With an emphasis on describing concepts, showing through example and illustrating points with graphs and displays, this book provides readers with a step-by-step introduction to using statistics.
Exploring the historical, theoretical and practical bones of modern case study research, and featuring an extended example that has been annotated line by line, this book takes readers through the complexities of case study research.
Helping researchers progress to doing more complex qualitative research, this book is grounded in theory and takes the reader beyond a ‘tick box’ approach to methods
The team behind the popular Philosophy Bites podcasts and books present a collection of interviews with leading international academics from their Social Science Bites podcasts.
This book positions qualitative analysis as an ongoing process occurring over the life cycle of a project. It pays attention to the research proposal and the decisions... Læs mere
This title looks at how achieving positive outcomes for children in care is possible when the root causes of failure are tackled.
Clearly set out and easy to understand, this book provides a complete guide to doing action research.
This student-friendly book offers a 'behind the scenes' look at becoming a social worker.
Emotion is an important topic in social science. This work - from a leading voice in the field - not only accessibly outlines the research from different fields, but is the first to pull it together to propose an agenda setting proposal for a definitive approach.
This volume addresses the issue of "voice" in special education reserch, the voices of the researchers as well as those of "the... Læs mere
This agenda-setting text brings together the biggest names in membership categorization analysis to provide readers with a contemporary analysis of the field and a platform to build upon when doing research.
In covering both traditional and newer approaches, and presenting them alongside each other, and by... Læs mere