Research methods / methodology Books

Book SynopsisCollaborative Ethnographic Working in Mental Health seeks to chart a new direction for research into mental healthcare, with the aim of creating the conditions for more productive interdisciplinary dialogue. People involved in mental health often fail to recognise how they are described by researchers from the humanities and social sciences, which inhibits productive collaboration. This book seeks to address this problem, by including clinicians and patients in the research process and by shifting attention away from power and knowledge and towards the organisational context. It explores how clinical thinking and behaviour, illness experience, and clinical relationships are all shaped by the bureaucratic context. In particular, it examines tensions between what we want from mental healthcare and how accountable bureaucracies actually work, and proposes that mental healthcare research should not just evaluate new interventions but should investigate new ways of organiTrade Review"Each chapter has a clear message and offers conceptual insight unmasked by anthropologists’ usual convoluted prose. The focus on bureaucracy in practice, and its internal effects, has wide implications for clinical research, opening the lid on that which is neglected in usual intervention-focused studies. In this sense, the book is a major cross-disciplinary bridge-building contribution. Indeed, I think the book makes clear in a way that few others have, why ethnographic research is important to getting to the heart of contemporary dilemmas in psychiatric care; especially by taking seriously the everyday experience and representational practices of patients and staff. The book avoids polarising debate around psychiatry, and taking a fresh viewpoint provides a common platform of shared concern about real challenges." -- David Mosse, Professor of Social Anthropology, SOAS, University of London, UK"Dr Armstrong’s incisive analysis of the mental health system challenges complacent and particularised explanations and presents a mature and systemic account of why mental health systems continue to struggle – harm – fail. Sharing his own lived experience of recovery and evolving agency, we see the demise of well-intentioned and highly trained clinicians to serve the structural and bureaucratic agency of the institution, be that the state, the hospital, the prison and criminal justice system. He does this through the powerful stories and voice of the most afflicted, marginalised, and excluded, providing some seminal lessons for practitioners, policy makers, legislators. Although he brings theory into to the analysis, he does so cautiously, never failing to sketch out the limitations of worshipping theory rather than testing it through real world experience and local realities." -- Professor Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor of Psychiatry and Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, UK"Each chapter has a clear message and offers conceptual insight unmasked by anthropologists’ usual convoluted prose. The focus on bureaucracy in practice, and its internal effects, has wide implications for clinical research, opening the lid on that which is neglected in usual intervention-focused studies. In this sense, the book is a major cross-disciplinary bridge-building contribution. Indeed, I think the book makes clear in a way that few others have, why ethnographic research is important to getting to the heart of contemporary dilemmas in psychiatric care; especially by taking seriously the everyday experience and representational practices of patients and staff. The book avoids polarising debate around psychiatry, and taking a fresh viewpoint provides a common platform of shared concern about real challenges." -- David Mosse, Professor of Social Anthropology, SOAS, University of London, UK"Dr Armstrong’s incisive analysis of the mental health system challenges complacent and particularised explanations and presents a mature and systemic account of why mental health systems continue to struggle – harm – fail. Sharing his own lived experience of recovery and evolving agency, we see the demise of well-intentioned and highly trained clinicians to serve the structural and bureaucratic agency of the institution, be that the state, the hospital, the prison and criminal justice system. He does this through the powerful stories and voice of the most afflicted, marginalised, and excluded, providing some seminal lessons for practitioners, policy makers, legislators. Although he brings theory into to the analysis, he does so cautiously, never failing to sketch out the limitations of worshipping theory rather than testing it through real world experience and local realities." -- Professor Kamaldeep Bhui, Professor of Psychiatry and Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford, UKTable of Contents1. Everybody Knows About Mental Health 2. What Does it Mean to Know About Mental Healthcare? 3. No Mental Healthcare Without Mental Healthcare Institutions 4. Bipolar: The Beautiful Opponent with Catriona Watson5. Learning to be Ill, Learning to be Well 6. Untethered with Hugh Palmer7. Us and Them: Why Nobody Wins with Rowan JonesConclusion

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Book SynopsisDavid de Vaus' classic text Surveys in Social Research provides clear advice on how to plan, conduct and analyse social surveys. It emphasises the links between theory and research, the logic and interpretation of statistics and the practices of social research. This sixth edition has been completely revised and updated, and contains new examples, data and extensive lists of web resources. As well as explaining how to conduct good surveys, de Vaus shows how to become a critical consumer of research. He argues that the logic of surveys and statistics is simply an extension of the logic we use in everyday life; analysis, however, requires creativity and imagination rather than the application of sterile mechanical procedures. The prime goal of research should be to gain accurate understanding and, as a researcher, use methods and techniques which enhance understanding. De Vaus advocates researchers use the method, rather than letting the method use you.Surveys in Social Research is essential reading for students and researchers working with surveys. It assumes no background in statistical analysis, and gives you the tools you need to come to grips with this often challenging field of work.Trade ReviewPraise for earlier editions of Surveys in Social Research‘This excellent book presents a lucid and comprehensive overview of all the contemporary issues in the development of surveys in social research ... The resources make this book valuable for novices but also a great addition to the library of more experienced researchers.’ —Journal of Family Studies‘De Vaus helps to demystify survey research by breaking down the process into manageable components. This is perhaps the greatest strength – he encourages the reader to tackle and understand "statistical research" rather than shy away.’ —Social Security Journal‘... one of the most comprehensive and accessible texts on survey research available.’ —The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology‘By concentrating on one method and providing a sound working knowledge of how to do good surveys, de Vaus indeed achieves a distinctive balance ...’ —Canadian Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsPart I: The Scope of Survey Research 1. The Nature of Surveys 2. Theory and Social Research 3. Formulating and Clarifying Research Questions Part II: Collecting Survey Data 4. Developing Indicators for Concepts 5. Ethics and Data Collection 6. Finding a Sample 7. Constructing Questionnaires 8. Administering Questionnaires Part III: Setting Up the Data for Analysis 9. Coding 10. Preparing Variables for Analysis 11. Building Scales Part IV: Analysing Survey Data 12. Overview of Analysis 13. Univariate Analysis 14. Bivariate Analysis: Nominal and Ordinal Variables 15. Bivariate Analysis for Interval-Level Variables 16. Elaborate Bivariate Relationships 17. Multivariate Analysis 18. Putting It into Practice: A Research Example. Glossary. Bibliography

