Research methods: general

Mixed Methods in Criminology is the first book to bring together the discipline of criminology with the mixed methods research strategy, which has become increasingly prominent within criminological teaching and research.

A scientist's personal reflections on how to harness creativity and curiosity to generate new ideas and discover the unexpectedLike any creative endeavor, science can be a messy and chaotic affair.

A Sociology of Crime has an outstanding reputation for its distinctive and systematic contribution to the criminological literature.

This book reports on one of the largest co-ordinated efforts to survey the theatrical audience experience: the City Study of the Project on European Theatre Systems, which conducted over 7000 surveys and dozens of interviews and focus groups with audience members from four mid-sized cities across Europe.

The Milltown Boys at Sixty is a story like no other, giving both an insider and an outsider view of the 'Milltown Boys', exploring the nature of an ethnographic relationship based on research about their experiences of the criminal justice system.

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.

This book illustrates the method of multiple hypotheses with detailed examples and describes the limitations facing all methods (including the method of multiple hypotheses) as the means for constructing knowledge about nature.

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.

Cross-border studies have become attractive for a number of fields, including international migration, studies of material and cultural globalization, and history.

Communication is one of the biggest challenges faced by people with Asperger's Syndrome (AS), yet an Asperger marriage requires communication more than any other relationship.

The Handbook of Computational Social Science is a comprehensive reference source for scholars across multiple disciplines.

Completing Assignments in TESOL and Applied Linguistics: A Practical Guide is an invaluable companion for anyone dealing with assignments in these fields.

This book asserts the emergence of the fourth era of entrepreneurship, based on a brain-driven approach to the study, instruction, and practice of entrepreneurship.

This collection immerses scholars of communication and related disciplines in narratives of and conversations about social-justice-focused activism.

This book explores the connections between drag stardom and contemporary sexual and cultural politics in the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise.

Wie können qualitativ Forschende in den Geschichtswissenschaften mit der zunehmenden Anzahl von retrodigitalisierten sowie digital entstandenen Quellen umgehen?

The field of management research is commonly regarded as or aspires to be a science discipline.

Knowledge Production in Material Spaces is a curation of the interventions that the authors undertook at a range of academic conferences since 2016.

In recent years ever-increasing concerns about ethical dimensions of fieldwork practice have forced anthropologists and other social scientists to radically reconsider the nature, process, and outcomes of fieldwork: what should we be doing, how, for whom, and to what end?

This second edition of Research Projects for Business and Management Students provides students undertaking extended research with a foundation upon which to build their practice.

Recent events have vividly underscored the societal importance of science, yet the majority of the public are unaware that a large proportion of published scientific results are simply wrong.

Dennis McInerney's Publishing Your Psychology Research has bridged a much needed gap in the research process literature, providing a well-oiled treaty from both insider and outsider perspectives as to what it takes to become a credible and published author.

This book provides an overview of qualitative research models and their applications in organization and management studies.

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.

Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships shows how theory and practice come into lived interplay in social spaces where theory informs practice and practice turns into theory.

Rethinking Research in the Art Museum presents an original and radical perspective on how research can function as an agent of change in art museums today.

Written specifically for siblings of children with Tourette Syndrome (TS), Why Do You Do That?

This volume is a definitive manual for students and practitioners involved in learning and developing essential theories and models for fieldwork practicum in social work education.

It seems like most of what we read about the academic social sciences in the mainstream media is negative.

The Sixth Edition of the bestselling Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches provides clear and concise instruction for designing research projects or developing research proposals.

This ground breaking volume raises radical critiques and proposes innovative solutions for social sustainability in the built environment.

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

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From world-class qualitative experts comes a practical, step-by-step introduction to doing dyadic interviews.

Corruption is expanding internationally and so are strategic accusations of others being corrupt.

While executives are keen to harness organizational knowledge and improve business performance, the topic of how academics can produce rigorous and relevant theory in working relationships with practitioners is a much contested topic.

The new edition of Playbuilding as Arts-Based Research details how playbuilding (creating an original performative work with a group) as a methodology has developed in qualitative research over the last 15 years.

The focus of this book is the process of unionization in the road haulage industry, in particular, the role of leadership in determining the quality of union organization.

Quantitative Methodologies using Multi-Methods is a multifaceted book written to help researchers.

This book is a concise hands-on guide that provides students a useful tool for a systematic approach to scientific inquiry.

Increasing numbers of adults are enroling in doctoral programmes, but their earlier college lives often do not prepare them for the rules of the academic game.

Teaches students how to use R to conduct the statistical analyses most commonly used in political science.

Life Takes Place argues that, even in our mobile, hypermodern world, human life is impossible without place.

This book explains how the Columbia model of sociology, which was based on the methodology of P.

Research Methods for Educational Dialogue provides an overview of the range of possibilities for researching various forms of educational dialogue, underpinned by a coherent theoretical foundation.

Design and Analysis in Educational Research Using jamovi is an integrated approach to learning about research design alongside statistical analysis concepts.

This book firmly positions lived experience-led expertise as a unique and compelling form of knowledge in decolonising and disrupting research, teaching and advocacy.

This book is an introduction to the epistemology and practice of social science.