Research category: 4571 books
Improving Survey Methods
Lessons from Recent Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
This state-of-the-art volume provides insight into the recent developments in survey research. It covers topics like: survey modes and response effects, bio indicators and paradata, interviewer and survey error, mixed-mode panels, sensitive questions, conducting web surveys and access panels, coping...
by Helen Gavin
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2008
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Understanding and applying research methods and statistics in psychology is one of the corner stones of study at undergraduate level. To enable all undergraduate psychology students to carry...
Qualitative Psychology
A Practical Guide to Research Methods
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Undertaking qualitative research in psychology can seem like a daunting and complex process, especially when it comes to selecting the most appropriate approach for your project or assignment. This book, written and edited by a world-leading group of academics and researchers, offers an accessible,...
Field Methods for Academic Research
Interviews, Focus Groups & Questionnaires
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Inerviews, focus groups and questionnaires are everyday tools of the academic resedracher in Business and Management Studies. Most research degrees and may academic peer reviewed journal papers have employed one or more of these techniques. Ironically the knowledge and skills requied to use these...
Netnography
Redefined
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Social media and Internet data offer rich opportunities and vexing challenges for sociocultural research. Explaining and extending prior approaches, Netnography: Redefined is an indispensable guide to the understanding and conduct of Internet ethnography.
With this volume, netnography is...
Foundations of Mixed Methods Research
Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
Foundations of Mixed Methods Research is the first comprehensive textbook on using mixed methods in the social sciences, written by two leading names in the field. Mixed methodology (combining quantitative and qualitative approaches) has become an increasingly popular way of both researching and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
This book provides the first resource dedicated to critically examining gender and sex in study designs, methods, and analysis in health research. In order to produce ethical, accurate, and effective research findings it is vital to integrate both sex (biological characteristics) and gender (socially...
Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences
A Pluralist Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2008
A revolutionary textbook introducing masters and doctoral students to the major research approaches and methodologies in the social sciences. Written by an outstanding set of scholars, and derived from successful course teaching, this volume will empower students to choose their own approach to research,...
by Alexa Hepburn, Dr. Alexa Hepburn
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
How can we capture the words, gestures and conduct of study participants? How do we transcribe what happens in social interactions in analytically useful ways? How could systematic and detailed transcription practices benefit research?
This book demonstrates how best to represent talk and interaction...
Research Data Management
Practical Strategies for Information Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
It has become increasingly accepted that important digital data must be retained and shared in order to preserve and promote knowledge, advance research in and across all disciplines of scholarly endeavor, and maximize the return on investment of public funds. To meet this challenge, colleges and...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
From the Foreword:
"[This book] provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental concepts in healthcare process management as well as some advanced topics in the cutting-edge research of the closely related areas. This book is ideal for graduate students and practitioners who want...
A Guide for the Statistically Perplexed
Selected Readings for Clinical Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Do statistics-heavy research papers give you a headache? Are you baffled by bias, confused by correlation, or flummoxed by F-tests? A Guide for the Statistically Perplexed is here to help! This book is designed to assist students, clinicians, and researchers in becoming familiar with statistical and...
Doing Science
Design, Analysis, and Communication of Scientific Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2009
Doing Science, second edition, offers a rare compendium of practical advice based on how working scientists pursue their craft. It covers each stage of research, from formulating questions and gathering data to developing experiments and analyzing results and finally to the many ways for presenting...
Methods of Life Course Research
Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 1998
What are the most effective methods for doing life-course research? In this volume, the field's founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meaningful patterns to be found in the results.