Research methods: general

This volume explores how the scientific method enters and determines the dominant methodologies of various modern academic disciplines.

Making Data in Qualitative Research offers a generative alternative to outdated approaches to data collection.

Routledge International Handbook of Visual Research Methods in Anthropology approaches the question of method through conceptualisations of the visual world as light, sight, images and technologies of imaging that can be analysed and described through a range of visual practices in the course of anthropological research.

Introduction to Real World Statistics provides students with the basic concepts and practices of applied statistics, including data management and preparation; an introduction to the concept of probability; data screening and descriptive statistics; various inferential analysis techniques; and a series of exercises that are designed to integrate core statistical concepts.

We now live in a digital society.

The Sicilian Mafia is the most famous criminal organisation in the world.

Whether youre a high school student, already in college, a parent, or an adult returning to school, this guide can help you thoroughly and easily research all available financial aid options, narrow your search to those that are a good fit for you, and make the best attempt possible at applying for them.

This book is about the everyday life of people with visual impairment or blindness.

Theories and methods for analyzing multimodal relations connecting political entities, including voters, politicians, parties, events, and nations.

Realist Evaluation: Principles and Practice offers a comprehensive exploration of contemporary realist evaluation, showcasing how skilled practitioners navigate diverse fieldwork contexts.

Traditionally, research impact has been measured by counting citations, and citation-based indicators, such as impact factors.

Interdisciplinary research centers are blooming in almost every university, and interdisciplinary research is expected to be a cure-all for the ills of academic science.

This book focuses on the value and necessity of modern sociology to Pope Francis's church reform project known as the Synod on Synodality.

Considering how practices and processes of research and education can create fundamental, radical social change, Democracy, Education and Research assesses the meaning of 'public impact' by rethinking what is meant by 'public' and how it is essential to the methodologies of education and research.

First published Open Access under a Creative Commons license as What is Qualitative Longitudinal Research?

Reimagining Narrative Therapy Through Practice Stories and Autoethnography takes a new pedagogical approach to teaching and learning in contemporary narrative therapy, based in autoethnography and storytelling.

Doing a research project or dissertation can be daunting.

Jobs that were once well-defined are now multifaceted.

'Transdisciplinarity' is a form of research and practice that synthesises knowledge from a range of academic disciplines and from the community.

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Using in-depth analysis of film, TV, news and online productions, Understanding Media Production shows how media theory helps aspiring producers understand good practice in media production.

Posthumanist Collaborations in Performance presents a novel approach for readers to engage with new materialist performance as a method of qualitative inquiry and as a means of combating the anthropocentric loneliness of modern life.

Sport Industry Research and Analysis offers a straightforward, no nonsense approach to research design and statistical analyses in sport organizations.

This title was originally published in 1972.

Exploring gender through the lens of field theory, Gender Fields proposes a new framework for understanding the social organisation of gender identity.

We are global citizens trapped in a world we did not create.

The thrill of discovery and the excitement of innovation mean that research is often immensely satisfying.

This book describes how local consumption, particularly in urban areas, is increasingly met by global supply chains.

What do we know about economic development in Africa?

Artistic Research: Charting a Field in Expansion provides a multidisciplinary overview of different discourses and practices, exploring cutting-edge questions from the burgeoning field of artistic research.

To achieve progress in society and business practices, more entrepreneurship is needed to encourage action and enhance social capital in society, and transformational entrepreneurship may be the key.

Posing fundamental questions around the worth of knowledge creation and the social value of in-depth research, this volume offers a novel approach by exploring why impact is important in academic research, rather than explaining how it should be conducted.

This volume discusses current and emerging trends in Ethnomethodological Conversation Analysis (EMCA).

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

Aimed at students and practitioners involved in supporting such children, and designed to give them an insight into what it means to raise a child with such multiple needs.

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

Embracing Queer and Trans Frameworks in Qualitative Educational Research reflects on a decade of conversations about research, thinking, and life, exploring how to navigate the ethical complexities of working with queer and trans youth as queer and trans scholars.

This engaging and practical book offers science teacher educators and K-12 science teachers alike the tools to engage in a dialogic mode of collaborative action research (D-CAR), a collaborative mode of action research focused on teachers' experiences with students, reflection upon these experiences, and peer learning.

This book represents examples of innovations in digital humanities (DH) efforts across India while theorizing disparate challenges and its negotiations.

The social sciences have seen a substantial increase in comparative and multi-sited ethnographic projects over the last three decades.

Focusing specifically on Interactional Ethnography (IE) as a distinct, discourse-based form of ethnography, this book introduces readers to the logic and practice behind IE and exemplifies the logic of ethnographic inquiry through a range of example-based chapters.

Research Methods for Operations and Supply Chain Management, third edition, is a toolkit of research approaches primarily for advanced students and beginner researchers, but also a reference book for any researcher in operations and supply chain management (OSCM).

Owing to the convergence of multiple cultures coupled with the unprecedented rapid development in the decades since the late 1990s, the value creation and innovation logic of Asia-Pacific business models (BMs) has been constantly altered by cultural heterogeneity.

Statistical power analysis has revolutionized the ways in which we conduct and evaluate research.

In the twenty-first century, more than ever, everything and everybody seems to be on the move.

Postfoundational Approaches to Qualitative Inquiry is an edited collection that aims to move beyond a critique and deconstruction of method in order to present an engagement with various postfoundational frameworks and approaches that produce new concepts and enactments.

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