Doing Research

Preface Prologue Doing Research on Conflict Part Introduction Why Do Research? Research Foundations: Debating Points Research Motivations, Assumptions, Questions Some Contributions from Research on Conflict Discussion Questions Getting Started to Do Research Where Ideas Come From Choosing a Research Topic Alternative Methodological Approaches Choosing an Approach Discussion Questions Performing Experiments Part Introduction Designing Experiments and Conducting Simulations The Experimental Method: An Overview Internal and External Validity Experimental Designs: Examples from CA&R Summary Discussion Questions Evaluating Data from Experiments: Methods of Analysis Essential Ideas of Statistical Analysis Measurement and Statistical Power: Two-Group Designs Measurement and Power: Three-Group Designs Factorial Designs Repeated Measures and Other ANOVA Designs Summary Discussion Questions Designing and Conducting Surveys Part Introduction Survey Research Overview Survey Research Design Measurement Sampling Data Collection Ethics Conclusions Discussion Questions Doing Case-Based Research The Case-Study Method: An Overview Enhanced-Case and Time Series Analyses Theory and the Case Study Time-Series Designs and Analyses Systematic Expert Judgment Qualitative Time-Series Analysis Summary Comparative Case Study Approaches Focussed Case Comparisons Aggregate Case Comparisons Discussion Questions Writing Ethnographies Part Introduction Ethnographic Methods What is Ethnography? Why do Ethnography? The Logic of Ethnography Making Sense of Other Worlds Taking Notes The Ethnographer's Tool Kit Discussion Questions Analyzing Documents: Texts and Process Analysis Part Introduction Content Analysis Overview of the Approach Technical Issues for the Content Analyst Content Analysis Applications Discussion Questions Narrative Analysis Overview of the Approach Narrative Theory Analysis of Narratives Discussion Questions Evaluating Interventions and Applying Research Part Introduction Evaluation Research Challenges of Evaluation Tasks in an Evaluation Project Evaluation Issues Evaluating Interventions: An Example of a Framework Discussion Questions Research for Action and Consulting Basic and Applied Research Action Research Research Consulting Discussion Questions Concluding Part Introduction From Philosophies to Research Methods: The Value of Doing Research in Conflict Analysis and Resolution Doing Research: Philosophies and Methodologies Research Issues Summary of Methods Covered Comparing the Methodologies: Experiments, Surveys, and Case Studies Types of Data Wrapping Up Epilogue References