Research methods: general

This book draws on research in Australia, Canada, UK, and US into the experiences of doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and new academics.

Cognitive interviewing, based on the self-report methods of Ericsson and Simon, is a key form of qualitative research that has developed over the past thirty years.

This book presents practical guidelines for university research and administration.

This textbook is for anyone who needs to learn the basics of bioinformatics the use of computational methods to better understand biological systems.

This book presents an innovative theoretical and empirical approach to the present attributions of meaning to the past.

Clinically oriented professionals and students need to understand and evaluate the research and statistics in professional articles, especially given today's emphasis on evidence-based practice.

Techniques for interpreting commonly used discrete choice models, illustrated with extensive examples including replication code and data.

Winner of the 2023 Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award, awarded by the Urban Communication FoundationBased on the author's scholar-activist interventions to promote social justice in cities, this book highlights the role engaged communication scholarship can play in fostering a more equitable future.

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

Authoritative guide to using quantitative methods in history; clearly illustrated and accompanied by website material.

This book offers a candid and unflinching account of the PhD experience in a sector marked by precarity, insecurity, and intense competition.

This volume is the cumulative subject index for volumes 1-32 of Experimental Methods in Physical Sciences.

Biplots are a graphical method for simultaneously displaying two kinds of information; typically, the variables and sample units described by a multivariate data matrix or the items labelling the rows and columns of a two-way table.

This book explores the relevance of management accounting research and practice for a range of broader, societal phenomena related to corporate governance and regulation, the creation and maintenance of markets and their concomitant social and political implications.

A comprehensive introduction to social network analysis that hones in on basic centrality measures, social links, subgroup analysis, data sources, and more Written by military, industry, and business professionals, this book introduces readers to social network analysis, the new and emerging topic that has recently become of significant use for industry, management, law enforcement, and military practitioners for identifying both vulnerabilities and opportunities in collaborative networked organizations.

Getting a qualitative article or book published involves more than simply doing the research, writing it up, and sending it off.

Semantic Network Analysis in Social Sciences introduces the fundamentals of semantic network analysis and its applications in the social sciences.

The global financial crisis has demonstrated the impact and implications of late capitalism and its bedfellow, globalisation.

The Art and Science of Embodied Research Design: Concepts, Methods, and Cases offers some of the nascent perspectives that situate embodiment as a necessary element in human research.

Evocative Qualitative Inquiry explores academic research that evokes vitality and life.

This book reframes theoretical, methodological and practical approaches to public administration by drawing on complexity theory concepts.

Teacher inquiry helps improve educational outcomes Practitioner Teacher Inquiry and Research explores the concept and importance of the teacher practitioner, and prepares students in teacher education courses and programs to conduct research in the classroom.

Around the world a multitude of surveys are conducted every day, on a variety of subjects, and consequently surveys have become an accepted part of modern life.

This book examines the role of social process and routinised violence in the use of underaged soldiers in the country now known as South Sudan during the twenty-one-year civil war between Sudan's northern and southern regions.

Studying people's lives requires acknowledging the multiple entanglements between individual singularity and processes of social patterning.

This groundbreaking text makes an intervention on behalf of disability studies into the broad field of qualitative inquiry.

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

* Illustrates all the steps in preparing qualitative and quantitative literature reviews.

Drawing on the emerging field of narrative theory in sociology and psychology, this book argues that an individual's response to job loss is a product of the shape of the story a person tells about their experience.

This textbook navigates through the complex landscape of mentorship in academic research across all levels of education.

Part ethnography, part memoir, and part critical reflection on the Anthropocene, this book examines the ways that islands form and inform human experiences of the everyday and the extraordinary.

Based on ethnographic research, this book examines the paranormal investigation subculture in the US.

This evidence-based text puts a human face on mental disorders, illuminating the lived experience of people with mental health difficulties and their caregivers.

Questions related to managing people in hostile environments have become more central on the agenda of business leaders and HR professionals in multinational corporations (MNCs).

Most organizations today operate in volatile economic and social environments and qualitative research plays an essential role in investigating leadership and management problems.

Ethnomethodologists and Conversation Analysts have always been interested in the study of law and legal institutions and there is now a large body of empirical studies, representing a range of analytic traditions in each field.

* Provides detailed information on* the functions of assessment;* how to construct, administer, and interpret the results of teacher-developed assessment techniques; and* how to interpret the results of externally developed instruments such as standardized tests.

This book addresses the growing demand for collaborative and reflexive scholarly engagement in the Arctic directed at providing relevant insights to tackle local challenges of arctic communities.

This book provides students and academics with a comprehensive analysis of the theory and practice of branding.

Ethnographies Revisited provides first-hand accounts of how leading qualitative researchers crafted key theoretical concepts found in their major book-length ethnographies.

In Education Policy Research, Helen M.

A concise guide to the principles of scientific method with applications across all sciences, both basic and applied.

Autoethnography for Librarians and Information Scientists illustrates that autoethnography is a rich qualitative research method that can enhance understanding of one's own work experiences, whilst also facilitating the design of tailored experiences for a variety of audiences.

Packed with more than 200 colour illustrations, Visual Research explores a range of research methods that can be used by graphic designers and visual communicators in the development of clear and purposeful design solutions.

Statistical Analysis: The Basics provides an engaging and easy to read primer on this sometimes daunting subject.

This title was first published in 2003.

This book asks whether military power is central in determining which states get their voice heard, and if so, how and why.

Arts-based Research in Theatre and Performance provides a roadmap for conducting arts-based research.

There is a recent surge in the use of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) within education globally, with disproportionate claims being made about what they show, 'what works', and what constitutes the best 'evidence'.