D. Carpenter and Steve Balsis 29. Underfunded but Not Undone, Dianne Bryant 30. Community-Based Participatory Research: A Lesson in Humility, Dennis Watson 31. Where Did All the Bodies Go?, Harry S. Shannon 32. Measures for Improving Measures, Katherine McKnight, and Patrick E. McKnight VI. Data Analysis 33. Drowsing Over Data: When Less Is More, Lynne MacLean, Alma Estable, Mechthild Meyer, Anita Kothari, Nancy Edwards, and Barb Riley 34. Bigger Is Not Always Better: Adventures in the World of Survey Data Analysis, Sylvia Kairouz and Louise Nadeau 35. Taking Aim at a Moving Target: When a Study Changes in the Middle, Arturo Martí-Carvajal 36. Lack of Normative Data as an Obstacle to Neuropsychological Assessment, F. Richard Ferraro and Kaylee Trottier-Wolter 37. These Data Do Not Compute, Lynne MacLean, Mechthild Meyer, Alma Estable, Anita Kothari, and Nancy Edwards 38. Avoiding Data Disasters and Other Pitfalls, Melinda F. Davis 39. When Interpretation Goes Awry: The Impact of Interim Testing, Dale Glaser VII. Collaboration 40. What Happened to Cooperation and Collaboration?, Nasreen Roberts 41. Presto! It’s Gone: When a Study Ceases to Exist Right before Your Eyes, Katrina L. Bledsoe 42. Building Stakeholder Capacity to Enhance Effectiveness in Participatory Program Evaluation, Debazou Y. Yantio VIII. Final Thoughts 43. Sometimes It Is the Researcher, Not the Research, That Goes “Off the Rails”: The Value of Clear, Complete, and Precise Information in Scientific Reports, Joseph A. Durlak, Christine I. Celio, Molly K. Pachan, and Kriston B. Schellinger 44. A Healthy Dose of Realism, Souraya Sidani and David L. Streiner

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""Most books for social and behavioral science researchers assume that faithfully following certain protocols will produce useful results. In contrast, this book shows that the unexpected almost always strikes. There is as much to learn from these real-world situations of research gone awry as from textbook examples of 'perfect' designs that lead to straightforward results. The underlying message of all of the chapters is that serious mishaps are best avoided by focusing on prevention. Drawing on diverse studies using different designs in multiple disciplines, the book illustrates broadly applicable approaches to navigating the vicissitudes of research and evaluation practice."" - Henry M. Levin, William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; David Jacks Professor of Education and Economics (Emeritus), Stanford University ""Contributors describe the untold story of research--the real-world intrusions that almost never make it into the publication of record. Topics include the ethical review process, recruitment contingencies with formal and informal gatekeepers, missteps in data collection and analysis, roadblocks and detours when implementing the study, and conflicts and personality factors associated with collaboration and intervention...This text will enliven a standard research methods course with a wonderful collection of stories from the front lines."" - Gregory J. Meyer, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo ""Nobody told us this stuff! This is the information that is missing in graduate courses and professional texts on research methods, experimental design, and statistics. From distinguished interdisciplinary editors and contributors, this book fills an extremely important niche. It should be required reading for all graduate students considering a career in the health and social sciences. It will be extremely valuable to experienced researchers, knowledge brokers, and policy makers in the health and social service fields."" - Charles E. Cunningham, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Jack Laidlaw Chair in Patient-Centred Health Care, McMaster University ""A useful reference that could help you anticipate potential problems when planning your thesis or dissertation study."" - Amanda L. Garrett, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska--Lincoln ""In typical 'Streineresque' style, this book is easy to read, grounded in reality, and solution oriented. The contributors use accessible language, which makes reading the book feel like you are having an informal dialogue with colleagues. Social science researchers experiencing challenges at various stages of project implementation, graduate students who want to avoid and learn from mistakes made by others, and reviewers of grant proposals or manuscripts who are in a position to help others keep their research on track should seriously consider making this book a 'must read.'"" - Lucyna M. Lach, School of Social Work, McGill University

