Research Methods: General

In a new textbook designed for students new to statistics and social data, Stephen Gorard focuses on non-inferential statistics as a basis to ensur...

In a new textbook designed for students new to statistics and social data, Stephen Gorard focuses on non-inferential statistics as a basis to ensur...

New to online research? This book will give you the foundation you need to confidently design and conduct a project using internet methods. First ...

New to online research? This book will give you the foundation you need to confidently design and conduct a project using internet methods. First ...

This book provides an up-to-date and accessible introduction to causal inference in quantitative research. Featuring worked example datasets throug...

Nervous about statistics? This guide offers you a clear, straight to the point break down of exploratory and descriptive statistics and its poten...

The fourth book in The SAGE Quantitative Research Kit, this resource covers the basics of designing and conducting basic experiments, outlining the...

This essential guide for education students and researchers explains how to use quantitative methods for analysing educational data using IBM SPSS ...

Balancing theoretical foundations with practical strategies, this book helps you develop an approach to your qualitative analysis that is both syst...

Balancing theoretical foundations with practical strategies, this book helps you develop an approach to your qualitative analysis that is both syst...

Using secondary data offers unique opportunities and challenges. This practical book will guide you through finding, managing and analysing qualita...

This step-by-step guide shows you how to use R to get data analysis right. The book explores the entire process of analysis, covering key steps fr...

This step-by-step guide shows you how to use R to get data analysis right. The book explores the entire process of analysis, covering key steps fr...

This concise introduction to qualitative research design will help you to think through the questions you need to ask when embarking on your resear...

This book provides a systematic introduction to ethnographic methods for data collection, analysis and representation. It  takes you through the ar...

Research design is of critical importance in social research, despite its relative neglect in many methods resources. Early consideration of design...

The second, thoroughly revised and expanded, edition of The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods presents a wide-ranging exploration and overvi...

As data become big, fast and complex, the software and computing tools needed to manage and analyse them are rapidly developing. Social scientists ...