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How to Measure Attitudes by Marlene E. Henerson 9780803931312
RRP: $148.20$130.18This edition of How to Measure Attitudes draws on examples from a broader range of disciplines and professions than the first edition. It helps novice evaluators with the difficult task of assessing whether the affective and attitude objectives of a... -
Multiple Regression in Practice by William D. Berry 9780803920545
RRP: $66.28$58.68Berry and Feldman provide a systematic treatment of many of the major problems encountered in using regression analysis. The authors discuss: the consequences of violating the assumptions of the regression model; procedures for detecting when such... -
Evaluating Mental Health Services: How Do Programs for Children "Work" in the Real World? by Carol T. Nixon 9780761907961
RRP: $148.20$130.18This book addresses evaluation issues relating to community-based mental health services for children and young people with emotional and behavioural problems. The contributors discuss recent evaluations of the effectiveness of systems of care and... -
Logit Modeling: Practical Applications by Alfred DeMaris 9780803943773
RRP: $66.28$58.68Logit modelling represents a breakthrough for researchers because it offers ways for more efficient estimation of models with multiple categorical variables, particularly whenever the measurement assumptions for classical multiple regression fail to be... -
Practical Program Evaluation: Examples from Child Abuse Prevention by Jeanne Pietrzak 9780803934962
RRP: $148.20$130.18Focusing on community-based child abuse prevention programmes, this manual facilitates programme self-evaluation research so that it can be conducted with a minimum of outside technical assistance. The volume explores models of evaluation, discusses... -
Achievement Testing: Recent Advances by Isaac I. Bejar 9780803920477
RRP: $66.28$58.68A book which summarizes many of the recent advances in the theory and practice of achievement testing, in the light of technological developments, and developments in psychometric and psychological theory. It provides an introduction to the two major... -
Practical Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton 9780803919051
RRP: $148.20$130.18Patton demonstrates that the main failing of most evaluations is a lack of practicality. They fail to be cheap, accurate, attuned to the differences between different programmes or to provide useful, realistic policy alternatives for decision-makers... -
Learning to Theorize: A Four-Step Strategy by Dennis E. Mithaug 9780761909804
RRP: $200.85$175.52`The book is illuminatory; it operationalizes or provides keys to operationalizing a process that is shrouded in mystery and mythology. It extends existing models of dealing with complexity and making sense of that complexity. It contains useful... -
Research Design: Donald Campbell's Legacy by Leonard B. Bickman 9780761910862
RRP: $200.85$175.52Leading social research methodologists and evaluators address the issues of research design in this second of two volumes inspired by the work on Donald Campbell and sponsored by the American Evaluation Association. The book considers issues such as:... -
Working With Archival Data: Studying Lives by Glen H. Elder, Jr. 9780803942622
RRP: $66.28$58.68Although the growth of longitudinal data archives is one of the most dramatic developments in the behavioural sciences, there has been a barrier to the effective use of these files due to a lack of understanding of the relation between research questions... -
Researching Persons with Mental Illness by Rosalind J. Dworkin 9780803936034
RRP: $235.95$205.73Can the mentally ill be interviewed? What kind of reliability can be expected in their responses? What about the ethics of informed consent? Although standard social science methodologies have been used successfully to study mental health, researching... -
How to Analyze Data by Carol Taylor Fitzgibbon 9780803931336
RRP: $148.20$130.18This volume offers a basic introduction to a variety of elementary statistical techniques, including those for summarizing data, analysing differences between groups and examining relationships between measures. How to Analyze Data is a revision of the... -
Event History Analysis by Kazuo Yamaguchi 9780803933248
RRP: $148.20$130.18This book provides a systematic introduction to models, methods and applications of event history analysis. Yamaguchi emphasizes 'hands on' information, including the use and misuse of samples, models and covariates in applications, the structural... -
Stochastic Parameter Regression Models by Paul Newbold 9780803924253
RRP: $66.28$58.68This excellent introduction to stochastic parameter regression models is more advanced and technically difficult than other papers in this series. These models allow relationships to vary through time, rather than requiring them to be fixed, without... -
Effect Size for ANOVA Designs by Jose M. Cortina 9780761915508
RRP: $66.28$58.68This guide lays out the computational methods for `d' with a variety of designs including factorial ANOVA, ANCOVA and repeated measures ANOVA; `d' divides the observed effect by the standard deviation of the dependent variable. Throughout, the... -
Information Theory: Structural Models for Qualitative Data by Klaus Krippendorff 9780803921320
RRP: $66.28$58.68Krippendorff introduces social scientists to information theory and explains its application for structural modeling. He discusses key topics such as: how to confirm an information theory model; its use in exploratory research; and how it compares with... -
Measurement Made Accessible: A Research Approach Using Qualitative, Quantitative and Quality Improvement Methods by D. Lynn Kelley 9780761910244
RRP: $235.95$205.73Through examples and exercises, this handy student guide teaches methods for sampling, data gathering, developing questionnaires, reliability and validity, and quantitative and qualitative measurement. In addition, the book explains the use of quality... -
The Language and Politics of Exclusion: Others in Discourse by Stephen Harold Riggins 9780761907282
RRP: $235.95$205.73This volume brings together articles that apply critical discourse analysis to texts and speech which contribute to the marginalizaton of minority groups. Studying both the fine detail of language use and the political values implicated by word choice,... -
Conversation As Method: Analyzing the Relational World of People Who Were Raised Communally by Ruthellen H. Josselson 9780761905134
RRP: $148.20$130.18From the premise that knowledge is co-constructed by observer and observed, and both must be clearly visible in research reports, Conversation as Method explores a rich methodology evolving from people coming together to talk, listen and learn from one... -
