Social research and statistics

This book explores the profound transformations brought about by the datafication of society, and reflects on the implications this has for activism, social movements, and contentious politics.

This book explores the profound transformations brought about by the datafication of society, and reflects on the implications this has for activism, social movements, and contentious politics.

This book offers the first systematic account in English of the Spanish mass press coverage of a jihadist terrorist attacks in contemporary Spain.

This book offers the first systematic account in English of the Spanish mass press coverage of a jihadist terrorist attacks in contemporary Spain.

Quantitative Social Science Research in Practice: Generating Novel and Parsimonious Explanatory Models for Social Sciences examines quantitative Behavioral Science Research (BSR) by focusing on four key areas:Developing Novel, Parsimonious, and Actionable Causal Models: Researchers often face challenges in creating new, parsimonious causal models supported by empirical evaluation.

The Drugging of the Americas examines the stark differences in how multinational pharmaceutical companies present their products to physicians in the United States versus Latin America.

The Drugging of the Americas examines the stark differences in how multinational pharmaceutical companies present their products to physicians in the United States versus Latin America.

Compelling Confessions: The Politics of Personal Disclosure is a collection of essays whose shared purpose is to offer an accessible interdisciplinary exploration of the social dynamics behind confessional discourse.

A continually evolving discipline, human reliability assessment (HRA) has elements of controversy from the definition of terms to the application of appropriate methods for the representation of human failure probability.

Quantitative Social Science Research in Practice: Generating Novel and Parsimonious Explanatory Models for Social Sciences examines quantitative Behavioral Science Research (BSR) by focusing on four key areas:Developing Novel, Parsimonious, and Actionable Causal Models: Researchers often face challenges in creating new, parsimonious causal models supported by empirical evaluation.

Recently, social science has had numerous episodes of influential research that was found invalid when placed under rigorous scrutiny.

This book presents Documents of Life (DoLs) as a research framework, offering both scholarly insight and practical guidance for conducting this kind of work.

Compelling Confessions: The Politics of Personal Disclosure is a collection of essays whose shared purpose is to offer an accessible interdisciplinary exploration of the social dynamics behind confessional discourse.

Recently, social science has had numerous episodes of influential research that was found invalid when placed under rigorous scrutiny.

This book explores the cancer experiences of LGBTIQ+ people, drawing on two of the largest mixed-methods studies conducted in this area.

This book presents Documents of Life (DoLs) as a research framework, offering both scholarly insight and practical guidance for conducting this kind of work.

Political science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, nation, government, and politics and policies of government.

The general approach the book takes to science and the generation of knowledge for social work and the human services is an inclusive one in part because it acknowledges the need for multiple and particularly for underrepresented points of view and ways of knowing to be heard and legitimated.

This book engages readers via the international contributions from "e;home"e; field sites around the world and international authors.

Social research can serve a variety of purposes.

Political science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, nation, government, and politics and policies of government.

The general approach the book takes to science and the generation of knowledge for social work and the human services is an inclusive one in part because it acknowledges the need for multiple and particularly for underrepresented points of view and ways of knowing to be heard and legitimated.

This book engages readers via the international contributions from "e;home"e; field sites around the world and international authors.

Social research can serve a variety of purposes.

Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research was written to offer those who engage in college student research a framework, tool, or guide for understanding the role that theory plays in research.

Investing in Children: Work, Education, and Social Policy in Two Rich Countries presents new research by leading scholars in Australia and the United States on economic factors that influence children's development and the respective social policies that the two nations have designed to boost human capital development.

Investing in Children: Work, Education, and Social Policy in Two Rich Countries presents new research by leading scholars in Australia and the United States on economic factors that influence children's development and the respective social policies that the two nations have designed to boost human capital development.

Students of social work need to understand the contribution of research, as part of this evidence base, to effective practice.

Theoretical Frameworks in College Student Research was written to offer those who engage in college student research a framework, tool, or guide for understanding the role that theory plays in research.

Students of social work need to understand the contribution of research, as part of this evidence base, to effective practice.

Trust, as Simmel noted, is a hypothesis regarding future behavior that is certain enough to serve as a basis for practical conduct.

Education for Future Practice engages with the challenge faced by higher education: to envisage probable, possible and desired futures for practice and education and to realise ways of educating practitioners for these futures.

Public sociology-an approach to sociology that aims to communicate with and actively engage wider audiences-has been one of the most widely discussed topics in the discipline in recent years.

Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology is a core text for criminology and criminal justice research methods courses.

The book contains results from opinion polls around the world, in total more than 50 countries.

The book covers Understand the Research; The Ethics of Social Research; Advancing Behavioural and Social Research; Social Science Research Strategy; Social Science Research Needs; Research in the Social Sciences and Health; Foundations; Sampling; Measurement; Reliability and Survey Research.

The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Policing, Communication, and Society brings together well-regarded academics and experienced practitioners to explore how communication intersects with policing in areas such as cop-culture, race and ethnicity, terrorism and hate crimes, social media, police reform, crowd violence, and many more.

The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Policing, Communication, and Society brings together well-regarded academics and experienced practitioners to explore how communication intersects with policing in areas such as cop-culture, race and ethnicity, terrorism and hate crimes, social media, police reform, crowd violence, and many more.

Research Methods in Criminal Justice and Criminology is a core text for criminology and criminal justice research methods courses.

Public sociology-an approach to sociology that aims to communicate with and actively engage wider audiences-has been one of the most widely discussed topics in the discipline in recent years.

A NEW SCIENTIST BEST NEW SCIENCE BOOK MAY 2026'This view from the other side of the search box is both charming and insightful, tapping into a deep well of curiosity.

The book covers Understand the Research; The Ethics of Social Research; Advancing Behavioural and Social Research; Social Science Research Strategy; Social Science Research Needs; Research in the Social Sciences and Health; Foundations; Sampling; Measurement; Reliability and Survey Research.

Significant amounts of money and resources are spent on child and family services, so successful evaluation of whether or not they are achieving the best outcomes is therefore essential.

*Highly Commended in the Health and Social Care category of the 2011 BMA Medical Book Awards*For those involved in commissioning and running projects working with people, measuring performance and assessing outcomes are an essential part of applying for and maintaining funding, and a way of demonstrating the project's achievements.

Today's students of social science must understand a variety of research methods.

This accessible text on social research methodology teaches students of sociology and related disciplines how standard methods can be adapted toward critical ends.