Research methods: general

This book is the first of its kind to apply social contextual analysis to the issue of poverty.

This state-of-the-art volume offers a comprehensive and accessible examination of perspectives within the field of discourse analysis on the processes and conditions of second language learning, teaching, and use.

Rapid molecular identification and typing of micro-organisms is extremely important in efforts to monitor the geographical spread of virulent, epidemic or antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

The fourth edition of this seminal work introduces students to social constructionism.

In this book, Stefan Battle weaves together autoethnographic narrative and ethnographic performance material from his own life and those of four other Black men, to show the untold impact of racial trauma on these everyday lives.

This book focuses on how to improve the collection, analysis and responsible use of data on global migration and international mobility.

The third edition of the Student Study Guide With IBM(R) SPSS(R) Workbook for Research Methods, Statistics, and Applications by Kathrynn A.

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Statistics Explained, now in its fully revised Fourth Edition, is for students and researchers who wish to understand the statistical analyses used to analyse quantitative (numerical) research data in a wide range of academic disciplines, in particular, the behavioural, human and social sciences.

This practical text covers the essential aspects of managing employees, providing relevant and interesting case studies to enable students to develop the management skills and approaches needed at all levels.

This book uses letter writing as a form of engaging autoethnography to address relational histories and dynamics such as race, gender, loss, memory and resolution.

The Routledge Handbook of Human Research Ethics and Integrity in Australia highlights why it is important to look at the subject of human research ethics and integrity within the Australian context, and what the Australian perspective can offer to all researchers in the social sciences and humanities globally.

The Craft of Political Research is a nontechnical introduction to research design and analysis in political science, emphasizing the choices we make when we design a research project and analyze its results.

The need to understand how to design and set up an investigative experiment is nearly universal to all students in engineering, applied technology and science, as well as many of the social sciences.

This volume discusses current and emerging trends in Ethnomethodological Conversation Analysis (EMCA).

This volume discusses current and emerging trends in Ethnomethodological Conversation Analysis (EMCA).

Without jargon or mathematical theory to hinder a quick understanding and use, here are the research tools and techniques you can grasp and immediately apply to obtain research services from others or do research yourself.

This is an excellent and much needed book.

This book explores how both elite and non-elite actors frame societal threats such as the refugee crisis and COVID-19 using both digital and traditional media.

A narrative inquiry into the lives of three men, Robert, Raheem, and Warren, this book shares their stories about over-discipline in school, adverse teacher-student relationships, and violent community policing that proceeded and intersected with their involvement in the criminal justice system.

Exploring why prison officers leave His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the processes and trajectories involved in returning to 'civilian life', this book examines the reasons that prison officers want to leave HMPPS and how they transition back to 'civvy street'.

What is the life of a Palestinian worth to intellectuals in Canadian universities and news media?

This book calls for those interested in robust construction research to embrace ethnography - in all its forms, including rapid ethnographies, ethnographic-action research, autoethnography, as well as longer-term ethnographies.

Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences provides students with practical guidelines for the complex process of writing literature reviews for course projects, theses or dissertations, and research manuscripts for publication.

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

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

Embodied Research Through Music Composition and Evocative Life-Writing: Disrupting Diaspora examines how attendance to the lived experience of diaspora can impact our scholarly understanding of the term.

IBM SPSS Statistics 29 Step by Step: A Simple Guide and Reference, eighteenth edition, takes a straightforward, step-by-step approach that makes SPSS software clear to beginners and experienced researchers alike.

To many individuals and organisations, situations generated by the world coronavirus pandemic have posed challenges and opportunities.

Management Research: Applying the Principles of Business Research Methods supports new researchers on every step of the research journey, from defining a project to communicating its findings, as well as balancing the technical aspects of research with the management of the project itself.

Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology provides students with the most readable and comprehensive survey of research methods, statistical concepts and procedures in psychology today.

How to Use SPSS(R) is designed with the novice computer user in mind and for people who have no previous experience using SPSS.

A groundbreaking and comprehensive order of battle for German ground troops in WWII, from the invasion of Poland to the final defeat in Berlin.

Queer Memory and Storytelling unpacks the ways in which the narrative practices of recounting past experiences play a formative role in formation of identities, cultures, and social change among gender and sexually diverse individuals.

This book delves into the rich history and cultural heritage of the Yemeni Jewish community in Israel.

This book adopts an innovative approach in exploring the evolution of fitness practices among a community of gym goers amid a global pandemic, considering its impact on the interplay of the words, habits, and relationships gym goers use in realizing their aspirations of wellness and well-being.

Reflecting on the methodological issues involved in researching digital spaces with children, this book shares good practices and delves into the ethics of such research.

Challenging the sanitized view of participants in standardized surveys, Interviews as Activated Storytelling contends that interviewing is a meaning-making process producing useful but context-sensitive knowledge.

This book explores the detrimental effects on global peace of populism's tendency to present complex social issues in simplistic "e;good versus evil"e; terms.

This practical and accessible textbook provides an overview of the key principles for conducting ethnography in healthcare settings.

This book investigates women's ritual authority and the common boundaries between religion and notions of gender, ethnicity, and identity.

A comprehensive guide for management and social science researchers to achieve a deeper understanding of the nature of explanation.

The Class Gap in Protest Participation discusses a theoretically grounded empirical analysis of the relationship between class and protest involvement across Central Eastern and Western Europe.

This book showcases the potential of computational approaches for research questions at the heart of migration and integration research via a set of original, cutting-edge empirical studies by a diverse, international team of authors.

Researching Care with Case Studies offers a fresh perspective on the universe of care practices, using case studies to illuminate their stretch and complexities.

Junior researchers in the field of childhood studies are often faced with many challenges that accompany research with young participants.

With a clear, engaging writing style and fascinating examples using a variety of real data, this text covers the contemporary statistical techniques that students will encounter in the world of social research.

The Routledge Handbook of Field Research presents a comprehensive, go-to resource for staff and students in preparing for and thinking about the doing of field research, including both individual fieldwork and group field classes.