Research methods: general

Focusing specifically on Interactional Ethnography (IE) as a distinct, discourse-based form of ethnography, this book introduces readers to the logic and practice behind IE and exemplifies the logic of ethnographic inquiry through a range of example-based chapters.

A clear and comprehensive introduction to what philosophy is, how it should be done and why we should do it.

The impact of humanity on the earth overshoots the earth's bio-capacity to supply humanity's needs, meaning that people are living off earth's capital rather than its income.

In 1923, William Lewis Judy purchased Dog World magazine for just over $1,000.

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The Verbal Behavior (VB) approach is a form of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), that is based on B.

Universities, governments, faculty-evaluation committees, grant-bestowing institutions, scholars, and accreditation organizations have increasingly insisted on identifying and placing value on research impact.

Theatre in Dublin,1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances is the first comprehensive, daily compendium of more than 18,000 performances that took place in Dublin's many professional theatres, music halls, pleasure gardens, and circus amphitheatres between Thomas Sheridan's becoming the manager at Smock Alley Theatre in 1745 and the dissolution of the Crow Street Theatre in 1820.

The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first centuryThe Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental values and techniques that have defined historical scholarship for centuries.

This book deals with the potentials of social-ecological systems analysis for resolving sustainability problems.

This book demonstrates how creative research methods can be used to better understand the experiences of children, particularly in the context of sport, physical activity and health.

A pioneering, concept-oriented research and development approach improves business results in technology-driven industries With contributions from IT, systems, and operations experts from around the globe, this book sets forth a tested and proven, concept-oriented R&D approach that far surpasses the results of conventional R&D.

Bias in the Workplace and Society looks at the causes and management of the biases that underpin all behavior inclusive of discrimination, prejudice, and stereotyping that can occur in the workplace and in everyday contexts.

A ground-breaking contribution to the economic and cultural history of the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century publishing of illustrated belles lettres in Scotland, the book offers detailed accounts of numerous agents of prints (booksellers, printers, designers, engravers) and their involvement in the making and marketing of illustrated editions.

Winner, ICQI 2022 Outstanding Qualitative Book AwardIn Writing the Self in Bereavement: A Story of Love, Spousal Loss, and Resilience, Reinekke Lengelle uses her abilities as a researcher, poet, and professor of therapeutic writing to tell a heartfelt and fearless story about her grief after the death of her spouse and the year and a half following his diagnosis, illness, and passing.

Single Case Research Methodology, 3rd Edition presents a thorough, technically sound, user-friendly, and comprehensive discussion of single case research methodology.

This book presents some of the most recent tools, methods and concepts in historical ecology.

eResearch presents new challenges in managing data.

The Routledge International Handbook of Transdisciplinary Feminist Research and Methodological Praxis is organized around ways of doing fair and just research, with deliberate transdisciplinary overlap in each of the sections so as to share and demonstrate potential opportunities for lasting alliances.

An accessible step-by-step guide to the process of interview-based qualitative research – from formulating researchable questions to writing final reports.

Cross-National Research Methodology and Practice offers practical guidance for relative newcomers to cross-national research by analysing and evaluating the research process by focusing strongly on best practice in terms of methods and management.

The key aims of this text are to illustrate the use of various types of mental health treatments and to provide in-depth examples of common psychological disorders supported by case studies.

According to David Halperin, sexuality in our time is typified by a "e;crisis in contemporary sexual definition"e;.

Originally published in 1987, it seemed likely that by the end of that decade, if current trends continued, the majority of social researchers would be working under contract to government and other agencies which commissioned policy-relevant investigations.

* The detailed step-by-step directions make it ideal for use by students who are conducting their first research project.

This is the first textbook to show how research using a range of qualitative and quantitative methods relates to improving health and social care practice.

The Case Study in Social Research proposes and develops an innovative, rigorous, and up to date methodological clarification of the case study approach in the social sciences to consistently and consciously apply it to different fields of social research.

"e;Shards"e; as Autoethnographic Performance explores the development, creation, and presentation of performed autoethnography.

Written by a former Olympic consultant, this book examines youth sports in America today, from institutions that dominate organized youth sports to high-profile controversies ranging from burnout and out-of-control parents to the health risks of youth football.

Research Methods for the Architectural Profession introduces research as a systematic process, describes how to formulate research questions, provides an in-depth explanation of different research methods (qualitative, quantitative, and experimental), and explains how to select appropriate research methods and execute research studies.

Since China proposed its "e;Belt and Road Initiative"e; in 2013 to boost its influence on international affairs and "e;cultivate international contacts who are friendly toward China"e;, the number of foreign students in China has surge exponentially.

This book explains how field research contributes value to political science by exploring scholars'' experiences, detailing exemplary practices, and asserting key principles.

Taxation is a subject of enquiry that cuts across a range of disciplines, including law, economics, politics, psychology, history and accountancy, to name a few.

Exploring the mechanisms underlying performance comparisons, Performance Comparison and Organizational Service Provision investigates how such assessments shape hospitals' service provision and medical professionals' work.

Helms Hall of Fame's brothers William M.

Die Autor*innen diskutieren Berührungspunkte zwischen Biografie und Intersektionalität und zeigen mögliche Verbindungen in Theorie, Methode und Empirie auf.

This book examines the Hong Kong media over a forty year period, focusing in particular on how its newspapers and TV stations have struggled for press freedom under the colonial British administration, as well as Chinese rule.

SPSS Explained provides the student with all that they need to undertake statistical analysis using SPSS.

Ecology is one of the most challenging of sciences, with unambiguous knowledge much harder to achieve than it might seem.

Which scientific results can we trust?

This book explores how, why and when hermeneutic phenomenology can be used as a methodology in health and social research.

This comprehensive text introduces current scientific research with interesting, familiar issues to engage students.

What is the value of medical research?

This is the first book to deliver a comprehensive guide to research methods in all types of interpreting.

Preferring anonymity, Murdoch John McSween wrote over 80 letters under the pseudonym "e;Long Grabs"e; to the Fayetteville Observer (North Carolina), serving as their unofficial war correspondent.

For its fifth edition, the Companion has been updated and extended to include the latest APA style guidelines and new chapters.

Interest in doing, funding, and studying interdisciplinary work has built to crescendo in recent years.

This book does exactly what it says on the tin!