Social research and statistics Books

A selection of twelve of David Labaree's most important writings on the subject of Education Policy and Politics, personally chosen from his body of work of the last twenty years.

In this title, the authors focus primarily on methods of researching children's popular culture as well as offering analyses of such phenomena as children's websites and the internet, and popular toys like Barbie.

This book provides in-depth analyses of the main social policy components and institutions in Iran. Its focus is on the period since 1979, although many of the developments are inevitably traced back to their pre-revolutionary origins.

This volume adopts a transversal South-South approach to the study of visual culture in transnational, transcultural, and geopolitical contexts. This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Arts.

Doing Public Humanities explores the cultural landscape from disruptive events to websites, from tours to exhibits, from after school arts programs to archives, giving readers a wide-ranging look at the interdisciplinary practice of public humanities...

This book offers a critical insight into how the study of NGOs can be more theoretically grounded and methodologically creative. The role of NGOs in global development has been the focus of considerable research and scholarship for the last four decades...

Orthodoxy has achieved a large scale revival in Russia following the collapse of Communism. However, paradoxically, although there is a high level of identification with Orthodoxy, there is in fact a low level of church attendance. This book, based on in...

Without question, statistics is one of the most challenging courses for students in the social and behavioral sciences. Enrolling in their first statistics course, students are often apprehensive or extremely anxious toward the subject matter. And while...

Research Methodology for Social Sciences provides guidelines for designing and conducting evidence-based research in social sciences and interdisciplinary studies using both qualitative and quantitative data. Blending the particularity of different...

Disability rights advocates in the United Kingdom and the United States recently embraced new media technologies in unexpected and innovative ways. This book sheds light on this process of renewal and asks whether the digitalisation of disability rights...

Presents a history of the senses in the fields of anthropology, psychology, and law, identifying important shifts and key disciplinary concerns.

Political methodology has changed dramatically over the past thirty years, and many new methods and techniques have been developed. Both the Political Methodology Society and the Qualitative/Multi-Methods Section of the American Political Science...

How can anti-colonial research methodologies be transformative and achieve knowledge justice? This book brings together an eclectic group of leading scholars from around the world to share methodological knowledge grounded in First Nations and...

About the BookHumans are the only organisms on this planet that knowingly do what is bad for them, their families, their habitats and their species. Most humans today have no idea why they struggle with giving up bad habits and why they walk on a very...

Against the current historical context that the United States is in the process of forging and implementing a grand Indo-Pacific strategy, and that the U.S. has shown its intention to align its strategies toward other regions of the world with its...

UNLOCK THE SECRETS TO EXPLOSIVE SOCIAL MEDIA GROWTH!Struggling to gain followers on your social media platforms?Want to create content that goes viral?Looking to build a loyal online community that engages with your posts?If you answered yes to any of...

Videnskabelig skrivning af bacheloropgaver, masteropgaver, diplomopgaver og masterafhandlinger gøres let. Der er mange forskellige måder at gennemføre en akademisk uddannelse på, og ingen er mindre værdifuld end andre...

Conflicts and International Crimes: an Introduction to Research Methods gives an overview of basic research methods and statistics for the analysis of international crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. After an introduction to...

In the context of Uzbekistan's little-studied globalization, this book analyzes a variety of threats to the nation and its spirituality. Topics covered include the relationship between globalization and modern civilization, the concept of national and...

"I aspire to be a good human teacher who possesses wisdom to teach my students, and show them that I genuinely care, and am concerned with their learning, a good human teacher who cannot be replaced by technology. As the old saying goes... "Give a man a...

संशोधन क्षेत्रात करण्यासारखे खूप आहे. एम्.फिल. व मुख्यत: पीएच.डी.पदवीसाठी संशोधन करावेच लागते. तसेच एम्.ए., एम.कॉम, एम्.बी.ए. या पदवी अभ्यासासाठीही संशोधन उपयुक्त ठरते, हे सर्वांना ज्ञात आहेच. याशिवाय शिष्यवृत्तीसाठी, स्वतःला रूची आहे म्हणून अनेकजण...

Critical Incidents Reporting Systems (CIRS) gelten als integraler Bestandteil des Risikomanagements in Gesundheitseinrichtungen. Der Band trägt Erfahrungen verschiedener Einrichtungen in Deutschland zusammen, analysiert Vor- und Nachteile von...

Written by Mad scholars, a Mad Turn explores the field of Mad Studies in theory and practice, and what Mad Studies can bring to academia and to other social institutions. What does it mean to "do" Mad Studies? What are the field's intersections with...