Geographic Information Systems for the Social Sciences: Investigating Space and Place by Steven J. Steinberg 9780761928737
RRP: $235.95$205.73'The Steinbergs have produced a very relevant book for the times. . . . While many books have emerged on the details of GIS, few resources exist to help teach the merger of GIS with more standard research methods. The Steinbergs accomplish this goal in a... -
Analyzing Complex Survey Data by Eun Sul Lee 9780761930389
RRP: $66.28$58.68This book examines ways to analyze complex surveys, and focuses on the problems of weights and design effects. This new edition incorporates recent practice of analyzing complex survey data, introduces the new analytic approach for categorical data... -
Graphing Data: Techniques for Display and Analysis by Gary T. Henry 9780803956759
RRP: $148.20$130.18How can applied researchers present and analyze their research data more effectively? By applying the techniques described in this volume, social scientists will be able to make the most efficient use of their data as well as making it more accessible... -
Foundations of Empowerment Evaluation by David M. Fetterman 9780803956681
RRP: $235.95$205.73Employing both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, empowerment evaluation is the use of evaluation concepts, techniques, and findings to foster improvement and self-determination. David M Fetterman explores its background and theory and goes on... -
Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis: Theory, Methods and Practice by Udo Kelle 9780803977617
RRP: $109.20$95.34With recent significant advances having been made in computer-aided methods to support qualitative data analysis, a whole new range of methodological questions arises: Will the software employed `take over' the analysis? Can computers be used to improve... -
How to Analyze Survey Data by Arlene G. Fink 9780803973862
RRP: $105.30$92.00Clear and concise, How to Analyze Survey Data begins with a basic overview demonstrating what statistics can do for surveys, describing measurement scales in detail and showing how to choose a method to analyze results. The book includes checklists and... -
Communicating Social Science Research to Policy Makers by Roger D. Vaughan 9780803972155
RRP: $235.95$205.73This practical guide for doing policy analysis is written for academics who want to get their research to the attention of decision-makers in the public sector, or who want to train their students in the skills necessary to undertake policy-relevant... -
Advanced Focus Group Research by Edward F. Fern 9780761912491
RRP: $200.85$175.52Specifically written for researchers and students with a fundamental knowledge of focus group research, the book gives numerous examples of what researchers should and should not do in designing their own research projects. In addition, it critically... -
Researching Persons with Mental Illness by Rosalind J. Dworkin 9780803936041
RRP: $148.20$130.18Can the mentally ill be interviewed? What kind of reliability can be expected in their responses? What about the ethics of informed consent? Although standard social science methodologies have been used successfully to study mental health, researching... -
Getting Beyond the Facts: Teaching Social Studies/Social Sciences in the Twenty-first Century by Joe L. Kincheloe 9780820441627
RRP: $75.66$64.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820441627Author Joe L. KincheloeFormat PaperbackPage Count 818Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 1100g -
Survival Analysis by Shenyang Guo 9780195337518
RRP: $80.91$69.62Survival analysis is a class of statistical methods for studying the occurrence and timing of events. Statistical analysis of longitudinal data, particularly censored data, lies at the heart of social work research, and many of social work research's... -
The Content Analysis Guidebook by Kimberly A. Neuendorf 9780761919773
RRP: $218.40$198.12Content analysis is one of the most important yet complex research methodologies in the social sciences. The author provides an accessible text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, comprising step-by-step instructions and practical... -
Constructions of Urban Space by Ray Hutchinson 9780762305407
$206.25Urban space has emerged as the central organizing construct in studies of the post-modern metropolis. Contributors to this volume write on how urban space is used and contested by different social groups, how urban space is transformed by the changing... -
Research in marketing by Atul Parvatiyar 9780762302840
$188.19This is the 13th volume in the series on "Research in Marketing".Book InformationISBN 9780762302840Author Atul ParvatiyarFormat HardbackPage Count 266Imprint JAI Press Inc.Publisher Emerald Publishing LimitedWeight(grams) 551g -
Emergence, Complexity & Organization 2008 Annual by Kurt A Richardson 9780984216437
$118.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984216437Author Kurt A RichardsonFormat HardbackPage Count 768Imprint ISCE PublishingPublisher ISCE PublishingWeight(grams) 234g -
Emergence: Complexity & Organization - 2009 Annual by Peter M. Allen 9780984216567
$133.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984216567Author Peter M. AllenFormat HardbackPage Count 636Imprint Isce PublishingPublisher Isce PublishingWeight(grams) 1311g -
Daphne's Dance: True Tales in the Evolution of Woman's Sexual Awareness by Brigitta Olsen 9780984211708
$20.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984211708Author Brigitta OlsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint ISyn PublicationsPublisher ISyn PublicationsWeight(grams) 278g -
Educational Leadership: A Guyanese Perspective by Brian O'Toole 9780909991050
RRP: $19.50$17.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780909991050Author Brian O'TooleFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Baha'i Books AustraliaPublisher Baha'i Books AustraliaWeight(grams) 277g -
Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Inquiry Fails and How it Can Succeed Again by Bent Flyvbjerg 9780521772686
RRP: $185.25$131.14Making Social Science Matter presents an exciting new approach to the social and behavioral sciences including theoretical argument, methodological guidelines, and examples of practical application. Why has social science failed in attempts to emulate... -
All Points in Between: Shifting on the Scale of Sex and Gender by Taylor J Holder 9780595399277
$23.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595399277Author Taylor J HolderFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 152g -
Analysis of Covariance by Albert R. Wildt 9780803911642
RRP: $66.28$58.68Presents a technique for analyzing the effects of variables, groups, and treatments in both experimental and observational settings, considering not only the main effects of one variable upon another, but also the effects of group cases.Book...