Choosing Research Methods
Data collection for development workers
Published: 1992
Pages: 126
eBook: 9780855986803
Paperback: 9780855981778
| * Forward; | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| * Introduction; | |||
| 1. Starting research: some basic issues; | |||
| * Identifying a research need; | |||
| * The level of participation; | |||
| * Expectations aroused by research; | |||
| * Constraints on conducting research; | |||
| * Government attitudes; | |||
| * Conflicts and emergencies; | |||
| * Cultural factors: gender relations and power structures; | |||
| * Resources; | |||
| 2. Strategic issues in planning and sound research; | |||
| * The unit of analysis; | |||
| * Questions of time; | |||
| * The research timetable; | |||
| * Continuous research or a snapshot?; | |||
| * Objectivity; subjectivity and the control of bias; | |||
| * Representative results; | |||
| * Some pitfalls to be avoided; | |||
| * Choosing the researchers; | |||
| * Local participation and experts; | |||
| * Training the field team; | |||
| * Styles of research; | |||
| 3. The range of research methods; | |||
| * Making the most of existing resources; | |||
| * Asking questions and interviewing; | |||
| * Group interviews; | |||
| * Oral testimonies oral histories and life-histories; | |||
| * Surveys; | |||
| * Sampling; | |||
| * The pros and cons of a survey; | |||
| * Participant observation; | |||
| * Rapid rural appraisal; | |||
| * The variety of RRA techniques; | |||
| * Collating and presenting RRA findings; | |||
| * Limitations of RRA; | |||
| * An example of RRA; | |||
| * Participatory Rural Appraisal; | |||
| 4. General issues affecting most research methods; | |||
| * The use of appropriate indicators; | |||
| * Validation; | |||
| * After research: some crucial questions; | |||
| * Bibliography; | |||
| * Appendix 1 Checking for questions; | |||
| * Appendix 2 Questionnaire design; | |||
| * Appendix 3 Some high-tech; high cost research methods; | |||
| * Appendix 4 Logical Framework Analysis; | |||
| * Appendix 5 Women and evaluation; | |||
| * Appendix 6 Action Research Programme: the methods and approach; | |||
| * Index |
Brian Pratt
Brian Pratt is one of the founding members of INTRAC and is the Executive Director. He has worked in many countries as a consultant and researcher for NGOs, and multi- and bilateral agencies. The primary focus of his publications and consultancies is on strategic policy issues for NGOs and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).
Peter Loizos
Peter Loizos is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Crisis States Programme, Development Studies Institute, LSE, and Professor of Sociology in Intercollege, Nicosia.
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