"""Most books for social and behavioral science researchers assume that faithfully following certain protocols will produce useful results. In contrast, this book shows that the unexpected almost always strikes. There is as much to learn from these real-world situations of research gone awry as from textbook examples of 'perfect' designs that lead to straightforward results. The underlying message of all of the chapters is that serious mishaps are best avoided by focusing on prevention. Drawing on diverse studies using different designs in multiple disciplines, the book illustrates broadly applicable approaches to navigating the vicissitudes of research and evaluation practice."" - Henry M. Levin, William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; David Jacks Professor of Education and Economics (Emeritus), Stanford University ""Contributors describe the untold story of research--the real-world intrusions that almost never make it into the publication of record. Topics include the ethical review process, recruitment contingencies with formal and informal gatekeepers, missteps in data collection and analysis, roadblocks and detours when implementing the study, and conflicts and personality factors associated with collaboration and intervention...This text will enliven a standard research methods course with a wonderful collection of stories from the front lines."" - Gregory J. Meyer, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo ""Nobody told us this stuff! This is the information that is missing in graduate courses and professional texts on research methods, experimental design, and statistics. From distinguished interdisciplinary editors and contributors, this book fills an extremely important niche. It should be required reading for all graduate students considering a career in the health and social sciences. It will be extremely valuable to experienced researchers, knowledge brokers, and policy makers in the health and social service fields."" - Charles E. Cunningham, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Jack Laidlaw Chair in Patient-Centred Health Care, McMaster University ""A useful reference that could help you anticipate potential problems when planning your thesis or dissertation study."" - Amanda L. Garrett, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska--Lincoln ""In typical 'Streineresque' style, this book is easy to read, grounded in reality, and solution oriented. The contributors use accessible language, which makes reading the book feel like you are having an informal dialogue with colleagues. Social science researchers experiencing challenges at various stages of project implementation, graduate students who want to avoid and learn from mistakes made by others, and reviewers of grant proposals or manuscripts who are in a position to help others keep their research on track should seriously consider making this book a 'must read.'"" - Lucyna M. Lach, School of Social Work, McGill University"

Most books for social and behavioral science researchers assume that faithfully following certain protocols will produce useful results. In contrast, this book shows that the unexpected almost always strikes. There is as much to learn from these real-world situations of research gone awry as from textbook examples of 'perfect' designs that lead to straightforward results. The underlying message of all of the chapters is that serious mishaps are best avoided by focusing on prevention. Drawing on diverse studies using different designs in multiple disciplines, the book illustrates broadly applicable approaches to navigating the vicissitudes of research and evaluation practice. - Henry M. Levin, William Heard Kilpatrick Professor of Economics and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University; David Jacks Professor of Education and Economics (Emeritus), Stanford University Contributors describe the untold story of research--the real-world intrusions that almost never make it into the publication of record. Topics include the ethical review process, recruitment contingencies with formal and informal gatekeepers, missteps in data collection and analysis, roadblocks and detours when implementing the study, and conflicts and personality factors associated with collaboration and intervention...This text will enliven a standard research methods course with a wonderful collection of stories from the front lines. - Gregory J. Meyer, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo Nobody told us this stuff! This is the information that is missing in graduate courses and professional texts on research methods, experimental design, and statistics. From distinguished interdisciplinary editors and contributors, this book fills an extremely important niche. It should be required reading for all graduate students considering a career in the health and social sciences. It will be extremely valuable to experienced researchers, knowledge brokers, and policy makers in the health and social service fields. - Charles E. Cunningham, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Jack Laidlaw Chair in Patient-Centred Health Care, McMaster University A useful reference that could help you anticipate potential problems when planning your thesis or dissertation study. - Amanda L. Garrett, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska--Lincoln In typical 'Streineresque' style, this book is easy to read, grounded in reality, and solution oriented. The contributors use accessible language, which makes reading the book feel like you are having an informal dialogue with colleagues. Social science researchers experiencing challenges at various stages of project implementation, graduate students who want to avoid and learn from mistakes made by others, and reviewers of grant proposals or manuscripts who are in a position to help others keep their research on track should seriously consider making this book a 'must read.' - Lucyna M. Lach, School of Social Work, McGill University

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Edited by David L. Streiner, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Canada and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Canada, and Souraya Sidani, School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Canada

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