Full Description
This authoritative and user-friendly guide to the use of secondary data in educational research is the only one to cover the full breadth of both qualitative and quantitative secondary data sources, covering the spectrum from large-scale studies down to organizational data.
Contents
Introduction Why (not) use secondary data? Research questions and design Sources of large-scale quantitative data Sources of large-scale qualitative data Using administrative and accountability data Using organisational data Doing meta-analysis with secondary data Mixing secondary and primary data sources Key issues in analysing quantitative secondary data Key issues in analysing qualitative secondary data Building theory with secondary data Ethical issues in using secondary data Conclusion
