Social Research & Statistics

Evaluation Management: How to Commission and Conduct Evaluations that Matter helps evaluation teams and commissioners achieve results that meet uti...

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

Mathematical models and computer simulations of complex social systems have become everyday tools in sociology. Yet until now, students had no up-t...

Beyond the Visual is a survey of contemporary approaches to researching a wide range of visual and multimodal phenomena. Building on his earlier bo...

Designing research is about making decisions to transform an idea into a plan that can provide answers to a research problem or question. Thinking ...

Using IBM® SPSS® Statistics for Research Methods and Social Science Statistics is the perfect companion for students who are learning to use SPSS® ...

Spatial Regression Models for the Social Sciences shows researchers and students how to work with spatial data without the need for advanced mathem...

Designed to help students develop skills in evaluating research and conducting studies, this brief version of the popular, The Practice of Research...

This practical book shows practicing social scientists and graduate students how to account for cultural factors when developing and evaluating psy...

This book makes the task of interpreting statistical findings much more approachable and less daunting for those with little, or no, previous exper...

Recipient of a 2021 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Evaluation in Todays World: Res...

Ethics in Social Science Research: Becoming Culturally Responsive provides a thorough grounding in research ethics, along with examples of real-wor...

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...