Social Research & Statistics

For courses in Research Methods in Political Science and Sociology, and in Qualitative Research Methods Raising questions, rather than giving answe...

Note: This is the loose-leaf version of Fundamentals of Educational Research and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order th...

Building on the studying up trend in anthropology, this book offers a theoretically informed guide to ethnographic methods that is also practical i...

An invaluable resource for health professionals and students engaged in research, this thoroughly updated edition provides a guide to the major mea...

In midcentury America, the public opinion polling enterprise faced a crisis of legitimacy. Every major polling firm predicted a win for Thomas Dewe...

Learn how to conduct a robust text analysis project from start to finish--and then do it again. Mining is the dominant metaphor in computational ...

Eine Soziale Arbeit, die für sich 'Kritik' bzw. 'kritisch' als konstitutive Bestandteile ihrer Selbstbeschreibung reklamiert, muss sich der nie ab...

Das Handbuch der sozialwissenschaftlichen Datenanalyse bietet in über 40 Kapiteln eine umfassende Darstellung multivariater Analyseverfahren. Schwe...

This book continues the mission of the previous text by the author, Lectures on Categorical Data Analysis, by expanding on the introductory concept...

The book addresses the theme of the advent of a Matrix Land as a pervasive environment of digital (virtual) reality in which humanity is destined t...

This highly original and compelling book offers an introduction to the art and science of social inquiry, including the theoretical and methodologi...

Black Participatory Research explores research partnerships that disrupt inequality, create change, and empower racially marginalized communities. ...

The authors challenge psychological perspectives on happiness and subjective wellbeing. Highlighting the politics of quantitative and qualitative m...

Scientific breakthroughs have led us to a point where soon we will be able to make specific choices about the genetic makeup of our offspring. In f...

This text provides an easy-to-read introduction to qualitative research methods in social work, taking into account contemporary contexts and socia...

The collection proposes inventive research strategies for the study of the affective and fluctuating dimensions of cultural life. It presents studi...

Designing and Conducting Your First Interview Project Using a clear, easily followed approach, Designing and Conducting Your First Interview Projec...

Applying Theory to Educational Research provides educational researchers with an accessible introduction to the process of selecting and applying t...

Reimagines the field of queer studies by asking How do we do queer theory? Imagining Queer Methods showcases the methodological renaissance unfol...

This book covers the following subjects: growth curve modeling, directional dependence, dyadic data modeling, item response modeling (IRT), and oth...

The UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics was first launched in 1967. Over the past 50 years, the handbook has evolved to incorporate new statistics and en...

To support Member States and the international community in efforts to prevent violence and strengthen responses, the fourth edition of the Global ...

The 2023 edition of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, the seventy-fifth issue, outlines the region's economic performance in ...

How to study the past using dataQuantitative Analysis for Historical Social Science advances historical research in the social sciences by bridging...

The golden standard evaluation reference text Now in its second edition, Evaluation Theory, Models, and Applications is the vital text on evaluati...

This book shows researchers in education, psychology, health, and other social sciences how to mix qualitative and quantitative research methods to...

STUDIES IN CRITICAL SOCIAL SCIENCES, VOLUME 66 presents research in such diverse disciplines as education, psychotherapy, social work, literacy and...

The study of psychology struggles to remain relevant in a world marked by interdisciplinary complexities. In an ever-evolving landscape, how will e...

Through accounts from innovative research projects by world-leading political scientists, this volume offers a unique perspective on research metho...

Morland predicts the future of humanity in 10 illuminating statistics (could the Japanese and Italians now go the way of the dodo?) and looks back ...

Produced by a team of world-leading economists, this is the benchmark account of recent and historical trends in inequality.World Inequality Report...

Using diverse real-world examples, this text examines what models used for data analysis mean in a specific research context. What assumptions unde...

Approaches to Research in Child and Youth Care is a fundamental text for child and youth care programs with the aim of making research methods more...