Managing to Make It: Urban Families and Adolescent Success (Volume 1998) (The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health ... Studies on Successful Adolescent Development)

One of the myths about families in inner-city neighborhoods is that they are characterized by poor parenting. Sociologist Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other misconceptions about success, parenting, and socioeconomic advantage in Managing to Make It. This unique study—the first in the MacArthur Foundation Studies on Successful Adolescent Development series—focuses on how and why youth are able to overcome social disadvantages. Based on nearly 500 interviews and case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia, Managing to Make It lays out in detail the creative means parents use to manage risks and opportunities in their communities. More importantly, it also depicts the strategies parents develop to steer their children away from risk and toward resources that foster positive development and lead to success. "Indispensible to anyone concerned about breaking the cycle of poverty and helplessness among at-risk adolescents, this book has a readable, graphic style easily grasped by those unfamiliar with statistical techniques." —Library Journal

Politics & Social Sciences

Cook, Thomas D.

Furstenberg, Frank F.

Eccles, Jacquelynne

Elder, Jr., Glen H.

Social Sciences

University of Chicago Press

One of the myths about families in inner-city neighborhoods is that they are characterized by poor parenting. Sociologist Frank Furstenberg and his colleagues explode this and other misconceptions about success, parenting, and socioeconomic advantage in Managing to Make It. This unique study—the first in the MacArthur Foundation Studies on Successful Adolescent Development series—focuses on how and why youth are able to overcome social disadvantages. Based on nearly 500 interviews and case studies of families in inner-city Philadelphia, Managing to Make It lays out in detail the creative means parents use to manage risks and opportunities in their communities. More importantly, it also depicts the strategies parents develop to steer their children away from risk and toward resources that foster positive development and lead to success.

Teen & Young Adult

A statistics textbook appropriate for graduate students and researchers conducting quasi-experimental design and analysis.

Quasi-Experimentation: Design & Analysis Issues for Field Settings

Science & Math

Houghton/Mifflin

This long awaited successor of the original Cook/Campbell Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings represents updates in the field over the last two decades. The book covers four major topics in field experimentation:

Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference

Campbell, Donald T.

Shadish, William R.

Philosophy

Cengage Learning'

Book by Cook, Thomas D., Campbell, Donald T.

Quasi-experimentation: Design & analysis issues for field settings

Rand-McNally

Foundations of Program Evaluation: Theories of Practice

Foundations of Program Evaluation heralds a thorough exploration of the field of program evaluation--looking back on its origins. By summarizing, comparing, and contrasting the work of seven major theorists of program evaluation, this book provides an important perspective on the current state of evaluation theory and provides suggestions for ways of improving its practice. Beginning in Chapter Two, the authors develop a conceptual framework to analyze how successfully each theory meets the specific criteria of its framework. Each subsequent chapter is devoted to the presentation of the theoretical and practical advice of a significant theorist--Michael Scriven, Donald Campbell, Carol Weiss, Joseph Wholey, Robert Stake, Lee Cronbach, and Peter Rossi.

Leviton, Laura, C

Sage Publications, Inc.

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