Research methods: general

Comparative Case Studies: New Designs and Directions extends the comparative case study methodology established by Bartlett and Vavrus and employed in many areas of social research, especially in education.

Design and Analysis of Time Series Experiments presents the elements of statistical time series analysis while also addressing recent developments in research design and causal modeling.

Concept analysis is an established genre of inquiry in nursing, introduced in the 1970s.

Originally published in 1974, this report dwells on the problems of meeting global energy demands and the time, effort and knowledge needed to research new energy methods.

Just starting out with social research?

This volume provides a thorough introduction to creating and conducting focus group research projects.

In recent years, digital technologies have become pervasive in academic and everyday life.

This book will walk you through every step of crafting an excellent literature review.

This classic text on multiple regression is noted for its nonmathematical, applied, and data-analytic approach.

The centrality of the Victorian periodical press to almost every aspect of Victorian studies has long been acknowledged by scholars of the period.

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This volume provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of corpus-based linguistic research on English.

This is an excellent and much needed book.

First published in 1993, Analyzing Tabular Data is an accessible text introducing a powerful range of analytical methods.

Originally published in 1981 Practice and Progress is a collection examining the changes that have occurred in the theories, methodologies and practices of sociology, in the institutional and educational setting of the subject, and in British society.

This second edition textbook provides invaluable guidance on carrying out qualitative research in psychology using methods both individually and in combination.

The act of violence of 9/11 changed the global security agenda, catapulting terrorism to the top of the agenda.

An Autoethnography of Letter Writing and Relationships Through Time: Finding Our Perfect Moon is about love letters, stories, and the ability of words to bring people together across time and physical space.

Number-one New York Times best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed:A Love Story, Elizabeth Gilbert transports readers to far-flung locales with this collection of the years lushest and most inspiring travel writing.

Scientific and engineering research is increasingly global, and international collaboration can be essential to academic success.

Research is difficult.

An Introductory Guide to Qualitative Research in Art Museums is a practice-based guide that is designed to introduce qualitative research to established and upcoming museum professionals and increase their confidence to conduct this type of research.

This best-selling guide to undertaking your Early Years research project takes you on a practical step-by-step journey.

Today's pressing political, social, economic, and environmental crises urgently ask for effective policy responses and fundamental transitions towards sustainability supported by a sound knowledge base and developed in collaboration between all stakeholders.

This innovative book proposes an entirely new approach to social research, presenting practical ways to discover people's life contexts in order to understand why they do what they do, which is essential for any forms of research that need to understand people.

Continuing to be THE guide to the whole qualitative research process for students, this book looks at both the theory behind qualitative research and how to put it into practice in your own work.

Covering a topic applicable to fields ranging from education to health care to psychology, this book provides a broad critical analysis of the assumptions that researchers and practitioners have about causation and explains how readers can improve their thinking about causation.

Presents new models, methods, and techniques and considers important real-world applications in political science, sociology, economics, marketing, and finance Emphasizing interdisciplinary coverage, Bayesian Inference in the Social Sciences builds upon the recent growth in Bayesian methodology and examines an array of topics in model formulation, estimation, and applications.

This book describes how local consumption, particularly in urban areas, is increasingly met by global supply chains.

Based on twelve months of in-depth ethnographic research in Japan with retailers, customers, wholesalers, writers and craftspeople, Selling the Kimono is a journey behind the scenes of a struggle to adapt to difficult economic conditions and declining demand for the kimono.

Readers who want a less mathematical alternative to the EQS manual will find exactly what they're looking for in this practical text.

This book is for anyone who wishes to improve university teaching and learning through systematic inquiry.

The Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Ethnography reviews and expands the field and scope of sensory ethnography by fostering new links among sensory, affective, more-than-human, non-representational, and multimodal sensory research traditions and composition styles.

This book challenges the divide between qualitative and quantitative approaches that is now institutionalized within social science.

This book covers a wide range of topics within enviromental engineering and technologies including:* General environmental engineering* Clean energy and sustainability* Water and wastewater management* Public health and environment.

Originally published in 1969, Comparability in Social Research is a collection of essays from the British Sociological Association and Social Science Research Council.

Innovative Business School Teaching showcases the latest pedagogic innovations that actively engage the millennial generation in learning within the business domain.

The new edition of this innovative book, R Data Analysis without Programming, prepares the readers to quickly analyze data and interpret statistical results using R.

Honourable Mention, ICQI 2022 Outstanding Qualitative Book AwardHonorable Mention, AERA Qualitative SIG for 2023 Outstanding Book Award Category In Decolonial Feminist Research: Haunting, Rememory and Mothers, Jeong-eun Rhee embarks on a deeply personal inquiry that is demanded by her dead mother's haunting rememory and pursues what has become her work/life question: What methodologies are available to notice and study a reality that exceeds and defies modern scientific ontology and intelligibility?

The only professional resource to focus exclusively on research methods in forensic psychology With specific advice on topics of particular importance to forensic specialists, Research Methods in Forensic Psychology presents state-of-the-discipline summaries of the issues that relate to psychology and law research.

Looks at the use of Twitter as a data source.

During periods of environmental and societal upheaval, design has the potential to be a formidable catalyst towards a sustainable future.

Lessons in Aging and Dying: A Poetic Autoethnography captures the experience of being elderly and facing the end of life.

The Oxford Handbook of Qualitative Research, Second Edition presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the field of qualitative research.

This textbook is an introduction to probability theory, statistical inference and statistical modeling for graduate students and practitioners beginning social science research.

How do education researchers navigate the qualitative research process?

Challenges and Controversies in Management Research explores the history and cultural context, current issues and controversies and potential development of research in the field of management.

Many large or academic libraries have staff specifically trained to care for their collections, but public and other small libraries don't have that luxury.

This thoroughly updated classic textbook provides an overview of communication and media law, including the most current legal developments.