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Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital examines the vastly under-explored link between natural disasters and social capital in regards to the unprecedented June 2008 flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In-depth qualitative interviews with flood...

Net-Generation Student Motivation to Attend Community College explores the factors that affect student retention rates in community college by presenting net-generation (or millennial) students with the opportunity to tell their stories and give insight...

Participant observation is the foundation of ethnographic research design and supports and complements other types of qualitative and quantitative data collection. Qualitative research in such diverse areas as anthropology, sociology, education, medicine...

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Designed to help beginners estimate and test structural equation modelling (SEM) using the EQS approach, this book demonstrates a variety of SEM/EQS applications that include both partial factor analytic and full latent variable models. Beginning with an...

Designed to provide researchers clear and informative insight into techniques of meta-analysis, the Third Edition of Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in Research Findings is the most comprehensive text on meta-analysis available today...

This book is intended as a "stand alone" volume that (1) demonstrates the need for using an explicitly interdisciplinary approach to problems that span multiple disciplines, (2) applies interdisciplinary theory and best practices to a...

Quantitative macro-comparative research (QMCR) is social, political, and economic research that uses countries as cases and facts about countries as variables. This book draws on methods and methodologies from the macro-comparative literatures in...

Description: A Practical Guide to Program Evaluation Planning: Theory and Case Examples provides a step-by-step process to guide evaluators in planning a comprehensive, yet feasible, program evaluation-from start to design-within any context. No book...

Most core statistics texts cover subjects like analysis of variance and regression, but not in much detail. This book provides clear and comprehensive coverage of the concepts behind ANOVA as well as its technical implementation. It emphasizes...

"Clarifies the concepts used in impact analysis and provides in-depth methodologies for research." --Educator's Update "I learned much from reading the first edition of this book years ago, and this edition retains many of the positive features of that...

`A thoughtful and comprehensive text that will serve to raise awareness among novice researchers as to the need for critical debate and reflection with regard to various aspects of the researcher experience' - Qualitative Research Aimed at researchers...

A key step for researchers wanting to produce interesting and influential theory development is formulating innovative research questions. In this text, Alvesson and Sandberg have developed a problematization methodology for identifying and challenging...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807764640Author Scott M WaringFormat PaperbackImprint Teachers College PressPublisher Teachers College Press

Over the past decades, ‘photovoice’ has emerged as a participatory and creative research method in which participants capture and discuss their reality through photographs. This indispensable ‘how-to’ book with exercises and visual aids takes novice and...

How can you do ethnographic field research in a safe way for you and the people you work with? In this nuanced, candid book, researchers from across the globe discuss core challenges faced by ethnographers, reflecting on research from preparation to...

Choose the right methodological tools to answer your research question and know how to use them with this anthology of textual analysis approaches.  Each chapter provides not only relevant theoretical background behind each methodology, but also its...

This book asks the important question; Can the by-products of research activity be treated as data and of research interest in themselves? This groundbreaking interdisciplinary volume considers the analytic value of a range of 'by-products' of social...

Panel data, which consist of information gathered from the same individuals or units at several different points in time, are commonly used in the social sciences to test theories of individual and social change. This book provides an overview of models...

Using an engaging how-to approach that draws from scholarship, real-life, and popular culture, this textbook offers students practical reasons why they should care about research methods and a guide to actually conducting research themselves. Examining...

Popular in previous editions, this Third Edition continues to help build students' confidence and ability in doing statistical analysis by slowly moving from concepts that require little computational work to those that require more. Author R. Mark...

Using detailed examples, the authors introduce readers to the use of facet theory as a method for integrating content design with data analysis. They show how facet theory provides a strategy for conceptualizing a study, for formulating the study's...

`The publication of Synergic Inquiry is both timely and important. It is a refreshing attempt to forge behavioral theory and praxis to expand human capacities for problem-solving' - Tomoko Hamada, College of William & Mary This book introduces...

`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...

This volume describes a myriad of policy, research and practice issues related to families of children with serious emotional disorders. It centres on families' direct and indirect roles in children's mental health services - for example, families can...

Most books on measurement present a statistical orientation or an orientation toward measurement theory. Although these approaches are valuable, Measurement Error and Research Design is motivated by the lack of literature that enhances understanding of...

`Questions and Answers in Attitude Surveys makes an enormous contribution to the field of survey methodology and ranks with such classics as Hyman's Interviewing and Kish's Survey Sampling. To the extent that survey research is only as reliable as its...

The third edition of The SAGE Handbook of Action Research presents an updated version of the bestselling text, including new chapters covering emerging areas in healthcare, social work, education and international development, as well as an expanded...

One of the greatest strengths of this text is the consistent integration of research methods and statistics so that students can better understand how the research process requires the combination of these elements. The end goal is to spark students'...

When using the analysis of variance (ANOVA) in an experimental design, how can the researcher determine whether to treat a factor as fixed or random? This book provides the reader with the criteria to make the distinction between fixed and random levels...

From the moment evaluators begin the consultation process to the time when they respond to the last reaction to the evaluation report, ethical choices are being made. This thoughtful book explores a set of principles which can serve as foundational...

"The Terry E. Hedrick, Leonard Bickman, and Debra J. Rog text provides a framework for designing research that is adaptable to almost any applied setting and constantly reiterates the need for establishing and maintaining credibility with the client at...

This book provides instruction about how to write computer programs using SAS language. It focuses on common programming tasks frequently encountered in conducting data analysis; and provides advice about how to learn the SAS lanuguage and how to use it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692860823Author Sreekumar Radhakrishna PillaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Aspire Analytic SolutionsPublisher Aspire Analytic...

Written in non-technical language, this popular and practical volume has been completely updated to bring readers the latest advice on major issues involved in longitudinal research. It covers: research design strategies; methods of data collection; and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985297138Author Steve Patty Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Dialogues in ActionPublisher Dialogues in ActionWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982732434Author Peter A ColonFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Business Alignment Strategies, IncorporatedPublisher Business Alignment Strategies,...

Over the past decades, ‘photovoice’ has emerged as a participatory and creative research method in which participants capture and discuss their reality through photographs. This indispensable ‘how-to’ book with exercises and visual aids takes novice and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645236217Author Henry PrunckunFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Bibliologica PressPublisher Bibliologica PressWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615311418Author Lucia DuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Save the Children Federation, Inc.Publisher Save the Children Federation, Inc...