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The SAGE Handbook of Evaluation
The SAGE Handbook of Evaluation
Ian Shaw, Jennifer C Greene and Melvin M Mark
The SAGE Handbook of Evaluation is an authoritative resource consisting of 25 chapters covering a range of evaluation theories and techniques in a single, accessible volume. With contributions from world-leading figures in their fields overseen by an eminent international editorial board, this handbook is an extensive resource on the area.
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Analyzing Social Networks
Analyzing Social Networks
Stephen P Borgatti, Martin G Everett and Jeffrey C Johnson
Providing a complete guide to this method from the authorities in the field, this book takes readers through the entire process involved with analysing social networks.
Read the sample chapter available here.
Testing the Validity of Gender Ideology Items by Implementing Probing Questions in Web Surveys
Testing the Validity of Gender Ideology Items by Implementing Probing Questions in Web Surveys
Dorothée Behr, Michael Braun, Lars Kaczmirek, and Wolfgang Bandilla
This article from Field Methods examines the use of probing techniques in web surveys to identify validity problems of items. Conventional cognitive interviewing is usually based on small sample sizes and thus precludes quantifying the findings in a meaningful way or testing small or special…
Agent-Based Simulation Models in Organization Science
Agent-Based Simulation Models in Organization Science
Guido Fioretti
Agent-based simulation models can reproduce the interactions between members of an organization or between different organizations in an artificial environment where ‘‘agents’’ make decisions and communicate with one another. This article from Organizational Research Methods discusses possible applications to core issues in organization science and provides an introductory guide to simulation…
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Data screening when conducting several regression models
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Regression and Outliers with Likert scale dataPosted by Geoffrey Carastathis on February 8, 2013 |
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Census update webinar: Census geography tools, 24 July 2013Added by Helen Johnson on June 17, 2013 |
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Helen Johnson posted a blog postCensus update webinar: Census geography tools, 24 July 2013
UK Data Service Census Support is holding a webinar on 24 July 2013 to provide an introduction to the full collection of digital boundaries and geographical lookup tables which they hold.The webinar will also show how online Census Support applications can be used to access these datasets.Through UK Data Service Census Support, users have access to a large collection of geographical datasets. This includes digital boundaries that define the location and extent of the output geographies of UK…See More
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