Research Methods for Social and Behavioral Sciences

This book translates the apparent complexities of research writing into everyday ideas, language and skills and will enable novice researchers to start overcoming the major stumbling blocks immediately. It translates all the necessary skills into jargon-free language using a variety of visuals and s..

This book translates the apparent complexities of research writing into everyday ideas, language and skills and will enable novice researchers to start overcoming the major stumbling blocks immediately. It translates all the necessary skills into jargon-free language using a variety of visuals and s..

Life Takes Place argues that, even in our hypermodern world, human life is impossible without place. Advocating for a holistic way of understanding that he calls "synergistic relationality," Seamon defines places as spatial fields that gather, activate, sustain, identify, and interconnect things, hu..

Life Takes Place argues that, even in our hypermodern world, human life is impossible without place. Advocating for a holistic way of understanding that he calls "synergistic relationality," Seamon defines places as spatial fields that gather, activate, sustain, identify, and interconnect things, hu..

Each of the 53 cases in this book is drawn from published research literature. Each one presents a practical problem faced by a researcher and the solution he or she selected. The questions for the cases encourage students to evaluate the researcher’s solution and to consider alternatives. In this w..

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This step-by-step guidebook provides detailed information on how to conduct a survey using questionnaires. All topics are covered, from planning a survey using objectives to writing up a report of the results. Two first-draft sample questionnaires are included, which give students material to evalua..

Leading researchers throughout the country have contributed their actual data for inclusion in this workbook. The data are on topics of special interest to students of the social and behavioral sciences. Analyzing real data makes the computational part of a first course in statistics more interestin..

This text provides a review of methodological approaches and data-collection methods commonly used with older adults in real-life settings...

This authored book provides a comprehensive resource for analyzing a variety of categorical data.Accessible to social scientists and students, no advanced mathematical training is required. It includes applications,examples,computer tutorials,& exercises..

The Craft of Political Research immerses readers not only in how political scientists work, but also in how ideas produce research questions and guide the selection of research methods..

This book seeks to critically engage practice theory as a research approach in the field of tourism studies. It book offers insights into "everydayness" of tourism and the micro-level activities and actions undertaken by industry professionals, travellers and stakeholders. These actions inform both ..