Research methods: general

Created with the input of a distinguished International Board of the foremost authorities in data mining from academia and industry, The Handbook of Data Mining presents comprehensive coverage of data mining concepts and techniques.

This self-contained monograph reports the recent approaches, methods and practices of technology-enabled personalized learning.

At the beginning of writing a thesis, many questions arise, for example:* How do I know that I have formulated a relevant research problem?

Introduction to Research Methods contains everything from developing an initial idea into a proposal, through to analysing data and reporting results.

This book introduces the foundations of multilevel models, using Monopoly(R) rent data, from the classic board game, and the statistical program Stata(R).

Using a series of over 40 case studies, this valuable text illustrates the processes and pitfalls involved in evaluating psychological research.

A bold new literary history that says women's writing is defined less by domestic concerns than by an engagement with public lifeIn a bold and sweeping reevaluation of the past two centuries of women's writing, At Home in the World argues that this body of work has been defined less by domestic concerns than by an active engagement with the most pressing issues of public life: from class and religious divisions, slavery, warfare, and labor unrest to democracy, tyranny, globalism, and the clash of cultures.

In this pathbreaking study of the works of Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, and Mill, Susan Moller Okin turns to the tradition of political philosophy that pervades Western culture and its institutions to understand why the gap between formal and real gender equality persists.

In Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory, Nancy Hirschmann demonstrates not merely that modern theories of freedom are susceptible to gender and class analysis but that they must be analyzed in terms of gender and class in order to be understood at all.

Edgework brings together seven of Wendy Brown's most provocative recent essays in political and cultural theory.

Is it time to take a break from feminism?

How secularism has been used to justify the subordination of womenJoan Wallach Scott's acclaimed and controversial writings have been foundational for the field of gender history.

Fully revised for the third edition, this popular text provides an advanced yet accessible introduction to the tools, terminology and research perspectives that students need to know in order to engage in academic debate and successfully complete research-based assignments.

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

Narrative inquiry is based on the proposition that experience is the stories lived and told by individuals as they are embedded within cultural, social, institutional, familial, political, and linguistic narratives.

Narrative inquiry is based on the proposition that experience is the stories lived and told by individuals as they are embedded within cultural, social, institutional, familial, political, and linguistic narratives.

Queering Autoethnography articulates for the first time the possibilities and politics of queering autoethnography, both in theoretical terms and as an intervention into narratives and cultures of apology, shame and fear.

Queering Autoethnography articulates for the first time the possibilities and politics of queering autoethnography, both in theoretical terms and as an intervention into narratives and cultures of apology, shame and fear.

Software is cut-and-dried - every button you press has a predictable effect - but qualitative analysis is open-ended and unfolds in unpredictable ways.

Software is cut-and-dried - every button you press has a predictable effect - but qualitative analysis is open-ended and unfolds in unpredictable ways.

The key aims of this text are to illustrate the use of various types of mental health treatments and to provide in-depth examples of common psychological disorders supported by case studies.

* 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.

* 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.

Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity goes beyond the content of introductory research methods texts to provide an insight into the methodological hurdles that are experienced when researching 'difference' in Sport and Physical Activity.

Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity goes beyond the content of introductory research methods texts to provide an insight into the methodological hurdles that are experienced when researching 'difference' in Sport and Physical Activity.

* Seventy professors share their tips, techniques, and strategies for overcoming roadblocks to the completion of a thesis or dissertation.

* Seventy professors share their tips, techniques, and strategies for overcoming roadblocks to the completion of a thesis or dissertation.

* Your students will get valuable practice in interpreting actual excerpts from published test manuals.

* Your students will get valuable practice in interpreting actual excerpts from published test manuals.

* Prepares students to conduct their first empirical research study, with quantitative and qualitative methods covered in detail.

* Prepares students to conduct their first empirical research study, with quantitative and qualitative methods covered in detail.

First Published in 2017.

First Published in 2017.

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

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

* Do your students need to organize and summarize data for term projects?

* Do your students need to organize and summarize data for term projects?

* This edition of our popular reader is entirely updated with timely articles that deal with broad issues in education and psychology.

* This edition of our popular reader is entirely updated with timely articles that deal with broad issues in education and psychology.

* Each of the 53 cases presents a practical problem faced by a researcher and the solution he or she selected.

* Each of the 53 cases presents a practical problem faced by a researcher and the solution he or she selected.

Now in its fifth, expanded edition, Using Sources Effectively, Fifth Edition targets the two most prominent problems in current research-paper writing: the increase in unintentional plagiarism and the ineffective use of research source material.

Now in its fifth, expanded edition, Using Sources Effectively, Fifth Edition targets the two most prominent problems in current research-paper writing: the increase in unintentional plagiarism and the ineffective use of research source material.

* This collection of research articles emphasizes topics of interest to classroom teachers.

* This collection of research articles emphasizes topics of interest to classroom teachers.

* The 39 research articles in this collection illustrate a wide variety of models for both quantitative and qualitative nursing research.

* The 39 research articles in this collection illustrate a wide variety of models for both quantitative and qualitative nursing research.

The key aims of this text are to illustrate the use of various types of mental health treatments and to provide in-depth examples of common psychological disorders supported by case studies.

* The detailed step-by-step directions make it ideal for use by students who are conducting their first research project.