Writing for Publication deals with a number of generic issues around academic writing (including intellectual property rights) and then considers writing refereed journal articles, books and book chapters in detail as well as other, less common, forms of publication for academics.
Setting out the basics of designing, conducting and analysing an evaluation study in healthcare, the authors take a practical approach, assuming no previous knowledge or experience of evaluation.
'This is an excellent resource for those interested in studying organizations in both formal and informal contexts' - ChoiceTaking readers through the practical history of ethnography from its anthropological origins through to its use in a ever-widening variety of organizational, academic and business contexts, this book covers the whole research project process, starting with research design, and dealing with such practical issues as gaining access, note-taking, project management, analysing one's data and negotiating an exit strategy.
Management Learning introduces the context and history of management learning and offers a critical framework within which the key debates can be understood.
`A brilliant piece of work, adroitly fitted to the present state of affairs in program evaluation, devoted to a defensible and under-attended proposition - that we should understand programs through their recipients' - Robert Stake, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign`This book makes an important and unique contribution to evaluation' - Michael Quinn Patton, The Union Institute, MinneapolisPersonalizing Evaluation challenges the mainstream approach to program evaluation by inverting the traditional relationship between program and person.
Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics is a comprehensive, practical guide for postgraduate students advising how and when to use more advanced statistical methods.
Doing Practitioner Research focuses on helping practitioners conduct research in their own organisations, and attention is given to the best methods for doing this effectively and sensitively.
`This clearly written and user-friendly book is ideal for students or researchers who wish to get a basic, but solid grasp of a topic and see how it fits with other topics.
'Jane Elliott's examination of the use of "e;narrative"e; within the broad context of social science inquiry is a must-read for both qualitative and quantitative researchers, novice and expert alike' - Journal of Advanced Nursing`This important book does an impressive job of synthesising a complex literature and bringing together both qualitative and quantitative methods of narrative analysis.
`The book has no competitor; it summarises the development of the method, follows through all stages of research from accessing subjects through design to analysing diary information as data, and considers how the method can best be exploited and used.
Focus Group Practice is unique in providing a picture of focus group moderation and interaction that is based on the study of what actually happens in high-class market research focus groups and in using recent theories of interaction, for example discourse and conversation analyses, to throw light on the practice of moderation.
Bringing together the work of over eighty leading academics and researchers worldwide to produce the definitive reference and research tool for the social sciences, The SAGE Dictionary of Social Research Methods contains more than 230 entries providing the widest coverage of the all the main terms in the research process.
Digital culture and digital technologies have rapidly become unavoidable and essential forms of social experience and communication in our emerging globalised society.
This first-rate introduction to the study of social networks combines a hands-on manual with an up-to-date review of the latest research and techniques.
'This book is refreshing, both as an addition to the general literature and as a text that considers cultural and social issues in studies relating to improving the situation of vulnerable people.
An essential companion for students across the social and health sciences, this text provides a wide-ranging coverage of qualitative methods complemented by extended illustration from the array of academic disciplines in which qualitative research is found and employed.
`If there is a single question that presses upon the intellect of the current generation of social scientists, it is surely: "e;what do the great insights of social theory imply for the way we conduct research and write about the social world?
Cutting though the exaggerated and fanciful beliefs about the new possibilities of `net life', Hine produces a distinctive understanding of the significance of the Internet and addresses such questions as: what challenges do the new technologies of communication pose for research methods?
`A detailed and valuable addition to the literature that will be a very useful resource for lecturers, as well as having a wide appeal among students' - Tim May, University of SalfordHave you ever wondered what a concise, comprehensive book providing critical guidance to the whole expanse of social science research methods and issues might look like?
The ability to read published research critically is essential and is different from the skills involved in undertaking research using statistical analysis.
Understanding Comics-Based Research focuses on the contribution that comics can make to social research as part of a "e;Graphic social science"e; construct.
