Research methods
- Measuring and identifying the desirable properties of a poverty index
- L.G. Bellù; P. Liberati / EASYPol, 2005
- This training module illustrates on what basis a poverty index should be chosen. In particular, it discusses the desirable properties that a poverty index should respect. These desirable properties are called axioms. Axioms, in...
- Toolkit on advocacy research techniques
- L. Tweedie / Voluntary Service Overseas, 2005
- This toolkit gives users a comprehensive guide to carry out their own research to discover the reality and the problems around a particular sector or theme. Based on VSOs own “Valuing Teachers” project on teacher motivation,...
- Toolkit on participatory research and development in agriculture and resource management
- J. Gonsalves / International Development Research Centre, 2005
- This sourcebook promote access to systematised information on field-tested participatory research and development (PR&D) concepts and practices among field practitioners and their organisations. The book includes the follow...
- A manual on how to conduct qualitative research in order to promote gender equality in education
- UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2005
- This manual discusses ways to conduct qualitative research in order to promote gender equality in the classroom, the school, and, by extension, in the wider educational system. It provides the reader with the knowledge and tools to un...
- Practical guidance on collecting information from and about young people
- K. Schenk; J. Williamson / Population Council, USA, 2005
- In response to a growing need for practical guidance on collecting information from and about young people, this publication aims to provide practical guidance to help programme managers and researchers understand and uphold ethical s...
- Guide to using the Most Significant Change technique
- R.J. Davies; J. Dart / Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS, 2005
- The most significant change (MSC) technique is a form of participatory monitoring and evaluation that involves the collection of significant change (SC) stories emanating from the field level, and the systematic selection of the most ...
- Academic experiences of interdisciplinary research
- D. McNeill; J. García-Godos / Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway, 2005
- This paper presents the experiences which the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) of the University of Oslo has gained from the last 10 years of undertaking interdisciplinary research on development and environment. ...
- Practitioner's overview on action research
- J McNiff / Jean McNiff's web site, 2002
- This text aims to provide some general answers to the question, ‘What exactly is action research?’ It offers a practitioner's reflection of what action research is, and how it could contribute to the quality of life through
- Handbook for researchers looks at how to influence policy makers
- D. Start; I. Hovland / Research and Policy in Development, ODI, 2004
- This handbook presents tools for achieving policy impact, specifically geared towards the needs of researchers. The key points of each tool or technique is described, and links are provided to relevant training materials. The tools in...
- A guide to combining quantitative and qualitative survey methods
- N. Marsland; I.M. Wilson; S. Abeyasekera / Statistical Services Centre, University of Reading, 2000
- This paper offers practical guidance for field staff and project managers, in selecting the most appropriate data collection and analysis methods when faced with information objectives and constraints in the data collection and analys...
- Toolkit on advocacy research techniques
- L. Tweedie / Voluntary Service Overseas, 2005
- This toolkit gives users a comprehensive guide to carry out their own research to discover the reality and the problems around a particular sector or theme. Based on VSOs own “Valuing Teachers” project on teacher motivation,...
- Toolkit on participatory research and development in agriculture and resource management
- J. Gonsalves / International Development Research Centre, 2005
- This sourcebook promote access to systematised information on field-tested participatory research and development (PR&D) concepts and practices among field practitioners and their organisations. The book includes the follow...
- A manual on how to conduct qualitative research in order to promote gender equality in education
- UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2005
- This manual discusses ways to conduct qualitative research in order to promote gender equality in the classroom, the school, and, by extension, in the wider educational system. It provides the reader with the knowledge and tools to un...
- Practical guidance on collecting information from and about young people
- K. Schenk; J. Williamson / Population Council, USA, 2005
- In response to a growing need for practical guidance on collecting information from and about young people, this publication aims to provide practical guidance to help programme managers and researchers understand and uphold ethical s...
- Guide to using the Most Significant Change technique
- R.J. Davies; J. Dart / Monitoring and Evaluation NEWS, 2005
- The most significant change (MSC) technique is a form of participatory monitoring and evaluation that involves the collection of significant change (SC) stories emanating from the field level, and the systematic selection of the most ...
- Academic experiences of interdisciplinary research
- D. McNeill; J. García-Godos / Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway, 2005
- This paper presents the experiences which the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) of the University of Oslo has gained from the last 10 years of undertaking interdisciplinary research on development and environment. ...
- Practitioner's overview on action research
- J McNiff / Jean McNiff's web site, 2002
- This text aims to provide some general answers to the question, ‘What exactly is action research?’ It offers a practitioner's reflection of what action research is, and how it could contribute to the quality of life through
- Handbook for researchers looks at how to influence policy makers
- D. Start; I. Hovland / Research and Policy in Development, ODI, 2004
- This handbook presents tools for achieving policy impact, specifically geared towards the needs of researchers. The key points of each tool or technique is described, and links are provided to relevant training materials. The tools in...
- A guide to combining quantitative and qualitative survey methods
- N. Marsland; I.M. Wilson; S. Abeyasekera / Statistical Services Centre, University of Reading, 2000
- This paper offers practical guidance for field staff and project managers, in selecting the most appropriate data collection and analysis methods when faced with information objectives and constraints in the data collection and analys...
- Practical handbook for HIV/AIDS programmers
- A. Fisher; J. Foreit / Horizons, 2002
- Handbook designed to help HIV/AIDS researchers develop and write a detailed operations research proposal. An appropriate use of the handbook is as a resource in workshops or courses on research design and proposal development. ...
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