Research methods: general

This volume of plenary addresses and other key presentations from the 2014 International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry highlights the politics of research in the neoliberal state and the role of qualitative researchers in that debate.

In the eleventh edition of Understanding Research Methods: An Overview of the Essentials, Newhart and Patten leverage the principles of learning and content design to present the fundamentals students need to get started in research.

This invaluable resource provides a comprehensive overview of the many methods and methodologies of social research.

Kickstart your research with this practical, bestselling guide to doing social network analysis.

This text is about doing science and the active process of reading, learning, thinking, generating ideas, designing experiments, and the logistics surrounding each step of the research process.

Research methods is a challenging topic for many students.

This collection of recent works by Norman K.

Photography, Photographic Arts and the Visual Research Process in Qualitative Inquiry is a book that introduces doctoral students and early career researchers to photography as a significant dimension of visual qualitative methods.

This handbook introduces the reader to the thought-provoking research on the neural foundations of human intelligence.

This comprehensive book is an introduction to multilevel Bayesian models in R using brms and the Stan programming language.

Used to train generations of social scientists, this thoroughly updated classic text covers the latest research techniques and designs.

Designed to support the paradigm shift in media and communication, this book presents the basic tenets of strategic communication and its foundational disciplines of advertising, public relations, and marketing communications.

This ultimate guide focuses on case research, writing, and teaching for a revolutionary new form of teaching case-Compact Cases.

Alongside the world of everyday reality, the young child develops a rich imaginary world of child art, make-believe play, imaginary friends, fairy tales and magic.

This book explores the social, political, and historical forces that mediate language ideology and practices in post-colonial education and how such ideology and practices influence students' academic achievement.

Children are an end and means of progress.

This book explores some of the political and methodological directions that collectively lead to the repositioning of Islam in social science research as both an epistemic/ontological category and as a method.

Ann Boushey's teenage son Jon was diagnosed with high-functioning autism in kindergarten.

The production and consumption of news in the digital era is blurring the boundaries between professionals, citizens and activists.

Employment Relations is widely taught in business schools around the world.

The goal of Norman H.

Assessing Autoethnography provides readers with multiple ways to analyze autoethnographies and other forms of personal narrative writing.

This book is suitable for research in social science subjects such as sociology and psychology; humanities subjects such as history and human geography; education, nursing and related fields.

First published Open Access under a Creative Commons license as What is Quantitative Longitudinal Data Analysis?

A comprehensive guide for researchers in the physical sciences and engineering, providing preventive measures and solutions to unexpected problems in their work.

The Mont Tremblant International Summer Scholl was primarily concerned with the dynamic structure of nuclear states.

Managing today's lands is becoming an increasingly difficult task.

The literature on social science methods and the issues surrounding them has grown massively and continues to increase.

Research in the College Context, 2nd Edition provides faculty, students, practitioners, and researchers in the college environment with a manual of diverse approaches and methods for researching higher education and college students.

Increasing American fear about terrorism, environmental catastrophes, pandemics, and economic crises has fueled interest in "e;prepping"e;: confronting disaster by mastering survivalist skills.

Writing with Clarity and Style, 2nd Edition, will help you to improve your writing dramatically.

Research Methods: The Basics is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice.

This international collection provides a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge research on autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) by well-known experts in the field, stressing the importance of early diagnosis and a good working relationship between parents and professionals.

Surprisingly little research has been carried out about how Australian Aboriginal children and teenagers experience life, shape their social world and imagine the future.

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 accessible course on a central player in modern statistical practice connects models with methodology, without need for advanced math.

What is eye tracking?

This annual volume from the Worldwatch Institute gives prominence to key trends that often escape the attention of the news media, world leaders and economic experts.

Research Methods in Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics GUIDES TO RESEARCH METHODS IN LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS Up to date and covering a refreshingly wide range of approaches, this is a first-rate guide and resource for both practitioners and consumers of research in clinical linguistics and phonetics.

A step-by-step introduction to successful fieldwork, this guide will help you to plan, design, conduct and share your research.

This book is a personal reflection on research interviews.

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

Originally published in 1969, Comparability in Social Research is a collection of essays from the British Sociological Association and Social Science Research Council.

Focusing on the underlying themes that run through most multivariate methods, in this fully updated 3rd edition of The Essence of Multivariate Thinking Dr.

The systematic approach to innovation development today is one of the world's most prominent scientific fields, and with good reason.

A Critical Reflexive Approach to Sex Research is a methodologically focused book that offers rich insights into the, often secret, subjectivities of men who pay for sex in South Africa.

This accessible and engaging textbook helps students to get to grips with key concepts, issues, and practices in social science research through the use of fun and informative illustrations and examples.