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AbstractSome evaluators employ randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as the gold standard of evidence‐based practice (EBP). Critics of RCT designs argue that RCTs do not include the complexity of program participants' experiences or clinical expertise, and couple this with criticisms that it is difficult to transfer RCT findings from the laboratory to the real world of clinical practice. The evaluation questions applied to RCT designs often exclude issues related to participants' gender, race, class, and other differences, furthering the stereotyping process (Rogers & Ballantyne, 2009). I argue that weaving in a subjectivist methodology and shifting methodological perspectives and methods into RCT‐based evaluations prior to, during, or after the RCT design serves to enhance the credibility and social‐justice RCT praxis. ©Wiley Periodicals, Inc., and the American Evaluation Association.

A total of 298 male and 634 female students completed a study questionnaire in 1981. Some important gender differences were found regarding students' career goals and their perceptions of the academic environment. Female respondents selected careers traditionally defined as acceptable for women and expressed less confidence that they would be successful in their work. Students' work and life style goals were shaped primarily by family and peers. While most students held positive views of college life, they credited the academic environment with little influence upon their career goals. Women and men differed in their perceptions of academic life. Women enjoyed their classes more and they claimed better study habits and a greater involvement with their courses. Despite these advantages, women consistently perceived themselves as more reluctant than men to participate in class discussions, less willing to speak out and question their teachers, and less likely to feel they could "hold their own" in discussions with their peers. Women reported less growth in mathematical and quantitative skills, a liability that may severely limit their future career options. The study concludes with specific policy recommendations aimed at providing a more facilitating academic environment for women and men.

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- An invitation to feminist research / Sharlene Hesse-Biber -- Feminist empiricism and standpoint theory : approaches to understanding the social world / Nancy A. Naples and Barbara Gurr -- Feminist postmodernism, poststructuralism and critical theory / Nollaig Frost and Frauke Elichaoff -- Ethics and feminist research / Linda Bell -- What is feminist ethnography? / Elana D. Buch and Karen M. Staller -- Feminist practice of action and community research / M. Brinton Lykes and Alison Crosby -- Feminist approaches to in-depth interviewing / Sharlene Hesse-Biber -- The practice of feminist focus groups / Jennie Munday -- Feminist media research / Heather McIntosh and Lisa Cuklanz -- Feminist survey research / Kathi Miner and Toby Jayaratne -- The feminist practice of program evaluation / Donna M. Mertens and Nichole Stewart -- Feminist approaches to mixed methods research / Sharlene Hesse-Biber -- Conclusion: putting together your research project / Sharlene Hesse-Biber

Emergent technologies are pushing the boundaries of how both qualitative and quantitative researchers practice their craft, and it has become clear these changes are dramatically altering research design, from the questions researchers ask and the ways they collect data, to what they even consider data. Gathering a broad range of new developments in one place, The Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research offers comprehensive, up-to-date thinking on technological innovations. In addition to addressing how to effectively apply new technologies-such as the internet, mobile technologie

Introduction to mixed methods research -- Formulating questions, conducting a literature review, sampling design, and the centrality of ethics in mixed methods research -- A qualitative approach to mixed methods design, analysis, interpretation, writing up, and validity -- Interpretative approaches to mixed methods research -- Feminist approaches to mixed methods research -- Postmodernist approaches to mixed methods research, with Chris Kelly -- Putting it together: qualitative approaches to mixed methods research praxis -- Conclusion: the prospects and challenges of mixed methods praxis

This accessibly written book is ideal for use in graduate courses or by practicing researchers and evaluators. The author puts the research problem at center stage, showing how mixed methods designs can fruitfully address different types of research questions. She illustrates the discussion with examples of mixed methods studies from a variety of disciplines and qualitative approaches (interpretative, feminist, and postmodern). The text demonstrates how to navigate ethical issues; gather, analyze, and interpret data; and write up the results, including an in-depth example with step-by-step com.