Applied Research Design: A Practical Guide

To help researchers and students make the transition from the classroom and laboratory to research in the 'real world,' the authors reveal the pitfalls and suggest strategies to overcome problems in the design and planning of applied research. With a focus on how to refine research questions as real world events force deviations from the original research plan, they discuss how to study and monitor program implementation and statistical power analysis. They also explore how to assess the huma…