{"id":2228,"date":"2021-03-19T10:02:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T14:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2025-08-13T10:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T14:28:50","slug":"2228","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/2021\/2228\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrity Watch Afghanistan\u00a0 Research Methods Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Integrity Watch Afghanistan\u00a0 Research Methods Handbook\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Integrity Watch Afghanistan  Research Methods Handbook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The handbook is designed as a practical reference for researchers in the field, covering the how, what, and when of policy-oriented research. It is neither comprehensive in scope nor does it dwell on the theories underpinning its recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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References with hyperlinks are included for detailed reading and follow up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The handbook guides the reader through three steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Research, needs analysis, and evaluation design;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Implementation of research and evaluation methodologies; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. \u00a0Research and evaluation presentation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Part 1 explains three different designs: research needs analysis, and evaluation design. The research design section discusses how to establish  research objectives and a  research proposal. These objectives are then tied to a suitable conceptual framework, and these concepts are then operationalized into observable or measurable variables. Here there is a discussion of internal validity, variable-based research designs, and their use cases. The needs analysis section includes its purpose and basic steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Finally, the evaluation design provides ideas on  pre-assessment analyses, questions, and approaches for answering result-based as well as impact evaluations. A section on peace and conflict impact analysis is included as a special kind of evaluation tool.  That is followed by an  overview of general ethical considerations and research standards to be applied to the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Part 2 focuses on the implementation of research and evaluation methodologies. The focus is on three data collection methods: sampling, conducting surveys, and focus groups. Practical considerations including data collection and managing evaluations are also discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Part 3 outlines research presentation concepts with a focus on policy-oriented report writing. This section identifies different types of policy briefs with their use-cases, a section-by-section guide on how to write a policy paper, guidelines on citations and referencing using the Chicago Manual of Style 17\u1d57\u02b0 edition Notes-Bibliography (NB) system, and innovative tools to support the research and report-writing process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Beyond an initial reading of Part 1 on research design, this handbook is meant to be a reference and does not need to be read in chronological order. Rather, it should be consulted as and when needed throughout the course of a research project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Integrity Watch Afghanistan  Research Methods Handbook The handbook is designed as a practical reference for researchers in the field, covering the how, what, and when of policy-oriented research. It is neither comprehensive in scope nor does it dwell on the theories underpinning its recommendations.   References with hyperlinks are included for detailed reading and follow […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,9,10,7,1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-methodology-reports","category-failed-and-fragile-states-data-and-methodology","category-failed-and-fragile-states-reports-and-briefs","category-governance-democracy-processes-data-and-methodology","category-news","category-recent-reports"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"idea-inspiration"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2257,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions\/2257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cifp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}