Research methods: general

The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a country's population is essential in order for governments to provide services, administer effectively and guide a country's development.

Published in 1996, this book presents an innovative method for studying the work of professionals with clients that was applied to an evaluation study of legislation and of lawyers working with clients seeking a divorce.

A guide to the modes and methods of Creative Writing research, designed to be invaluable to university staff and students in formulating research ideas, and in selecting appropriate strategies.

Interpreting human stories, whether those told by individuals, groups, organizations, nations, or even civilizations, opens a wide scope of research options for understanding how people construct, shape, and reshape their perceptions, identities, and beliefs.

The solution to youth voter turnout requires focus on helping young people follow through on their political interests and intentions.

A comprehensive guidebook to the current methodologies and practices used in health surveys A unique and self-contained resource, Handbook of Health Survey Methods presents techniques necessary for confronting challenges that are specific to health survey research.

Reflecting proactively on a growing industry 'dilemma', this book explores how publishing businesses can and do successfully experiment and innovate in digital publishing through collaboration.

The book is about the rise of Iran Auto: one of the world''s largest automobile industries that few people know anything about.

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.

Cases and Stories of Transformative Action Research builds on its companion book, Principles and Methods of Transformative Action Research, by describing and analyzing dozens of examples of successful action research efforts pursued in the past five decades by students and faculty of the Western Institute for Social Research.

Michael Levi Rodkinson (1845-1904) was a journalist, author, and publisher whose literary projects spanned numerous countries and continents.

This book is a comprehensive guide for instructors and graduate students on preparing scholarly manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, theses, or dissertations in the humanities and social sciences.

A cutting-edge study showcases the emergence of contemporary youth activism in the United States, its benefits to young people, its role in strengthening society, and its powerful social justice implications.

This edited textbook explores the 17 UN SDGs through 12 works from the humanities, including films, novels, and photographic collections.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa has defined the childhoods of an entire generation.

Ethnotheatre transforms research about human experiences into a dramatic presentation for an audience.

Introducing a broad range of innovative and creative qualitative methods, this accessible book shows you how to use them in research project while providing straightforward advice on how to approach every step of the process, from planning and organisation to writing up and disseminating research.

Focussing on the phases of qualitative research which precede and follow fieldwork - design, analysis, and textualization - this book offers new theoretical tools to tackle one of the most common criticisms advanced against qualitative research: its presumed lack of rigour.

Despite the fact that focus groups are an ideal research tool for studying and employing group communication in action, many research practitioners and scholars have missed the opportunity to utilize them to their maximum benefit.

Mit der zunächst zweijährigen Aussetzung des Familiennachzugs zu subsidiär Schutzberechtigten im Jahr 2016 erlitten insbesondere ihre Frauen und Kinder in den Krisengebieten, aber auch unbegleitete Minderjährige Einschnitte in ihr Recht auf Familie.

This unique text provides a comprehensive framework for creating, managing, and interpreting qualitative research studies that yield valid and useful information.

Das Buch gibt einen Überblick über Recht und Rechtswissenschaft der Gegenwart für Jurastudierende und für Interessierte aus anderen Disziplinen, die erfahren möchten, was Recht eigentlich ausmacht.

A step-by-step approach to problem-solving techniques using SPSS in the fields of sports science and physical education Featuring a clear and accessible approach to the methods, processes, and statistical techniques used in sports science and physical education, Sports Research with Analytical Solution using SPSS emphasizes how to conduct and interpret a range of statistical analysis using SPSS.

What is research in education?

This first-of-its-kind book provides readers with the information they need to design and conduct a mixed methods action research (MMAR) study in a practical and pragmatic manner.

Postcolonial literatures can be defined as the body of creative work written by authors whose lands were formerly subjugated to colonial rule.

This collection of the best library research instruments will help you to streamline efforts and save time when researching.

Biographical research methods have become a useful and popular tool for contemporary social scientists.

In today's world of modern research methods, the irony is that even though more materials are readily available now than ever before, this proliferation of sources has actually made the process more difficult for the novice researcher.

Reflexivity is a popular tool used to analyse personal, intersubjective and social processes which shape research projects.

The proceedings publish selected papers from the 2nd International Conference on New Computational Social Science, focusing on the following five aspects: Big data acquisition and analysis, Integration of qualitative research and quantitative research, Sociological Internet experiment research, Application of ABM simulation method in Sociology Research, Research and development of new social computing tools.

The seemingly mundane events of daily life create a complex knowledge base of lived experience to be explored.

Originally published in 1985 Urban America Examined, is a comprehensive bibliography examining the urban environment of the United States.

If you have a child on the autism spectrum who struggles with the challenges of daily life, then this book is for you!

This approachable book introduces network research in R, walking you through every step of doing social network analysis.

Phenomenology originated as a novel way of doing philosophy early in the twentieth century.

This substantially revised second edition of The Routledge Handbook of Research Methods in the Study of Religion remains the only comprehensive survey in English of methods and methodology in the discipline.

* A supplementary guide for students who are learning how to evaluate reports of empirical research published in academic journals.

Undergraduate Research in Art: A Guide for Students supplies tools for scaffolding research skills, with examples of undergraduate research activities and case studies on projects in the various areas of the study of art-from art history, art education, and fine art therapy, to studio art, graphic design, and digital media.

Intended to help readers succeed in academia by increasing their scholarly productivity, this book provides strategies for getting articles published quickly in reputable research journals.

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.

Replays addresses the challenging behaviors of children with autism spectrum disorders through interactive symbolic play.

On Vulnerability maps out an array of perspectives for critically examining the nature of vulnerability, its unequal patterning across different social groups, alongside the everyday social processes that render us vulnerable - interactions, identity and group dynamics.

Neuroscience is, by definition, a multidisciplinary field: some scientists study genes and proteins at the molecular level while others study neural circuitry using electrophysiology and high-resolution optics.

The frequency with which people move home has important implications for national economic performance and the well-being of individuals and families.

Crafting Phenomenological Research, Third Edition, continues to demonstrate its award-winning quality, clearly establishing itself as the leading international resource for those interested in a concise introduction to phenomenological research in education and social sciences.

This volume offers a novel collection of international works on the use of poetry in inquiry that transcends conventional disciplinary boundaries.

Baby Bear lives in a home with the Big Bears, and loves to chase butterflies and make mud pies - they make Baby Bear's tummy fill with sunshine.

This book provides an inventory of modes of inquiry for ethnographic research and presents fieldwork as an act of relational invention.