Research Design in Aging and Social Gerontology: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods

ISBN-13: 9781138690257 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 318 str.

Joyce Weil

Opis

Research Design in Aging and Social Gerontology provides a review of methodological approaches and data-collection methods commonly used with older adults in real-life settings. It addresses the role of normative age-related sensory, cognitive, and functional changes, as well as the influence of generational cohort (age-period-cohort) upon each design. It discusses the role of older adults as true co-researchers, issues uniquely related to studies of persons residing in community-based, assisted, skilled, and memory-care settings; and ethical concerns related to cognitive status changes. The text concludes with detailed guidelines to improve existing data-collection methods for older persons and how to select the best-fitting methodologies for use in planning research on aging studies. Features of Research Design in Aging and Social Gerontology include:

• Descriptions and evaluations of a wide range of existing methodological approaches, and methods used to collect data about older persons (quantitative, qualitative, mixed, and emergent methods: photo voice, virtual environments, etc.)
• Ways to match research questions to selection of method without a preconceived methodological preference or dominance
• Real-world and applied examples along with cases from the gerontological literature
• "How to" sections about reading output/software reports and qualitative-analysis screenshots (from ATLAS.ti) and quantitative (SPSS) output and interpretation
• Pedagogical tools in every chapter such as text boxes, case studies, definitions of key terms, discussion questions, and references for further reading on chapter topics
• Glossary of key terms, complete sample research report, and an overview of past methodological research design work in gerontology
• Companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/Weil where instructors will find PowerPoint presentations, additional discussion questions, and a sample syllabus; and students will find flashcards based on glossary terms, a downloadable copy of the sample research report in the text, and links to data sets, related websites, further reading, and select gerontological journals

This text is intended for upper-level undergraduates and masters students in aging and gerontology as well as those specializing in aging, human development, or in applied anthropology, psychology, public health, sociology, and social-work settings. Health care professionals, social workers, and care managers who work with older adults will also find this text a valuable resource.

Spis treści

Part I: Getting Started: An Overview of the Aging Research Process  1. Introduction  2. Designing Research about Older People and Aging  3. Gerontological Theoretical Approaches  Part II: Choosing a Research Method and Selecting a Design  4. Qualitative Methods  5. Quantitative Methods  6. Quantitative Data Analysis and Evaluation  7. Mixed Methods  8. Emerging and Future Methods  Part III: Analyzing Results and Reporting Findings  9. Quantitative, Qualitative Software and Computer-Assisted Research  10. Ethical Issues and Concerns in Aging Research  11. Reporting Aging Research

O autorze

Joyce Weil, Ph.D., MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Gerontology at the University of Northern Colorado.