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Book SynopsisHumans are social animals and are constantly interacting with each other through conversation, written communication, symbols and other expressions . Discourse: The Basics is an accessible and engaging introduction to the analysis of those interactions and the many forms and meanings they can take. The book draws on a range of international case studies and examples from literature, political speech, advertising and newspaper articles to address key questions such as: What is discourse? Why are there different approaches to understanding discourse? How are individual interactions connected with the larger discourses that frame our ways of thinking and behaving? How can discourse be analysed and researched? Discourse: The Basics includes subject summaries, a glossary of key terms and suggestions for further reading. It will be of particulTrade Review"Discourse: The Basics is an accessible and authoritative exploration of what 'discourse' is and how 'discourse' works that draws on a range of illustrative case studies to enrich understanding for students and teachers. A must read for undergraduates and of relevance to researchers and a wider readership."Mark Vicars, Victoria University, Australia"A concise and engaging introduction to discourse analysis, providing a fascinating overview of approaches to conceptualising and investigating language. The account assumes no prior knowledge and is easy to navigate, making this a valuable resource for students across disciplines at undergraduate or postgraduate level. Key concepts are fully explained and richly illustrated drawing on examples from everyday experience that give a deceptively light touch to complex material. Crystal clear writing makes this a very satisfying and enjoyable read."Georgina Glenny, Oxford Brookes University, UKTable of ContentsForeword Defining Discourse Discourse and Context: a practical exercise Language, Thought and Discourse Language, Society and Discourse Discourse and Metaphor Discourse and Rhetoric Discourse and Interactivity Discourse and Narrative Discourse and Identity Collecting and Representing Discourse ReferencesGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisProgram Theory in Evaluation Practice is a ground-breaking reference that teaches how to develop an explicit causal model that links an intervention (project, program or policy) with its intended or observed impacts and using this to guide monitoring and evaluation.Trade Review“This contribution is a must read for every evaluator, administration or project manager willing to engage in theory-based evaluation or theory-based program planning. It stands out from all the literature on this subject by giving an array of examples of program theory as well as practical advice to conduct evaluation to understand what works for whom and in which conditions.” – “Read for You”, Eureval (Centre for European Expertise and Evaluation)Table of ContentsFigures, Tables, and Exhibits x Acknowledgments xv The Authors xvii Introduction: The Promise and Risks of Using Program Theory xix Part One Key Ideas in Program Theory Chapter 1: The Essence of Program Theory 3 Evaluation Without Program Theory 3 Evaluation with Program Theory 6 Summary 13 Exercises 13 Chapter 2: Variations of Program Theory over Time 15 A Short History of Program Theory 15 Terminology in Program Theory 23 Key Ideas in Program Theory 30 Summary 34 Exercises 35 Chapter 3: Common Myths and Traps 37 Some Common Myths 37 Traps to Avoid When Developing and Using Program Theory 41 Summary 52 Exercises 52 Part Two Assessing Your Circumstances Chapter 4: Scoping Intended Uses 55 Why Intended Use Matters 55 Using Program Theory 58 Summary 67 Exercises 68 Chapter 5: The Nature of the Situation and the Intervention 69 Simple, Complicated, and Complex 70 Focus 74 Governance 80 Consistency 82 Necessariness 84 Sufficiency 85 Change Trajectory 88 Summary 90 Exercise 91 Part Three Developing and Representing Program Theory Chapter 6: Processes to Identify or Develop a Program Theory 95 Process Options for Developing Program Theory 95 Decision 1: Who Should Be Involved in Developing a Program Theory, and How? 97 Decision 2: What Is an Appropriate Mix of Approaches for Developing or Eliciting the Program Theory? 101 Decision 3: How Might Workshops and Interviews Be Used in Developing Program Theory? 120 Decision 4: As Challenges Arise, How Should They Be Addressed? 128 Decision 5: How Much Time and Resources Should Be Invested in Developing or Identifying a Program Theory? 141 Decision 6: When Is It Time to Revisit a Program Theory? 144 Summary 147 Exercise 148 Chapter 7: Developing a Theory of Change 149 Features of a Theory of Change 150 Situation Analysis: Understanding the Problem, Its Causes, and Its Consequences 151 Focusing and Scoping 163 Outcomes Chain 176 Summary 195 Exercises 196 Chapter 8: Developing a Theory of Action 199 Preparing the Theory of Action 204 Success Criteria for a Theory of Change 204 Assumptions About Factors That Affect Successful Achievement of Outcomes 217 How to Identify Factors That Are Likely to Affect Outcomes 226 Identifying What the Program Does 229 Pulling the Theory of Change and the Theory of Action Together in a Matrix 235 Summary 237 Exercise 240 Chapter 9: Representing Program Theory 241 Options for Representation 241 Representing Complicated Program Theory 251 Representing Complex Program Theory 264 What Makes a Good Representation of Program Theory 277 Should Logic Models Include SMART Measures? 290 Summary 291 Exercises 292 Chapter 10: Critiquing Program Theory 293 Criteria for Assessing Internal Validity 296 Criteria for External Validation 305 Engaging Stakeholders in the Review 312 Responding to the Results of a Review of a Program Theory 314 Summary 316 Exercise 316 Part Four Resources for Developing Program Theory Chapter 11: Some Research-Based Theories of Change 319 Theory of Reasoned Action and Theory of Planned Behavior 323 Stages of Change Theory 326 Empowerment Theory 332 Diffusion Theory 335 Socioecological Theory 339 Network Theory 342 Selecting and Using Theories of Change 347 Summary 349 Exercises 349 Chapter 12: Some Common Program Archetypes 351 Some Important Program Archetypes 351 Advisory, Information, and Education Program Archetype 352 Carrots and Sticks Program Archetype 357 Case Management Programs Program Archetype 367 Community Capacity-Building Program Archetype 370 Product or Direct Service Delivery Program Archetype 374 Deciding Which Program Archetype Applies to a Program 381 Summary 385 Exercise 386 Chapter 13: Logic Models Resources 387 Pipeline Logic Models 387 Variations of Outcomes Chain Logic Models 396 Technology for Representing Program Theory 399 Summary 414 Exercise 414 Part Five Using Program Theory for Monitoring and Evaluation Chapter 14: Developing a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan 417 Using Program Theory for Performance Monitoring 418 Making Choices About What to Measure Within the Program Theory 425 Including Comparisons as Part of the Performance Information System 434 Using Program Theory to Plan an Evaluation 438 Considerations When Using Program Theory to Design Evaluations of Complicated and Complex Programs 455 Summary 466 Exercises 467 Chapter 15: Causal Inference 469 The Need to Be Scientific and Pragmatic 469 A Framework for Causal Analysis Using Program Theory 473 Congruence 474 Counterfactual Comparisons 488 Critical Review 495 Summary 499 Exercises 499 Chapter 16: Synthesis and Reporting 501 Synthesis and Reporting for a Single Evaluation 501 Synthesis and Reporting Across Evaluations 508 Summary 516 Exercises 516 New Frontiers for Program Theory 517 References 519 Index 537

