Description
Book SynopsisEssential management guidance for real-world applied research projects Managing Applied Social Research equips you with the skills, strategies, and knowledge you need to effectively manage research projects. Written by a team of nationally-known researchers, this book covers the systematic management of applied social research studies from ''soup to nuts,'' providing researchers with an easy-to-follow process and the tools and templates for improving the quality, ethical conduct, and usefulness of the final products. The authors merge expertise adapted from the field of project management with their decades of experience in using established research methodologies and practices to offer readers; practical examples and insights gleaned from major research houses such as Rand, Urban Institute, Mathematica, American Institutes for Research, and others. Key concepts and methodologies are systematically unpacked, with detailed discussion of both theoretical bases and pract
Table of Contents
List of Tables and Figures
About the Authors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section I: Overview
Chapter 1: Why Manage Applied Social Research Studies?
Chapter 2: A Bird’s-Eye View of Project Management
Section II: Planning the Study: “Deciding How to Conduct the Research Study”
Chapter 3: Plan the Scope of the Research Study
Chapter 4: Plan the Data Collection and the Data Analysis
Chapter 5: Plan the Study’s Work and the Research Schedule
Chapter 6: Plan the People
Chapter 7: Plan the Budget
Chapter 8: Plan How to Deal With the Risks
Section III: Executing the Study: “Delivering the Goods”
Chapter 9: Manage and Direct the Work
Chapter 10: Sustain the Team
Chapter 11: Consider the Worldviews
Chapter 12: Draft the Final Report
Section IV: Closing Out the Study: “Bringing It Home”
Chapter 13: Complete the Activities That End the Study
Chapter 14: Close Out the Study
Postscript: Renewing the Case for Research Management
Book References and Resources
Appendix A: List of Research Design and Management Tasks
Appendix B: Data-Sharing Agreement Example
Index
