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Teaching Public Administration, 2016
The teaching of research methods has been at the core of public administration education for almost 30 years. But since 1990, this journal has published only two articles on the teaching of research methods. Given the increasing emphasis on data driven decision-making, greater insight is needed into the best practices for teaching public ...
Pfetsch, Barbara, Esser, Frank
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The teaching of research methods has been at the core of public administration education for almost 30 years. But since 1990, this journal has published only two articles on the teaching of research methods. Given the increasing emphasis on data driven decision-making, greater insight is needed into the best practices for teaching public ...
Pfetsch, Barbara, Esser, Frank
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Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change, 2010
PurposeAlthough many of the problems currently being faced in accounting education have also been expressed in educational debates within other professions such as medicine, law and architecture, changes in accounting education policy and practice have not been greatly influenced by comparative study of other professions. This paper aims to examine the
Catriona Paisey, Nicholas J. Paisey
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PurposeAlthough many of the problems currently being faced in accounting education have also been expressed in educational debates within other professions such as medicine, law and architecture, changes in accounting education policy and practice have not been greatly influenced by comparative study of other professions. This paper aims to examine the
Catriona Paisey, Nicholas J. Paisey
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Perioperative comparative effectiveness research
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, 2011The goal of comparative effectiveness research (CER) is to improve effectiveness, efficacy and efficiency in health care. While CER seems to present a major opportunity to introduce accountability into health care by identifying and promoting best practices in medicine, many issues surrounding CER remain poorly understood by clinicians and researchers,
Stavros G, Memtsoudis +1 more
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3. Comparative Research Methods
2020This chapter examines the ‘art of comparing’ by showing how to relate a theoretically guided research question to a properly founded research answer by developing an adequate research design. It first considers the role of variables in comparative research, before discussing the meaning of ‘cases’ and case selection.
Paul Pennings, Hans Keman
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From comparable to comparative electoral research
2000To some extent the history of comparative electoral research in Europe is a history of missed opportunities. At first sight electoral research is one of the best developed and best integrated subdisciplines in political science. A growing number of countries has an established program of academically directed election studies, based on national ...
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Comparing Educational Leadership Research
Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2013Educational leadership practice is embedded and shaped in its own context. However, contemporary policy makers are keen to use research findings from multiple educational systems to produce overall, generic models of best leadership practice. Therefore, research needs to encompass analyses of the political, societal, cultural, and institutional context
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How Comparative Is Comparative Research?
American Behavioral Scientist, 1998Social scientists tend to accept lower standards of rigor in cross-national surveys than in national surveys, leading to heroic conclusions about differences between nations on the basis of obviously faulty data. Arising perhaps from a commendable wish to respect different cultural norms, even some of the most conscientious cross-national studies make
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2017
This chapter explores the principles of comparative research design as well as the issues and problems associated with different aspects of the approach. In particular, it considers the issue of case selection, the common sources of error that are associated with comparative research, and what can be done to try and avoid or minimize them.
Sandra Halperin, Oliver Heath
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This chapter explores the principles of comparative research design as well as the issues and problems associated with different aspects of the approach. In particular, it considers the issue of case selection, the common sources of error that are associated with comparative research, and what can be done to try and avoid or minimize them.
Sandra Halperin, Oliver Heath
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Comparative Effectiveness Research
Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 2015Hospital librarians support patient care, research, and education by practicing in an evidence-based way.
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