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Book SynopsisGives clear guidance on how to set up and conduct small scale research that is based in clinical practice Assumes no prior knowledge of qualitative research and is aimed specifically at psychotherapists Recognises development of the evidence base for psychotherapy through qualitative research as a key objective for practitioners.Trade Review"This is a useful and informative introductory book. It sparked my interest in pursuing some of the suggested methods and topics of research within my own setting." (Gestalt Journal of Australia and New Zealand, June 2010) Table of ContentsAbout the Editors vii Contributing Authors ix Preface xi Part I Engaging Qualitative Research and the Relational-centred Approach 1 Introduction 1 1 Qualitative Relational-centred Research: A 'Voyage of Discovery' 3 2 Competing Qualitative Research Traditions 13 3 Embodied Co-creation: Theory and Values for Relational Research 29 4 Challenging 'Evidence-based Practice' 45 5 Quality in Qualitative Relational-centred Research 59 Part II Relational-centred Research: Being and Doing 69 Introduction 69 6 Setting Up Research 71 7 The Research Encounter: Co-creating your Data 87 8 Embracing Relational Research: Learning from Therapy 107 9 Engaging 'Process' 127 10 Analysis of Data Linda Finlay Anna Madill 145 11 Relational Ethics 159 12 Becoming a Relational Researcher 175 Part III Relational-centred Research in Action 183 Introduction 183 13 'My Heart was Killing Me': A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of Anger Virginia Eatough 185 14 A Therapist's Portrait of a Clinical Encounter with a Somatizer Maria Luca 197 15 Relating through Difference: A Critical Narrative Analysis Darren Langdridge 213 16 A Journey into Survival and Coping by Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Susan L Morrow 227 References 241 Index 259

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Book SynopsisFrench philosopher Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, and his work is of continuing relevance today. This title shows how Deleuze's philosophy is shaking up research in the humanities and social sciences.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Deleuze and Research Methodologies, Rebecca Coleman and Jessica Ringrose; 1. Deleuze and Guatarri in the Nursery: Towards an Ethnographic Multi-Sensory Mapping of Gendered Bodies and Becomings, Emma Renold and David Mellor; 2. Mobile Sections and Flowing Matter in Participant-Generated Video: Exploring a Deleuzian Approach to Visual Sociology Carol A. Taylor; 3. More-Than-Human Visual Analysis: Witnessing and Evoking Affect in Human-Nonhuman Interactions, Jamie Lorimer; 4. Affect as Method: Feelings, Aesthetics and Affective Pedagogy, Anna Hickey-Moody; 5. Desire Undone: Productions of Privilege, Power, and Voice, Lisa A. Mazzei; 6. Data-as-Machine: A Deleuzian Becoming, Alecia Youngblood Jackson; 7. Looking and Desiring Machines: A Feminist Deleuzian Mapping of Bodies and Affect, Jessica Ringrose and Rebecca Coleman; 8. Disrupting 'Anorexia Nervosa': An Ethnography of the Deleuzian Event, Sarah Dyke; 9. Classification or Wonder? Coding as an Analytic Practice in Qualitative Research, Maggie MacLure; 10. Activating Micropolitical Practices in the Early Years: (Re)assembling Bodies and Participant Observations, Mindy Blaise; 11. Researching Pedagogical Apparatus (Dispotifs): An Ethnography of the Molar, Molecular and Desire in Contexts of Extreme Urban Poverty, Silvia M. Grinberg; 12. Lost in Data Space: Using Nomadic Analysis to Perform Social Science, David R. Cole.

