Social Research & Statistics

This bright, engaging title provides a thorough and integrated review of comparative-historical methods. It sets out an intellectual history of com...

This textbook provides a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to methodological issues encountered by the various social science discipli...

Making Sense of Statistical Methods in Social Research is a critical introduction to the use of statistical methods in social research. It provide...

The revised Second Edition of Critical Ethnography guides readers through theories, methods, and ethics of ethnographic research creating a confide...

The SAGE Handbook for Research in Education: Pursuing Ideas as the Keystone of Exemplary Inquiry, edited by Clifton F. Conrad and Ronald C. Serlin ...

Actor-Network Theory has grown into one of the most innovative and influential approaches for social science research. Originating in the field of ...

This handbook is a much-needed and in-depth review of the distinctive set of ethical considerations which accompanies qualitative research. This is...

How can you analyse narratives, interviews, field notes, or focus group data? Qualitative text analysis is ideal for these types of data and this ...

The social sciences have consistently sought ways of engaging with young people; as a field of study 'youth studies' has always been multidisciplin...

From diaries and letters to surveys and interview transcripts, documents are a cornerstone of social science research. This book guides you through...

Ageism is prevalent in a great deal of current scholarship in the social sciences as scholars fault youth for being delinquent or politically apath...

How do views about children shape research concerned with their lives? What different forms can research with children take? What ethical issues do...

Why use qualitative methods? What kinds of questions can qualitative methods help you answer? How do you actually do rigorous and reflective qualit...

In the Second Edition of this bestselling textbook, the authors use real-world examples to introduce basic principles in statistics with no prior k...

Video provides unprecedented opportunities for social science research, enabling fine-grained analysis of social organisation, culture and communic...

Written in a clear, readable style with a wide range of explanations and examples, this must-have dictionary reflects recent changes in the fields ...

Covering the general process of data analysis to finding, collecting, organizing, and presenting data, this book offers a complete introduction to ...

Covering the general process of data analysis to finding, collecting, organizing, and presenting data, this book offers a complete introduction to ...

From pioneering leaders in the field, this is the first book to provide a solid foundation for three major stakeholder involvement approaches: coll...