Research Methods: General

Uniting methods from disciplines across the social sciences and humanities, this hands-on guide develops a novel approach to doing document analysi...

The Tenth Edition of the bestselling Investigating the Social World provides students with the critical skills necessary to evaluate research. Each...

Continuing to be THE guide to the whole qualitative research process for students, this book looks at both the theory behind qualitative research a...

Communicating the excitement and importance of criminal justice research, this practical and comprehensive book shows students how to perform and u...

Research Methods in the Social and Health Sciences: Research Decisions, by Ted Palys and Chris Atchison, gives students a thorough, thoughtful, a...

Research Methods in the Social and Health Sciences: Research Decisions, by Ted Palys and Chris Atchison, gives students a thorough, thoughtful, a...

This book walks you through learning probability and statistics from a Bayesian point of view.  From an introduction to probability theory throu...

The essence of research design is the ability to articulate your research question. The research question is the precursor to the study, and a well...

Counseling and Educational Research: Evaluation and Application prepares readers to be good consumers and evaluators of research. Using concrete ex...

This is your student guide to research in the field of coaching. It answers your questions about doing research and explores the challenges and opp...

A practical guide to carrying out ethical research with children and young people, this practical handbook examines the ethical questions that aris...

A practical guide to carrying out ethical research with children and young people, this practical handbook examines the ethical questions that aris...

From first planning to writing up your research, this complete guide will help you push your project forward.  Walking you through every step you ...

Full of practical advice and real-world examples, this step-by-step guide offers you an accessible introduction to doing quantitative social resear...

Nominated for the Ludwik Fleck Prize - awarded annually to an exemplary book in Science and Technology Studies that contributes to the global STS c...

This is your student guide to research in the field of coaching. It answers your questions about doing research and explores the challenges and opp...

Nominated for the Ludwik Fleck Prize - awarded annually to an exemplary book in Science and Technology Studies that contributes to the global STS c...

This book walks you step-by-step through the whole research process so you can get up to speed understanding and doing your own research. In their...

Engaging and accessible, this book offers students a complete guide to using NVivo for qualitative data analysis. Drawing on their wealth of expert...

Engaging and accessible, this book offers students a complete guide to using NVivo for qualitative data analysis. Drawing on their wealth of expert...

In eight clear-cut steps, this book provides a systematic introduction to qualitative content analysis and how you can use it in each stage of your...

In eight clear-cut steps, this book provides a systematic introduction to qualitative content analysis and how you can use it in each stage of your...

The Fifth Edition of the bestselling Utilization-Focused Evaluation provides expert, detailed advice on conducting evaluations that promote effecti...

A Crash Course in Statistics is a short introduction to key statistical methods including descriptive statistics, one-way and two-way ANOVA, the t-...