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  • Active Learning Exercises for Research Methods in Social Sciences

    Edited by Beth P. Skott, Masjo H. Ward ...
    Based on the premise that when students engage in an activity instead of simply reading about it, they understand it better, this book offers 29 hands-on, active learning exercises for use in research methods courses in the social sciences.The activities were created by instructors throughout the United States and tested for effectiveness in their classrooms. They include group activities and solo ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

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  • Ethnographic Methods

    by Karen O'Reilly ...
    This new edition of Karen O’Reilly’s popular Ethnographic Methods provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the technical, practical and philosophical issues that arise when employing traditional and innovative research methods in relation to human agents.Using a wide range of case studies and source material to illustrate the dilemmas and resolutions that an ethnographic researcher ... Read more

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  • Qualitative Media Analysis

    by David L. Altheide, Christopher J. Schneider ...
    Series series Qualitative Research Methods
    In order to prepare a successful research project, a qualitative researcher often must consult media documents of various types. Authors David L. Altheide and Christopher J. Schneider show readers how to obtain, categorize, and analyze these different media documents in this entry in the Qualitative Research Methods series. They look at traditional primary documents such as newspapers and ... Read more

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  • Social Research

    An Introduction

    by Matthew David, Carole Sutton ...
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  • Evidence-Based Public Health Practice

    by Arlene G. Fink ...
    Designed for students and practitioners, this practical book shows how to do evidence-based research in public health. As a great deal of evidence-based practice occurs online, it focuses on how to find, use, and interpret online sources of public health information. It also includes examples of community-based participatory research and shows how to link data with community preferences and needs. ... Read more

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  • A Companion to Survey Research

    by Michael D. Ornstein ...
    A Companion to Survey Research provides a critical overview and guide to survey methods. Rather than a set of formulas, survey design is understood as a craft where the translation of research questions into a questionnaire, sample design and data collection strategy is based on understanding how respondents answer questions and their willingness to complete a survey.Following an account of the ... Read more

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  • Digital Ethnography

    Principles and Practice

    by Sarah Pink, Heather Horst, John Postill, Larissa Hjorth, Tania Lewis, Jo Tacchi ...
    This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research and demonstrates how the methodological, practical and theoretical dimensions are increasingly intertwined.Digital ethnography is central to our understanding of the social world; it can shape ... Read more

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  • First (and Second) Steps in Statistics

    by Kamala London, Daniel B. Wright ...
    ′This engagingly written and nicely opinionated book is a blend of friendly introduction and concisely applicable detail. No-one can recall every statistical formula, but if they have this book they will know where to look′ - Professor Jon May, University of Plymouth′This is one of the best books I have come across for teaching introductory statistics. The illustrative examples are engaging and ... Read more

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  • Rasch Models for Measurement

    SAGE Publications

    by David Andrich ...
    Series series Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences
    Examines the use of Rasch measurement models in the social sciences. This lucid introduction first focuses on general principles, so the applications and algebra of the model can be readily understood. Andrich then connects Rasch models to common procedures for social science measurement. Avoiding polemics, Andrich′s presentation allows comparison between the Rasch models and other, better known ... Read more

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  • The SAGE Dictionary of Statistics

    A Practical Resource for Students in the Social Sciences

    by Duncan Cramer, Dennis Laurence Howitt ...
    `The authors make excellent use of illustrative examples′ - Reference ReviewsThe SAGE Dictionary of Statistics provides students and researchers with an accessible and definitive resource to use when studying statistics in the social sciences, reading research reports and undertaking data analysis. Written by leading academics in the field of methodology and statistics, the Dictionary will be an ... Read more

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  • How to Critique Journal Articles in the Social Sciences

    by Scott R. (Robert) Harris ...
    This brief, introductory book provides readers with a step-by-step guide to reading and understanding a social science research article. The author demonstrates the many strengths of social research, including its advantages over ordinary ways of knowing things, and, at the same time, points out that research is inevitably flawed. Rather than naively assuming that good research simply produces ... Read more

    $36.89 USD