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Book SynopsisWe can be grateful that Dr. Stake decided to cap his distinguished career by sharing his ideas in writing. This is a book that evaluators will want to have in their personal library. It tells us a lot about our field, highlights contrasting ways of evaluating without pitting one against the other, and manages to remind us why many of us chose this line of work in the first place.--EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNINGAuthored by a master writer and evaluator, Standards-Based and Responsive Evaluation explores the many conceptual choices an evaluator needs to make when doing an evaluation, devoting attention to stakeholders, weighing ethical risks, and writing a useful report. The book begins with the main strategic choices an evaluator needs to make between approaches: quantitatively,by explicating criteria, needs, standards, and performances, or qualitatively, by studying the activity, aspirations, problems, and accomplishments of the participants and critical observers. After reading the text, students will have a better appreciation of evaluation as a process that needs to be custom-fit to the situation. Throughout the book, Stake presents evaluation as a series of choices for the reader: - To remain independent or to join with program staff or stakeholders- To value personal experience as evidence or to shun it as biased- To aid development formatively or to assess the existing program summatively- To use issues, goals, gains, efficiency, or problem solving as the key conceptual structure- To invest small or large in trying out and validating data-gathering procedures- To support the standards and ethical codes of professional associationsStandards-Based and Responsive Evaluation will prove an essential text for program evaluation courses in education, nursing, social work, psychology, sociology, communication, and anthropology. Experienced researchers and professional evaluators will also find this an invaluable reference for a more experiential, interpretive approach to evaluation work and policy setting.Key Features:- Provides readers with the tools they need to make choices while practicing evaluation- Employs quotations, poetry, and cartoons to help the reader experience the concepts of evaluation - Includes boxed examples from a variety of cases, giving readers the opportunity to compare an actual evaluation situation with one in which they may be engaged- Allows readers to access extensive examples of evaluation reports, coding excerpts, and more, through a complementary Web site appendixTrade ReviewWe can be grateful that Dr. Stake decided to cap his distinguished career by sharing his ideas in writing. This is a book that evaluators will want to have in their personal library. It tells us a lot about our field, highlights contrasting ways of evaluating without pitting one against the other, and manages to remind us why many of us chose this line of work in the first place. -- EVALUATION AND PROGRAM PLANNINGTable of ContentsFirst Words 1. Criterial and Interpretive Evaluation The Ubiquitous Search For Quality Standards Criterial and Episodic Thinking Roles and Styles of Evaluation Formative and Summative Evaluation The Evaluand The Evaluator 2. Roles, Models, and Dispositions Models Dispositions Roles 3. Standards-Based Evaluation Standards-Based Bias Factors Criteria and Standards for Comparisons Needs Assessment Goals Costs Representations of Performance What Goes Wrong 4. Responsive Evaluation Issues as Conceptual Structure Observations and Judgments Perceptions Combining Responsive and Standards-Based Evaluation Experience as Knowledge Organizing and Reporting Procedures What Goes Wrong 5. Data Gathering Choosing Data Sources Instrumentation Recipient Responses Staff and Management Responses Stakeholder and Public Responses Data Coding and Records Processing Surveys Observation Schedules Interviewing Histories and Artifacts 6. Analysis, Synthesis, and Meta-evaluation Analysis Synthesis Experiential and Probative Inferences Meta-evaluation An Ethic of Continuous Self-Challenge 7.Clients, Stakeholders, Beneficiaries and Readers Participatory Evaluation Stakeholding Utilization Democratic Evaluation Negotiation of a Contract Writing Reports Styles of Reporting Representations of the Evaluand Names and Labels Cutting Edge Offering Recommendations 8. Issues Needing Interpretation Complexity Program Standardization Program Fairness Staff Development 9. Evidence-Based Evaluation Is Evaluation Science? Petite and Grand Generalizations Policy Evaluation Bias Skepticism as a Commitment 10. Doing It Right Quality Work Is Ethical Work Personal Standards Professional Standards Human Subjects Protection Confidentiality and Anonymity The Business of Evaluation Personnel Evaluation Product Evaluation Political and Cultural Contexts Last Words References Bibliography Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to Quantitative Research Methodsis a student-friendly introduction to quantitative research methods and basic statistics. It uses a detective theme throughout the text to show how quantitative methods have been used to solve real-life problems. The bookfocuses on principles and techniques that are appropriate to introductory level courses in media, psychology and sociology. Examples and illustrations are drawn from historical and contemporary research in the social sciences.The original CD-ROM accompanying the book and its content are no longer available.Table of ContentsOrder at All Points Counting and Accounting Starting the Inquiry `But What Happened Then?′ Defining the Inquiry `Then How Do You Know?′ Methods of Inquiry `It Is a Capital Mistake to Theorize before One Has Data!′ `Data! Data! Data!′ Analyzing Data from the Inquiry Finding Answers from the Inquiry `Elementary, My Dear Watson!′ Summarizing and Presenting Results `Quite So!′

