Social research and statistics Books

Since the revolution in philosophic method that began about a century ago, the focus of philosophic attention has been on language as used both in daily conversation and in specialized institutional activities such as science,...

Using Quantitative Critical Race Theory (QuantCrit) as a framework, this book will develop the foundation for a praxis to explore a range of questions that research and assessment professionals and other data users can use to be engaged critics in...

This book examines the transnational phenomenon of Japonisme in the exoticist and 'auto-exoticist' literature of the late nineteenth century.

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) methodology, including core grounded theory tenets and processes as well as constructivist 'adaptations.' It features CGT research from across...

Considering the situation in Japan and Germany, this book analyses the needs of host countries from a demographic standpoint, the desires of migrants in terms of education, training, and labour market participation, and policies and actions on the part...

How can you unlock the power of experimental design thinking to develop drug products? How do you digest data using tabular and graphical analyses? Which mnemonics help you to recall design and analysis tools?How to Develop Drug Products shows a...

In an increasingly globalized world, migration has become prevalent, with individuals seeking better opportunities in new environments. However, migrants often face numerous challenges, including racism, language barriers, and unemployment, which can...

In the 21st century, traditional approaches to societal challenges often fall short. The need for innovative solutions is palpable, grounded in the understanding that progress is contingent upon embracing change. Scholars, policymakers, and institutions...

Ethics, the moral compass guiding our actions, stands at the core of academic integrity. In the field of social sciences research, ethical violations persist as a silent threat, overshadowing the pursuit of knowledge. Uncovering the pervasive challenges,...

Technological advances allow for improved immersion experiences using information and communication technologies (ITCs) and their respective didactic possibilities. On the other hand, with the expansion of internet, mobile applications, and video games,...

Modern Research Design: The Best Approach To Qualitative And Quantitative Data is a groundbreaking book that revolutionizes the way researchers approach data analysis and interpretation. In this comprehensive guide, the author delves into the realm of...

Dans cet ouvrage, l'auteur traite des prospectives et méthodes d'évaluation des politiques publiques. il est composé de six parties, chacune faisant l'objet de conclusion. La première partie est consacrée à la problématique de l'évaluation des politiques...

Sustainability has three dimensions: Social; Economic and Environmental. UNESCO has defined various indicators under the Economic Sustainability of Cultural heritage. This book aims to assess the Economic Sustainability of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites...

El libro de inferencia estadística para investigadores está orientado a empoderar a estudiantes y profesionales en el uso de métodos y procedimientos de deducir propiedades (hacer inferencias) de una población, a partir de una parte de la misma...

Since the fifth century BC, great Greek philosophers such as Socrates were already applying questionnaires as part of the evaluation process of their practices, but it was in the nineteenth century when the basis for an evaluation model emerged with the...

This book is prepared to encourage and introduce undergraduate students to the basic empirical research methodologies. It is composed of a collection of research studies conducted during Fall 2019 and Spring 2020, by undergraduate students at Qatar...

This book is composed of a collection of research studies conducted by undergraduate students at Qatar University, on a variety of civic issues in Qatar. Data were collected during Fall 2018 and Spring 2019, as a part of First Year Seminar course. In...

Conferentietoerisme is een van de snelst groeiende segmenten van de toeristenindustrie ter wereld (Kim et al., 2003). De positie van Ethiopië als regionaal luchtverkeersknooppunt en als centrum voor regionale ontwikkeling en diplomatieke instellingen...

The book contains chapter 1 to chapter 6. Chapter one contains information about the introductory part of the work which has the following contents discussed: background of the study, problem of the study, purpose, significance, scope of the study,...

The book ilustrates the procedure of index construction in social researches. Using examples and datasets from social research, tables and SPSS screen captures, the readers are guided through this process. Some problems encountered in practice in this...

This is a guide to the purposes and potential of one of the most significant national and increasingly international resources for analyzing social change. It explains the possibilities and pitfalls in the analysis of panel study data.

This comprehensive Handbook is the first to provide a practical, interdisciplinary review of ethical issues as they relate to quantitative methodology including how to present evidence for reliability and validity, what comprises an adequate tested...

