Research methods: general

This book provides an overview of cutting-edge approaches to computational social science.

A comprehensive survey of computational aspects of collective decisions for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in computer science and economics.

A comprehensive survey of computational aspects of collective decisions for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in computer science and economics.

The book summarizes what we know about crime and place, and provides an agenda for future research in this area.

The book summarizes what we know about crime and place, and provides an agenda for future research in this area.

Argues that sociology should be understood as a population science, focusing on establishing and explaining probabilistic regularities in human populations.

Argues that sociology should be understood as a population science, focusing on establishing and explaining probabilistic regularities in human populations.

An accessible step-by-step guide to the process of interview-based qualitative research – from formulating researchable questions to writing final reports.

An accessible step-by-step guide to the process of interview-based qualitative research – from formulating researchable questions to writing final reports.

A clear, lively and data-centric introduction to statistics with integrated SPSS (version 22) commands.

This book situates comparative-historical analysis within contemporary debates in political science and explores the latest theoretical and conceptual advances.

Social Sequence Analysis is a comprehensive guide to analytic methods that brings together foundational, theoretical and methodological work on social sequences.

This book looks ''behind the model'' to show how formal models of the economy work - and why they sometimes fail.

A clear, lively and data-centric introduction to statistics with integrated SPSS (version 22) commands.

This book situates comparative-historical analysis within contemporary debates in political science and explores the latest theoretical and conceptual advances.

Social Sequence Analysis is a comprehensive guide to analytic methods that brings together foundational, theoretical and methodological work on social sequences.

This book looks ''behind the model'' to show how formal models of the economy work - and why they sometimes fail.

This volume provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of corpus-based linguistic research on English.

This volume provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of corpus-based linguistic research on English.

This book is an introduction to the logic and analytics of group choice.

This book is an introduction to the logic and analytics of group choice.

Argues that good educational research is often in essence philosophical rather than a matter of conventional ''research methods''.

This book explains how field research contributes value to political science by exploring scholars'' experiences, detailing exemplary practices, and asserting key principles.

Argues that good educational research is often in essence philosophical rather than a matter of conventional ''research methods''.

This book explains how field research contributes value to political science by exploring scholars'' experiences, detailing exemplary practices, and asserting key principles.

This volume offers new perspectives on knowledge production through various forms of togetherness.

Learn how to plan for maximum impact with this hands-on guide to conducting high-quality engineering research.

Beginning with the practices of and the problems faced by model builders, this book discusses the modeling process and the testing of models.

This book provides instruction and examples of the core methods in time series econometrics, drawing from several main fields of the social sciences.

Learn how to plan for maximum impact with this hands-on guide to conducting high-quality engineering research.

Beginning with the practices of and the problems faced by model builders, this book discusses the modeling process and the testing of models.

This book provides instruction and examples of the core methods in time series econometrics, drawing from several main fields of the social sciences.

Despite numerous books on research methodology, many have failed to present a complete, hands-on, practical book to lead college classes or individuals through the research process.

Despite numerous books on research methodology, many have failed to present a complete, hands-on, practical book to lead college classes or individuals through the research process.

The impact of humanity on the earth overshoots the earth's bio-capacity to supply humanity's needs, meaning that people are living off earth's capital rather than its income.

The impact of humanity on the earth overshoots the earth's bio-capacity to supply humanity's needs, meaning that people are living off earth's capital rather than its income.

Research in Analytical Psychology: Empirical Research provides an original overview of empirical research in Analytical Psychology, focusing on quantitative and qualitative methods.

Research in Analytical Psychology: Empirical Research provides an original overview of empirical research in Analytical Psychology, focusing on quantitative and qualitative methods.

Researchers are expected to produce original findings, yet nobody explains how original contributions are conceived in economics.

Researchers are expected to produce original findings, yet nobody explains how original contributions are conceived in economics.

Drawing on empirical data from women who pay for sexual services and those who provide services to women, this ground-breaking study is the first of its kind in the UK, detailing the experiences of women who pay for sex in an explicit, direct, prearranged way.

Drawing on empirical data from women who pay for sexual services and those who provide services to women, this ground-breaking study is the first of its kind in the UK, detailing the experiences of women who pay for sex in an explicit, direct, prearranged way.

Traditionally, the most preferred social research methods in dementia studies have been interviews, focus groups and non-participant observations.

Traditionally, the most preferred social research methods in dementia studies have been interviews, focus groups and non-participant observations.

Modes of Thinking for Qualitative Data Analysis argues for engagement with the conceptual underpinnings of five prominent analytical strategies used by qualitative researchers: Categorical Thinking, Narrative Thinking, Dialectical Thinking, Poetical Thinking, and Diagrammatical Thinking.

Modes of Thinking for Qualitative Data Analysis argues for engagement with the conceptual underpinnings of five prominent analytical strategies used by qualitative researchers: Categorical Thinking, Narrative Thinking, Dialectical Thinking, Poetical Thinking, and Diagrammatical Thinking.

Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) is a statistical technique that first and foremost has become known through the work of the late Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002).

Multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) is a statistical technique that first and foremost has become known through the work of the late Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002).

This practical guide addresses the challenges for building and maintaining a college research program in an environment that does not focus on supporting research activity and for those with a heavy teaching load.

This practical guide addresses the challenges for building and maintaining a college research program in an environment that does not focus on supporting research activity and for those with a heavy teaching load.