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Book SynopsisMastering the Semi-Structured Interview and Beyond offers an in-depth and captivating step-by-step guide to the use of semi-structured interviews in qualitative research. By tracing the life of an actual research projectan exploration of a school district''s effort over 40 years to address racial equalityas a consistent example threaded across the volume, Anne Galletta shows in concrete terms how readers can approach the planning and execution of their own new research endeavor, and illuminates unexpected real-life challenges they may confront and how to address them. The volume offers a close look at the inductive nature of qualitative research, the use of researcher reflexivity, and the systematic and iterative steps involved in data collection, analysis, and interpretation. It offers guidance on how to develop an interview protocol, including the arrangement of questions and ways to evoke analytically rich data. Particularly useful for those who may be familiar with qTrade ReviewA beautifully crafted book. Methodologically authoritative and narratively engaging, its comprehensive description of the semi-structured interview introduces established and emerging social scientists to a versatile, informative, inductive qualitative method that too often is treated as if it were methodologically self-evident. Galletta describes how this method can include diverse participants voices, experiences, understandings, and concerns with rigor and rich conceptual and narrative effects. This timely book will surely be a classic, widely used in methods courses and as an important resource for researchers interested in the complex dynamics of social issues and societal change. -- Susan Opotow,John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center, CUNYReading this book is like having an extended conversation with a wise and experienced qualitative researcher that explores not only how to construct and conduct effective semi-structured interviews but also many other aspects of qualitative research, including the difficult but important question of how to move from your data to your conclusions. -- Janet Ward Schofield,University of PittsburghTable of ContentsContentsForeword by William E. Cross, Jr. ixAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1Section I: Setting the Stage 1 Craft ing a Design to Yield a Complete Story 9 2 Th e Semi-Structured Interview as a Repertoire of Possibilities 45Section II: The Semi-Structured Interview: Collecting and Analyzing Qualitative Data 3 Conducting the Interview: Th e Role of Reciprocity and Refl exivity 75 4 Ongoing and Iterative Data Analysis 119Section III: Synthesizing and Interpreting Research Findings 5 Building Th eory 149 6 Writing Up and Speaking Back to the Literature 173 Aft erword: Loose Th reads 191Appendix A: Sample Protocol for Student Participants 195Appendix B: Past as Present, Present as Past: Historicizing Black Education and Interrogating "Integration" 203Notes 231References 235Index 241About the Author 245

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Book SynopsisDespite an increasing number of scattered philosophy-based discussions of management research methodology, there has not been a book that provides a systematic and more comprehensive treatment of the subject. This book addresses this gap in the market and provides new ideas and arguments for guiding management researchers.Trade Review‘At a time when empirical social science research is being questioned as never before the timing of this book could not have been better. Professor Eric Tsang assembled a collection of earlier papers and new materials covering every aspect of empirical social science research that guide scholars in their quest to undertake empirical work underlying management research that satisfies criteria of Popperian falsifiability, data transparency, robustness, replication, treatment of outliers and null findings. I strongly recommend this volume for advanced research methodology courses and for all scholars aspiring to undertake empirical social science research consistent with new emphasis on data transparency, replication and falsifiability. ‘— Arie Y. Lewin, Editor in Chief Management and Organization Review, and Professor at Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, U.S.A.'Most PhD programs in management include a major course on research methods or a separate course on the philosophy of science because of its importance for understanding the philosophical underpinnings of research. Until now, however, there was no book that explained the philosophical underpinnings of management research. Eric Tsang in his new book does just that by explaining the philosophical base for the different methodological approaches to management research. In so doing, he examines the nature of assumptions, theory testing, generalization and replication, among other critical issues. This book makes a critical contribution to management research and is an especially valuable addition for scholars who are early in their research careers. It will enrich the research in our field.’ — Michael A. Hitt, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University; Distinguished Research Fellow, Texas Christian University, U.S.A.‘This is a much-needed book for all students and scholars interested in understanding and explaining management and business practices, including decisions and behaviors, at all levels of analysis. It’s not a book about philosophy but a practical treatment of important foundational knowledge of science that all who are claiming or aspiring to be scientists must understand. Questions of what constitutes science, what critical assumptions render some theories valid and some invalid, and why current management research may not qualify as science are addressed. I recommend this as a core text for all research methods courses at the undergraduate, master and doctoral levels. I recommend this as a must read for all novice and experienced management and organization researchers. It will help you do better research and be a true scientist, living up to the goal of science, which is to seek true explanations and accurate predictions and to generate useful knowledge to inform policies and improve practices.’ — Anne Tsui, Distinguished Professor of Management at Peking University and Fudan University, China, and Motorola Professor Emerita of International Management at Arizona State University, U.S.A.Table of Contents1. Philosophy: An Under-Laborer Serving Researchers2. Explanation: Different Ways of Answering "Why?"3. Assumptions: Not Something to be Assumed Away 4. Theory Testing: A Seemingly Straightforward Process 5. Generalization: A Controversial Endeavor 6. Replication: An Ignored Necessity 7. Historiography: A Neglected Research Method 8. Looking Ahead: To Be, or Not to Be, a ScienceAppendix: How Philosophy Contributes to Research Methodology

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Book SynopsisDissertation Research and Writing for Built Environment Students is a step-by-step guide to get students through their final year research project. Trusted and developed over three previous editions, the new fourth edition shows you how to select a dissertation topic, write a proposal, conduct a literature review, select the research approach, gather the data, analyse and present the information and ultimately produce a well-written dissertation. The book simplifies dissertation research and writing into a process involving a sequence of learnable activities and divides the process into three parts.Part One covers the necessary groundwork, including: identifying the problem, writing a proposal and reviewing the literature.Part Two covers the research design and includes: approaches and techniques for data collection and constructing and sampling a questionnaire.Part Three covers: measurement of data, analysis of data with SPSS, structuringTable of Contents0. PrelimsPart I: Preparing the Ground and Reviewing the Literature1. Introduction2. Selecting a Topic and Writing the Dissertation Proposal3. Reviewing the LiteraturePart II: Research design and methodology4. Approaches to Data Collection5. Techniques for Data Collection6. Questionnaire ConstructionPart III: Analysis and presentation of the results7. Measurements and Probability8. Analysis of the Results9. Structuring and Writing the Dissertation10. Dissertation Supervision and AssessmentAppendix 1Appendix 2Appendix 3Appendix 4Appendix 5Appendix 6Appendix 7