The twenty-first century is truly the age of the undead. This collection of 30 original essays explains how the fears and anxieties we have around contagion, the environment, geopolitics, ageing and more have given rise to the undead that plague our...

In The Tact of Teaching bestselling author Max van Manen offers teachers at every stage an original and inspiring interpretation of the notion of pedagogy, one that searches for its roots in the experience of in loco parentis. Using dozens of anecdotes...

Embodiment in Qualitative Research connects critical, interdisciplinary theorizing of embodiment with creative, practical strategies for engaging in embodied qualitative research. Ellingson equips qualitative researchers not only to resist the mind-body...

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Hardly an American today escapes being polled or surveyed or sampled

Max Weber wrote these methodological essays in the closest intimacy with actual research and against a background of constant and intensive meditation on substantive problems in the theory and strategy of the social sciences

This book provides an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to those new to qualitative data coding, through the use of specific, worked examples. It covers creating codes, developing categories and themes, and determining the connections amongst them.

Research Methods in Performance Studies offers a unique approach for readers to engage with performance research and methods in practice. It examines ways of making performance, researching performance cultures, researching performers who themselves are...

This multidisciplinary volume demonstrates how freedom of information law and processes can contribute to social science research design, explores the challenges of using freedom of information processes in research and considers the reasons for which...

There has been an increase in awareness (and perhaps occurrence) of individual and organized cheating on tests. Recent reports of widespread problems with state student accountability tests and teacher certification testing have raised questions about...

This book provides a systematic treatment of the origins, goals, concepts, genres, methods, aesthetics, ethics and truth conditions of critical performance autoethnography. Denzin uses the performance text as a vehicle for taking up the hard questions...

This book explores Critical Sustainability Sciences, a new field of scientific inquiry into sustainability issues. It will be of great interest to students, scholars, and practitioners of emancipatory and intercultural approaches to sustainability...

The new volume from the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry examines how qualitative research is changing in and responding to time of wholesale, seismic global change. It shows the role qualitative inquiry can play in issues of social justice...

Why did Russia's all-out war against Ukraine come as such a surprise to the West? This is a key question considered by this reflective and wide-ranging book. The book argues that Russia and the West were playing different games: while Russia under Putin...

This book explores the phenomenon of V-Cinema, founded in Japan in 1989 as a distribution system for direct-to-video movies which film companies began making having failed to recoup their investment in big budget films. It examines how this period of...

This guide is organized according to the actual process used in genealogical research: Start with yourself, then move on to living family and relatives, and then move backwards in time, generation by generation. Each chapter describes a time period and...

This completely revised third edition examines the holdings of the major Ohio archives and libraries and the many other resources available for family history research: statewide indexes and personal name finding aids, biographies, local histories, vital...

This comprehensive text introduces readers to the most commonly used multivariate techniques at an introductory, non-technical level. By focusing on the fundamentals, readers are better prepared for more advanced applied pursuits, particularly on...

Statistical power analysis has revolutionized the ways in which we conduct and evaluate research.  Similar developments in the statistical analysis of incomplete (missing) data are gaining more widespread applications. This volume brings statistical...

This volume focuses on and exemplifies how ethnography--a research tool devoted to looking at human interaction as a cultural process rather than individual psychology--can shed light on educational processes framed by the complex, internationalized...

Presents the results of a major NSF-funded study to gather, analyze, and synthesize the research on K-12 student outcomes in standards-based mathematics curriculum projects. Audiences include math ed researchers, policymakers, teachers, etc.

This book examines the contribution of women to the Humiliati movement, providing original archival evidence indicating that women dominated the group's membership. These findings have implications for both women's spirituality and women's work,...

This book analyzes the structural dynamics of the Sino-American-Japanese triangular relationship by exploring how the 1971 Nixon-Kissinger announcement to pursue reapprochment with the People's Republic of China (PRC), in the context of the overal...

This volume explores how the relation between knowledge and the political is developing in the rapidly evolving context of 'knowledge societies'. By analysing how the traditional boundaries and categories of the political are being redefined in the age...