Social Research & Statistics

This dynamic, engaging guide empowers you to go beyond bar charts and jargon-filled journal articles to bring your research online and present it i...

Reflexivity the critical examination of how we see the world is integral to good research practice. From this state-of-the-art, accessible tour o...

Offering an encyclopedic introduction to research, this book shows you how to think about every stage of their project and equips you with the tool...

A comprehensive guide to carrying out Qualitative Secondary Analysis (QSA) that brings together expert advice and professional insight from leading...

Exploring the challenges and risks of social science fieldwork, this book shares best practice for conducting research in hostile environments and ...

The second edition of Qualitative Research focuses on cultivating and bridging theoretical, methodological, and conceptual aspects to provide insig...

Program Evaluation: Embedding Evaluation into Program Design and Development provides an in-depth examination of the foundations, methods, and rele...

What a useful book for the beginner researcher! Offering a grounding in the different kinds of research conducted in the field of early childhood, ...

What a useful book for the beginner researcher! Offering a grounding in the different kinds of research conducted in the field of early childhood, ...

The impact agenda is set to shape the way in which social scientists prioritise the work they choose to pursue, the research methods they use and h...

Jennifer Mason and Angela Dales book seeks to set out cutting-edge developments in the field of social research and to encourage students and resea...

Statistics: A Short, Clear Guide is an accessible, humorous and easy introduction to statistics for social science students. In this refreshing b...

Preparing students to do research and understand what research can do. Basics of Social Research helps students understand what research can and ca...

This compact, user-friendly book provides everything a teacher needs to know to conduct an action research project, in a clear, step-by-step presen...

The Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) project aimed at gathering household and individual level data throughout India. It transcended the norm...

Research Methods: A Practical Guide for the Social Sciences is an essential resource for the social researcher.  It offers a comprehensive introduc...

This accessible, alphabetical guide provides concise insights into a variety of digital research methods, incorporating introductory knowledge with...

International comparative studies of student achievement have caught the attention of governments, policy-makers, school leaders and educational re...

Political science and sociology increasingly rely on mathematical modeling and sophisticated data analysis, and many graduate programs in these fie...

Positivism and interpretivism are among the most common philosophical research paradigms for guiding research methods and analysis. Justifying a de...

The material in this user-friendly text is presented as simply as possible to ensure that students will gain a solid understanding of statistical p...

Action research, applied systematically to the issue of poor academic performance, provides a high likelihood of improving student outcomes. The ac...

The classic work on qualitative methods in political scienceDesigning Social Inquiry presents a unified approach to qualitative and quantitative re...

A beautiful, compelling and eye-opening guide to the way we live in Britain today.______________How much more do we drink than we should? Why do im...

For undergraduate Psychology courses in statistics and research methods. A forward-looking text that combines research methods and statistics, this...

For courses in Research Methods, Reading and Understanding Research, and Quantitative Methods/Statistics. This uniquely accessible text shows preci...