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Book SynopsisThis book is a 'survival guide' for students and researchers who would like to conduct a qualitative study with limited resources. Brinkmann shows how everyday life materials such as books, television, the internet, the media and everyday conversations and interactions can help us to understand larger social issues. As living human beings in cultural worlds, we are constantly surrounded by 'data' that call for analysis, and as we cope with the different situations and episodes of our lives, we are engaged in understanding and interpreting the world as a form of qualitative inquiry. The book helps its reader develop a disciplined and analytic awareness informed by theory, and shows how less can be more in qualitative research. Each chapter introduces theoretical tools to think with, and demonstrates how they can be put to use in working concretely with everyday life materials.Trade ReviewBrinkmann′s text works out of the well-established tradition of everyday life studies and the critical narrative framework developed by Steinar Kvale. It is clearly written, it is accessible, it has good examples and it systematically works through the use and study of self-observations, conversations, media, cinema, and literature Norman DenzinUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Overall, Brinkmann adds a welcome and informative contribution to the existing body of research methods literature. He presents and explains the varying theoretical and practical aspects of carrying out a relatively new and unexplored type of qualitative inquiry-everyday life research. Brinkmann’s arguments are clearly articulated, and where appropriate, often supplemented by commentary on his own personal research experiences, breakdowns of key terms and concepts, and practical exercises/points for reflection. With the exception of a few areas, in which Brinkmann might have expanded the range of issues discussed (relating to ethics), or made some points clearer (on approaches involved in self-observation studies), this book could be considered very readable, accessible, and would make a useful point of reference for students, academics and researchers alike. Emma SmithBook reviews, Methodspace The book could be used interdisciplinary, in different scientific areas - by sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, experts in literature, even the ordinary reader who is interested in a more scientific approach to everyday life events and experiences. Stanislava StoyanovaMethodspace Brinkmann immediately won my interest in his book with his less is more argument... In each chapter, he provides a deeply theoretical analysis of the source and methods of studying it, lightened by an extended illustrative example exploring some aspect of the new experience or expression of guilt and shame... Throughout this book, Brinkmann is drawing on his extensive knowledge of philosophical, psychological and literary sources to argue for and exemplify a style of research that draws on points of breakdown, when everyday expectations aren′t met. This book is not for the faint hearted... This is a book for the serious researcher, one from which, if you are prepared to put in the work to read, study, and apply, you will reap stimulating ideas and rich intellectual rewards. Pat BazeleyBooks Reviews, Methodspace Brinkmann successfully achieves ‘conceptual audacity’ in his text. It comes across as multilayered, rich in description, and analysis, while at the same time providing a valuable stock of qualitative theory, and useful examples. This is an inspiring textbook, which would be useful to novice and experienced qualitative researchers alike. -- Iona TanguayTable of ContentsIntroduction: Making Less More PART ONE Qualitative Research and Everyday Life The Epistemology of Working with Everyday Life Materials The Ethics of Working with Everyday Life Materials PART TWO Self Observation Conversations Media Materials Movies, Images and Television Books of Fiction Conclusions: On Quality

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Book SynopsisThis clear and concise handbook considers the stages of the research process in logical order, from planning of the project through to dissemination of the findings.Trade Review"This textbook...is a useful and concise resource for "first time researchers" in any practice setting...One of the strengths of this text is that it specifically devotes a section to "Writing up and Dissemination of the Findings", as an integral component of the research process...For those working in hospital pharmacy this section is especially useful as it emphasises the need to communicate research findings in order to effect change in the local setting, and how this might be done...Overall, this text is best read in its entirety (a fairly easy read!) as an introduction to research, and would be useful to anyone commencing a research project, not just research students and their supervisors. The text should be part of any hospital pharmacy's library of resources, and a prerequisite text for those taking on roles involving research activities at any level"Dr Beata V. Bajorek, Academic Pharmacist, University of Sydney, Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research 41(1) 2011. -- Beata V. Bajorek * Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research *Table of ContentsPart 1 Preparation, planning and management 1. Introduction 2. Types of pharmacy practice projects 3. Setting up the project, protocol development and ethics 4. Time management and working with others 5. Patient and public involvement 6. For supervisors Part 2 Scientific enquiry and research/service evaluation methodology 7. A scientific approach to your research 8. Reviewing the literature 9. Study design 10. Sources of information, datasets, sampling and recruitment 11. Data collection: survey research and questionnaires 12. Data collection: interviews and focus groups 13. Data collection: prospective methods 14. Existing datasets and secondary analyses 15. Data processing and analysis Part 3 Writing up and dissemination of finding 16. Writing the project report/research paper 17. Dissemination of the findings

