Social Research & Statistics

The potential for research evidence to improve educational policy and practice is immense. Yet internationally, research used by teachers and gover...

Research and Writing in International Relations, Fourth Edition, offers the step-by-step guidance and the essential resources needed to compose pol...

Research and Writing in International Relations, Fourth Edition, offers the step-by-step guidance and the essential resources needed to compose pol...

Migration is a complex phenomenon with multi-dimensional factors. With ever-expanding data storage and processing capabilities, new data sources (s...

Designing Quality Survey Questions, Second Edition shows readers how to craft precisely worded survey questions with appropriate response options t...

This book develops a binary role theory of world politics extending from the micro-analysis of foreign policy to the macro-analysis of world politi...

This book develops a binary role theory of world politics extending from the micro-analysis of foreign policy to the macro-analysis of world politi...

The two-volume proceedings set LNCS 14762 and 14763 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Applications of Na...

At a time of contested realities and a renewed focus on the power of personal stories, narrative research is as relevant as ever. But while it has ...

Gone are the days when researchers, policymakers, and practitioners each worked in isolation. In recent years, a few interrelated issues have empha...

Do you want to study what people do, the things they say, or what they think? This book offers a lively and questioning account of the essential el...

Do you want to study what people do, the things they say, or what they think? This book offers a lively and questioning account of the essential el...

The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Punishment is the most comprehensive collective work that has yet been published on the philosophical aspe...

Embark on a journey through Africas social innovation landscape with this groundbreaking book, which presents a comprehensive framework for transfo...

Educational Research is a practical, step-by-step core research text with a truly balanced, inclusive and integrated overview of the processes invo...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2024, which took place in Pittsburgh, PA, USA...

Drawing from decades of research, Setha Low shows how public space contributes to a flourishing society through promoting social justice and democr...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning, LPNMR 2024, he...

The Global Environmental Crisis presents a new perspective on our inattention and inaction in the face of a major crisis. We cannot proceed without...

The Global Environmental Crisis presents a new perspective on our inattention and inaction in the face of a major crisis. We cannot proceed without...

In this book, readers will be exposed to the Data and Decision Analytics Framework which helps a business analyst to first identify the root cause ...

This accessible, hands-on text has now been revised and updated, with expanded coverage of topics including how theory may emerge from exploratory ...

The two-volume set CCIS 2222 and 2223 constitutes the proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Engineering Applications, WEA 2024, which took place in B...

The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a countrys population is essential in order for...

This book presents selected contributions to the International Scientific-Practical Conference 2023 (ISCP 2023) organized by East European Universi...

This text teaches basic R skills to political science students with no programming background. Intended specifically for the students who need to l...

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 22nd Workshop on e-Business, WeB 2023, which took place in Hyderabad, India, on December 9, ...

Statistics in Plain English is a straightforward, conversational introduction to statistics that delivers exactly what its title promises. Each cha...

This title was first published in 2000: This book provides an exploration of the link between individualized project evaluation and policy analysis...

This title was first published in 2000: An analysis of commuting behaviour from an integrated labour and housing market perspective. A theoretical ...

This book explores the design, communication and implementation of social change programmes aimed at solving various social problems, from reducing...

The material turn in critical theory - and particularly the turn towards the body coupled with scientific insights from biomedicine, biology and ph...

Social work research is concerned with complex social issues closely connected to communities of people who are marginalized and oppressed. This vo...

Bringing together scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplinary backgrounds working in Europe, North and South America, South Asia and th...

In aiming to understand and model peoples out-of-home movements, the academic field of transport planning is confronted with two major challenges. ...

This title was first published in 2000: The book is aimed at uncovering certain features of the future of Karelia, which is partly situated in Russ...

Factor Analysis and Dimension Reduction in R provides coverage, with worked examples, of a large number of dimension reduction procedures along wit...

This book provides a succinct, student-friendly outline of the principles, approaches, and issues in participant observation. An examination of the...

Public administration and policy analysis education have long emphasized tidiness, stages, and rationality, but practitioners frequently must deal ...

What ethical challenges are faced by researchers studying social and political movements? Should scholars integrate their personal politics and ide...

First published in 1985, this book provides a descriptive study of social activities in a neurosciences laboratory. Based on fieldwork conducted by...

This book explores current research on young childrens beliefs and knowledge about the biological world otherwise known as folkbiology. Contributo...

Respecifying Lab Ethnography delivers the first ethnomethodological study of current experimental physics in action, describing the disciplinary or...