Social Research & Statistics

Filling a gap in the literature of the field, this first-of-its-kind book provides researchers with a practical guide to using the factorial survey...

This is a clear introduction to the methodological and philosophical debates in the field of education research. It sets out the key ideas, questio...

The Fifth Edition of Floyd J. Fowler Jr.s bestselling Survey Research Methods presents the very latest methodological knowledge on surveys. Offerin...

Like all writing, biographies are interpretive. In Interpretive Autoethnography, Norman Denzin combines one of the oldest techniques in the social ...

If you want to learn to use R for data analysis but arent sure how to get started, this practical book will help you find the right path through yo...

In Methods of Randomization in Experimental Design, author Valentim R. Alferes presents the main procedures of random assignment and local control ...

If you want to learn to use R for data analysis but arent sure how to get started, this practical book will help you find the right path through yo...

Designed to help both graduate students and start-up researchers with their own case study research, this book presents 21 individual applications ...

This text provides a comprehensive guide to doing research in the social and behavioral sciencesfrom research design and sampling to collecting and...

The book shows how to apply validity concepts when planning and conducting an evaluation, thereby making sure that the evaluation stays true to the...

The Practice of Evaluation: Partnership Approaches for Community Change provides foundational content on evaluation concepts, approaches, and metho...

Erin Ruels 100 Questions (and Answers) About Survey Research covers the entire survey research process, starting with developing research questions...

*Winner of the 2015 Outstanding Book Award from the American Educational Research Associations Qualitative Research Special Interest Group (SIG)...

Understanding and Evaluating Research: A Critical Guide shows students how to be critical consumers of research and to appreciate the power of meth...

The highly-anticipated second edition of the Foundations of Mixed Methods Research:Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Socia...

What statistical test should I use for this kind of data? How do I set up the data? What parameters should I specify when ordering the test? How do...

This is the ideal introduction for students seeking to collect and analyze textual data from online sources. It covers the most critical issues tha...

Michael Quinn Pattons Facilitating Evaluation: Principles in Practice is the first book of its kind to explain in depth and detail how to facilitat...

For students and researchers new to mixed methods, A Concise Introduction to Mixed Methods Research 2e by renowned author John W. Creswell provides...

The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Awardenabling graduate students and early career faculty to atte...

Focusing on applied conversation analysis (CA), this timely book offers practical insights and guidelines for CA scholars studying social interacti...

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

Drawing on the authors thirty years of combined experience in the field, this authoritative, step-by-step guide to conducting focus groups features...

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