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Book SynopsisThis fifth edition of a highly cited textbook provides a broad overview of the study of judgments and decisions. It covers normative standards, including logic, probability, and forms of utility theory, and it explains cognitive biases that violate these standards.Trade Review'This is the definitive textbook on decision making, reflecting Baron's unmatched combination of intellectual breadth and precision. Grounded in fundamentals, this book integrates seamlessly across disciplines and incorporates the most important new ideas. It's an ideal introduction for students and a vital reference for seasoned scholars - a remarkable achievement.' Joshua Greene, Harvard University, USA'Jon Baron's fifth edition of Thinking and Deciding provides an update to his excellent and thoughtful integration of the decision making literature, and what has evolved into the field of behavioral economics. Baron is rigorous and insightful. The world would be better off if more people read his comprehensive book.' Max H. Bazerman, Harvard Business School, USA'This clearly written and engaging book comprehensively reviews the major theories and findings in the field of judgment and decision making. It reminds me of all I have forgotten and all I haven't learned. I will study it carefully to learn more about a field I thought I knew well.' Paul Slovic, University of Oregon, USA'Jon Baron has an encyclopedic command of judgment and decision making literature. It is on full display in this remarkably engaging overview of the field.' Barbara Mellers, University of Pennsylvania, USA'This book, by a leading researcher in the field, offers an original perspective on the link between cognition and choice. In a somewhat historical perspective, Baron reviews fundamental issues in research on decision making, showing how old established findings, as well as new ones fit within the same schemes.' Ilana Ritov, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel'For 35 years, Thinking and Deciding has set the intellectual and pedagogical standard for presenting a field that has grown dramatically in importance since the first edition. The new edition maintains these high standards. It is thorough, thoughtful, insightful, clear, and comprehensive. It does not shy away from discussing important issues about which there is disagreement. I cannot imagine a better way to educate students - and their teachers - than to have them read this book.' Barry Schwartz, University of California, Berkeley, USATable of ContentsPreface; Part I. Thinking in General: 1. What is thinking?; 2. The study of thinking; 3. Rationality; 4. Logic; Part II. Probability and Belief: 5. Normative theory of probability; 6. Descriptive theory of probability judgment; 7. Hypothesis testing; 8. Judgment of correlation and contingency; 9. Actively open-minded thinking (AOT); Part III. Decisions and Plans: 10. Choice under uncertainty: normative theory; 11. Choice under uncertainty: descriptive theory; 12. Risk; 13. Choice under certainty; 14. Utility measurement; 15. Decision analysis and values; 16. Quantitative judgment; 17. Moral judgment and choice; 18. Fairness and justice; 19. Social dilemmas: cooperation v. defection; 20. Decisions about the future; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book explains the visual language of scientific publications, walking the reader through the interpretation of neuroscience figures and the major techniques used in neuroscience research. Ideal for undergraduate and graduate students who are looking to quickly gain an understanding of the figures shown in the scientific literature.

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Book SynopsisThe accumulation of empirical evidence that has been collected in multiple contexts, places, and times requires a more comprehensive understanding of empirical research than is typically required for interpreting the findings from individual studies. We advance a novel conceptual framework where causal mechanisms are central to characterizing social phenomena that transcend context, place, or time. We distinguish various concepts of external validity, all of which characterize the relationship between the effects produced by mechanisms in different settings. Approaches to evidence accumulation require careful consideration of cross-study features, including theoretical considerations that link constituent studies and measurement considerations about how phenomena are quantifed. Our main theoretical contribution is developing uniting principles that constitute the qualitative and quantitative assumptions that form the basis for a quantitative relationship between constituent studies. We then apply our framework to three approaches to studying general social phenomena: meta-analysis, replication, and extrapolation.

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Book SynopsisWhile extensive research examines electoral systems and institutions at the country-level, few studies investigate rules within parties. Inside Parties changes the research landscape by systematically examining 65 parties in 20 parliamentary democracies around the world. Georgia Kernell develops a formal model of party membership and tests the hypotheses using cross-national surveys, member studies, experiments, and computer simulations of projected vote shares. She finds that a party''s level of decentralization ? the degree to which it incorporates rank and file members into decision making ? determines which voters it best represents. Decentralized parties may attract more members to campaign for the party, but they do so at the cost of adopting more extreme positions that pull them away from moderate voters. Novel and comprehensive, Inside Parties is an indispensable study of how parties select candidates, nominate leaders, and set policy goals.

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Book SynopsisResearch Methods for Sports Studies is a comprehensive, engaging and practical textbook that provides a grounding in qualitative and quantitative research for students studying programmes related to sport and physical activity. Leading the reader step-by-step through the entire research process, from identifying a research question and collecting and analysing data to writing and presenting the research report, the book is richly illustrated throughout with sport-related case studies and examples from around the world. Research Methods for Sports Studies is designed to be a complete and self-contained companion to any research methods course and contains a wealth of useful features, such as highlighted definitions of key terms, all-new case studies from active researchers and practical research exercises. Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, and in full colour for the first time, the book features expanded coverage of key topics such as online research, Trade Review'Research Methods for Sports Studies has been my go-to text since I first started teaching undergraduate research methods to sport and leisure students. While research methods textbooks have burgeoned, I have continued to find this book really useful. The book has helped me to teach my undergraduate classes in a more practical and hands-on way, focusing on research as a process, using the suggested activities. Written in an accessible way, the book covers all of the essentials of both quantitative and qualitative research and demystifies the process of doing research. My students have found the explanations of positivism and the ways ontological and epistemological standpoints influence the methodological decisions they make accessible. Students embarking on their own research projects have also found the book helped to make the process less daunting. Now in its fourth edition, it includes some useful new sections and chapters such as the importance of social media, and its impact on various truth claims. It also comes with useful resources for time-pressed teachers.'Belinda Wheaton, Professor, School of Health, University of Waikato, Aotearoa New ZealandTable of Contents1. What is Research?, 2. Research Traditions in Sport, 3. The Research Process, 4. Research Questions, Aims and Objectives, 5. Reviewing the Literature, 6. Theories, Concepts and Variables, 7. Research Designs and Research Ethics, 8. Collecting Data I: The Questionnaire Survey, 9. Collecting Data II: Interviews, 10. Collecting Data III: Unobtrusive Methods – Observation and Content Analysis, 11. Collecting Data IV: Ethnographic Research in Sport, 12. Online Sport Research, 13. Analysing Data I: Quantitative Data Analysis, 14. Analysing Data II: Qualitative Data Analysis, 15. Writing the Research Report, 16. Practical Issues

