Social Research & Statistics

The Second Edition of Qualitative Research provides a refreshing introduction to doing and debating qualitative research. The author uses updated c...

Evaluators have always worked in diverse communities, and the programs they evaluate are designed to address often intractable socio-political and ...

This book provides guidance to researchers about how to develop interview skills that align with their theoretical assumptions. Connecting theory a...

Researching City Life: An Urban Field Methods Text-Reader examines the city from a street level perspective and provides readers with tools to cond...

Now in a Fourth Edition, this how-to guide is an excellent starting point for anyone looking to begin case study research. The authorsall professor...

The past decade has seen increased attention to cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis in education as administrators are being asked to acco...

This comprehensive, thought-provoking introduction to narrative inquiry in the social and human sciences guides readers through the entire narrativ...

Items with ordered response categories are common in survey research, such as when respondents are asked how much they agree with certain statement...

This accessible guide walks readers through the process of completing a social science research project. Written specifically to meet the needs of ...

An Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Using Stata®: From Research Design to Final Report provides a step-by-step introduction for statist...

The Third Edition of Brinkmann and Kvales InterViews: Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing, offers readers comprehensive and pra...

In the Fifth Edition of the bestselling text Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches, John W. Creswell and Cheryl N...

This Fifth Edition of Neil J. Salkinds Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics: Using Microsoft Excel, presents an often intimidatin...

Learn how to write a successful research proposal with this user-friendly, step-by-step guide.Research Proposals provides  practical advice on how ...

This book presents themes related to contemporary architecture as the results of diverse cultural influences and architectural legacies, manifested...

In the Fifth Edition of the bestselling text Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches, John W. Creswell and Cheryl N...

This powerful resource is for researchers and educational leaders who are interested in understanding and applying research methods that emphasize ...

We all want our children to reach their fullest potentialto be smart and well adjusted, and to make a difference in the world. We wonder why, for s...

There are many ways of conducting an analysis, but most studies show only a few carefully curated estimates. Applied research involves a complex ar...

This proceedings summarizes the presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics File, held...

An accurate measure of poverty is necessary to fully understand how the economy is performing across all segments of the population and to assess t...

Computational approaches offer exciting opportunities for us to do social science differently. This beginners guide discusses a range of computatio...

Computational approaches offer exciting opportunities for us to do social science differently. This beginners guide discusses a range of computatio...

Social research is a bourgeoning field. Of course it has many traditions and approaches, but there is a high premium upon thinking differently and...

New research points to the future of education as online, student-centered, collaborative, and community-basedall largely absent from todays educat...

In this intensely powerful and personal new text, Michelle Fine widens the methodological imagination for students, educators, scholars, and resear...

Recent years have seen a growing tendency for social scientists to collect biological specimens such as blood, urine, and saliva as part of large-s...

The decennial census is foundational to the functioning of American democracy, and maintaining the public's trust in the census and its resulting d...

On May 8, 2009, the symposium, The Federal Statistical System: Recognizing Its Contributions, Moving It Forward was held in Washington, DC. One of ...

For many household surveys in the United States, responses rates have been steadily declining for at least the past two decades. A similar decline ...

This book offers a solution to one of film historys major controversies: the long-running dispute over Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewiczs contr...

An Introduction to Political and Social Data Analysis (With R) provides students with an accessible overview of practical data analysis while also ...

In 1982 the Census Bureau requested the Committee on National Statistics to establish a panel to suggest research and experiments, to recommend imp...

In February 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop to explore options for expanding the Substance Abus...

In 2014 the National Science Foundation (NSF) provided support to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a series of For...