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Contributed by Deane Gradous, Twin Cities consultant: annotated bibliography of a business partner American Heritage Dictionary (2nd Ed.). (1982). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. A dictionary is essential, even in the days of word processing programs with spell-check features. Besides listing words and word forms not included in most computer dictionaries, the American Heritage Dictionary provides usage …

Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD; Authenticity Consulting, LLC Also, consider Related Library Topics Preparation Before you design your questionnaire, clearly articulate what decision, problem, or need is to be addressed by the answers to them. For example, review why you are doing the evaluation and what you hope to accomplish by it. This provides focus …

© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from the Field Guide to Nonprofit Program Design, Marketing, and Evaluation and Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development. Sections of This Topic Include Overview of Research Methods Four Levels of Research Results Also, consider Related Library Topics Learn More in the Library’s Blogs Related …

© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from the Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development. Whether developing questions for questionnaires or interviews or focus groups, there are certain guidelines that help to ensure that respondents provide information that is useful and can later be analyzed. Sections of This Topic Include Types …

© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. A Field Guide to Nonprofit Program Design, Marketing, and Evaluation Sections of This Topic Include Research Plans Depend on Information You Need and Available Resources Key Considerations to Design Your Research Approach Also, consider Related Library Topics There Is No Hope Of Doing Perfect Research Creating …

© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. Adapted from the Field Guide to Consulting and Organizational Development. Sections of This Topic Include Introduction Preparation for Interview Types of Interviews Types of Topics in Questions Sequence of Questions Wording of Questions Carrying Out Interview Immediately After Interview Other Resources *General Information and Resources *Ethics …

Organizations use research, especially in market research activities. Market research is used to identify potential markets, the needs and wants of each, how those needs and wants can be met, how products and services could be packaged to be most accessible to customers and clients, the best pricing for those products and services, who the …

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© Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD, Authenticity Consulting, LLC. (NOTE: Much of the information herein was gathered from Michael Patton’s book, “Qualitative Evaluation and Research Methods.”) Sections of This Topic Include Uses of Case Studies Developing a Case Study General Resources Sample Case Study Reports General Information and Resources Ethics and Conducting Research Also, consider …