"Sharing economy" and "collaborative economy" refer to a proliferation of initiatives, business models, digital platforms and forms of work that characterise contemporary life: from community-led initiatives and activist campaigns, to the impact of...

The Statistics of Poker by Kuro Aksara is a comprehensive and practical textbook that explores the intersection of statistics and poker, covering everything from basic probability to advanced statistical modeling. Whether you're a beginner looking to...

Social science researchers in the global South, and in South Africa particularly, utilise research methods in innovative ways in order to respond to contexts characterised by diversity, racial and political tensions, socioeconomic disparities and gender...

The book will be designed primarily for graduate students (or advanced undergraduates) who arelearning psychometrics, as well as professionals in the field who need a reference for use in theirpractice. We would assume that users have some basic...

The book will be designed primarily for graduate students (or advanced undergraduates) who arelearning psychometrics, as well as professionals in the field who need a reference for use in theirpractice. We would assume that users have some basic...

La situación que guarda la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Chiapas vista desde sus cuatro componentes básicos, nunca ha sido analizada hasta hoy, desde esta perspectiva; por lo tanto, se desconoce el impacto que han tenido las políticas públicas...

Provides the most current coverage of measurement and psychometrics in a single volume, covering equating and scaling, item response theory, standard setting, and computer adaptive testing.

Now in its second edition, The Reviewer's Guide to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences provides evaluators of research manuscripts and proposals in the social and behavioral sciences with the resources they need to read, understand, and assess...

Using Educational Criticism and Connoisseurship for Qualitative Research develops the practical elements of educational criticism, a form of qualitative inquiry that takes its lead from the work that critics have done in fields such as the visual arts,...

This text is a vital resource for those with little or no prior knowledge of computing or statistics to aid in the development of reliable and valid tests and scales for assessment or research purposes. It serves as a clear, concise and jargon-free...

The existence and urgency of global climate change is a matter of scientific consensus. Yet the global politics of climate change have been anything but consensual. In this context, a wave of global climate activism has emerged in the last decade in...

The Creative Reflective Practitioner explores research and practice through the eyes of people with a wholehearted commitment to creative work. It reveals what it means to be a reflective creative practitioner, whether working alone, in collaboration...

This book argues that the international community must share responsibility for contributing to the conditions that resulted in violent conflict in Timor-Leste, four years after it declared independence from Indonesia. Its failure to tailor interventions...

This accessible, alphabetical guide provides concise insights into a variety of digital research methods, incorporating introductory knowledge with practical application and further research implications. A-Z of Digital Research Methods provides a...

Critical Qualitative Health Research seeks to deepen understandings of the philosophies, politics and practices shaping contemporary qualitative health related research. This accessible, lively, controversial introduction draws on current empirical...

This work, which provides a guide for revising and expanding statistical and quantitative methods pedagogy, is useful for novice and seasoned instructors at both undergraduate and graduate levels, inspiring them to use transformative approaches to train...

This is the first book to bring together the discipline of criminology with the mixed methods research strategy, which has become increasingly prominent within criminological teaching and research. Providing straightforward, easy to follow guidance, this...

Research Paradigms and Their Methodological Alignment in Social Sciences is a comprehensive guide addressing the common conceptions surrounding research paradigms. This practical book demystifies complex concepts, giving researchers a nuanced...

This second edition of Applied Multivariate Statistical Concepts covers the classic and cutting-edge multivariate techniques used in today's research.

Projective Techniques and Sort-Based Research Methods offers a brief introductory guide to the use of these exciting, innovative and often artistic approaches, to students and researchers who have no prior knowledge of these.

This book presents original research on the controversies surrounding animal sacrifice in South Asia through the lens of court cases. It focuses on the parties involved in these cases: on their discourse, motivations, and contrasting points of view.

Factor Analysis and Dimension Reduction in R provides coverage with worked examples of a large number of dimension reduction procedures along with model performance metrics to compare them. This book will be suitable for graduate level and optional...

Research shows that racism affects the working lives of nurses an nurse academics, as well as healthcare service delivery and outcomes. This book looks at the impact of racism, from experiences of microaggression to discrimination and structural and...

Eight Domains of Phenomenology and Research Methods is a unique text that explains how the foundational literature representing our lifeworld experience aligns theory with research methods.Maintaining focus on the core problem of phenomenological...

This book examines how the Treaty of Peace with Japan, a momentous agreement that delineated postwar order in the Pacific, was negotiated between Japan and 48 other nations in 1951.