Related Information
Research Methods
This section provides basic information about data collection methods commonly used in child care policy and other social science research. It is designed to give users a general orientation to methodologies to aid in understanding the child care research indexed on the Web site. Below are links to general resources about relevant research methodologies.
Research Design
Pre-Experimental Design
Discussion of different types of pre-experimental designs, the validity of their results, and their advantages and disadvantages.
Experiments and Quasi-experiments
Discussion of experimental and quasi-experimental designs, the validity of their results, advantages and disadvantages, and ethical considerations.
Data Collection
Survey Research
and Questionnaires
Descriptions of key issues in survey research methods, links to other resources
on survey research methods, and a glossary of related research terms.
Administrative
Records
Descriptions of key issues in research using administrative data records, links
to other resources on the use of administrative data, and a glossary of related
research terms.
Field
Research
Descriptions of key issues in field research, links to other resources on field
research methods, and a glossary of related research terms.
Data Analysis
Descriptive
Statistics
Descriptions of important descriptive techniques, links to other resources, and
a glossary of related research terms.
Analytical
Techniques
Descriptions of important analytic techniques, links to other resources, and a
glossary of related research terms.
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