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Research & evaluation in recreation, parks & leisure studies / Richard Kraus, Lawrence R. Allen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Allyn and Bacon, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Edition: Second editionDescription: xvii, 340 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0137764693
  • 9780137764693
Other title:
  • Research and evaluation in recreation, parks and leisure studies
Related works:
  • Revision of: Kraus, Richard G. Research and evaluation in recreation, parks, and leisure studies
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 790.072
LOC classification:
  • GV14.5. K72 1997
Contents:
1. Systematic Inquiry to Leisure Studies and Services: Research and Evaluation -- 2. The Scientific Method: Ways of Knowing -- 3. Basic Concepts and Language of Research and Evaluation -- 4. Professional Applications of Research and Evaluation -- 5. Experimental Research Designs -- 6. Descriptive Research Methods -- 7. Documentary Research Methods -- 8. Qualitative Research Approaches -- 9. The Research Process: An Overview -- 10. Developing the Research Proposal -- 11. The Role of Measurement -- 12. Selecting Subjects for Research: The Sampling Process -- 13. Implementing the Study: The Data-Gathering Process -- 14. Data Organization and Descriptive Studies -- 15. Overview of Inferential Statistics -- 16. Evaluation as a Professional Function -- 17. Agency-Centered Evaluation: Programs and Practices -- 18. Evaluation Research: The Goal-Oriented Model -- 19. Research and Evaluation Reports and Presentations -- Appendix A. Research Periodicals -- Appendix B. Literature Retrieval Sources -- Appendix C. Statistical Tables.
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Revised edition of: Research and evaluation in recreation, parks, and leisure studies. 1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Systematic Inquiry to Leisure Studies and Services: Research and Evaluation -- 2. The Scientific Method: Ways of Knowing -- 3. Basic Concepts and Language of Research and Evaluation -- 4. Professional Applications of Research and Evaluation -- 5. Experimental Research Designs -- 6. Descriptive Research Methods -- 7. Documentary Research Methods -- 8. Qualitative Research Approaches -- 9. The Research Process: An Overview -- 10. Developing the Research Proposal -- 11. The Role of Measurement -- 12. Selecting Subjects for Research: The Sampling Process -- 13. Implementing the Study: The Data-Gathering Process -- 14. Data Organization and Descriptive Studies -- 15. Overview of Inferential Statistics -- 16. Evaluation as a Professional Function -- 17. Agency-Centered Evaluation: Programs and Practices -- 18. Evaluation Research: The Goal-Oriented Model -- 19. Research and Evaluation Reports and Presentations -- Appendix A. Research Periodicals -- Appendix B. Literature Retrieval Sources -- Appendix C. Statistical Tables.

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