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Book SynopsisThis collection aims to fill in the deep gaps of vital contributions that have been erased from the sexuality field, illuminating the historical and current work, strategies, solutions, and thoughts from sexologists that have been excluded until now. Historically, the US sexuality field has not included the experiences and wisdom of racialized sexologists, educators, therapists, or professionals. Instead, sexuality professionals have been trained using a color-free narrative that does an injustice by excluding their work as well as failing to offer a fuller examination of how they have expanded the field and held it accountable. The result of this wholesale erasure is that today many sexuality professionals understand these contributions as extra or tangential, and not part of the full vision and history of the field of sexology. Highlighting the voices and experiences of those who have been racialized and thus excluded, isolated, erased, and yet have still emerged as vital cTrade Review"The People’s Book of Human Sexuality: Expanding the Sexology Archive offers us a compelling narrative and strategy for leading and engaging in inclusive conversations. This literary collective will be used by sexuality and wellness educators for years to come." -James C. Wadley, Ph.D.; CST-S Director of Sex Therapy Program Council for Relationships (Philadelphia, USA)"Astounding and comprehensive, The People’s Book of Human Sexuality: Expanding the Sexology Archive explores human sexuality deeply rooted in justice and with stunning range. Centering seasoned and community-driven voices, this text is a stellar composition on humanity and our radical needs as we evolve."-Kay Ulanday Barrett, Writer; Cultural strategist; Poet of More Than Organs, A 2021 Stonewall Honor Award Book + 2021 Lambda Literary Finalist "This book is timely & necessary! Centering the voices, experiences and wisdom of folx who do the critical work in community with people every single day is important. We deserve to be seen and heard and this book is a wonderful reflection and resource for those who keep pushing us and our profession forward."-Mariotta Gary-Smith, MPH, CSE Co-Foundress, WoCSHN (Women of Color Sexual Health Network)"It's about time there was an inclusive interdisciplinary sexuality textbook! This text will not only serve folks in marginalized populations and identities, but also those who work in sexuality studies and on the front lines. As we seek to build a just future for all, this text will help shift the culture."-Aiesha Turman, Ph.D; Interdisciplinary Scholar and Founder, The Black Girl Project"As a Black queer person who came into the field of sexuality education over 10 years ago, there has always been a gap in information on sexuality and the lives of BIPOC folks, at minimum our lives are seen as an afterthought. This book continues to pave new ways for sexuality practitioners and all people, to see themselves through an affirming lens for healing and growth."-Dr. Shanéa Thomas, LICSW (he/she/Dr.); LGBTQ+ Training Specialist and Assistant Clinical Research; Professor at University of Maryland (College Park)/School of Public Health/ Prevention Research Center"As a Latina working in Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice for almost 20 years, I am ecstatic about The People’s Book of Human Sexuality: Expanding the Sexology Archive! For far too long the lived experiences and brilliance of BIPOC folks in the field of sexuality education have been set aside, erased, or appropriated by others. I cannot wait to share it."-Aimee R. Thorne-Thomsen, MPA; Founder, Guerrera Strategies; Board Member, Collective Power for Reproductive Justice"Like a baobab tree, this collection is an anchor, a shelter, and will provide deep nourishment for sexologists and practitioners alike." -Jamila M. Dawson, LMFT; sex therapist and author of With Pleasure: Managing Trauma Triggers for More Vibrant Sex and Relationships and Essential Clinical Care for Sex Workers: A Sex-Positive Handbook for Mental Health Practictioners"This book provides inclusive content and diverse authorship that centers the most impacted on both sides of the work. This holistic textbook is a practice of intersectionality and helps create a multi-dimensional analysis that instigates deep yet practical change at the ideological, institutional, interpersonal, and internalized levels."-Aisha Chaudhri, Co-Director of ICAH (Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health); Steering Committee member of ASEC (American Society for Emergency Contraception)"Essential reading not only for sexuality professionals, but for anyone seeking body autonomy and sexual liberation! In our efforts to end rape culture and endemic child sexual abuse, the wisdom and expertise of Black, Indigenous and of color folks (especially those who are queer and trans) must be at the foundation of the new world we co-create. I'm hopeful for the ways this book will bring us closer to the world we need and deserve."-Amita Y. Swadhin, MPA Founding Co-Director, Mirror Memoirs"Growing up, all my sexual health educators in both media and in person, were white. Here is a book that provides space for voices often overlooked and ignored. This book will create a necessary space where we see ourselves and others in this field as well as a chance to learn, heal and grow as individuals and scholars."-Danielle Cole, Creator of UKnowTheAnswer.com and qualitative sociology scholar"It is so important that sexuality be taught and shared from a variety of sources, people, and cultures. This book will equip the reader with a broader depth of knowledge around sexuality."-Erin Tillman, CSE Certified Intimacy Coordinator & Sex EducatorTable of ContentsSection 1: Origin Stories of Safety & Care 1. Transforming Sex Education Curricula Through Media Literacy, Media Justice, and Power 2. We Vision Our Dreams of Safety Into Reality: An Interview with Kalash Magenta Fire 3. "Buying People Everyday": Power, Intimacy, and Money at Work 4. Sex Ed Happens 5. Solidarity as Liberation: A Queer Mad Legacy Section 2: Movement for BodyMinds 6. The Erotic Power of the Professional Nurse, and the Body They Move In 7. Yoga: A Liberatory Praxis 8. My Grandmother, the Unlikely Ally: How Binary Thinking about Social Change Impedes Social Change 9. A Vulgar Sex Education 10. Changing the Narrative: Abortion as a Family Value Section 3: Oral Narratives 11. Intersex Activism, Movement, and Joy: In Conversation with Sean Saifa Wall 12. Muslim Sexuality 13. The F.A.C.E Model: Introduction To Using Fashion as a Sexual Health Tool 14. BJ: Bianca and Juan in Conversation

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Teaching Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Guide for Instructors presents diverse pedagogical approaches to teaching 71 qualitative and mixed methods.These tried-and-true methods are widely applicable to those teaching and those being trained in qualitative and mixed-methods research. The methods for data collection cover ethics, sampling, interviewing, recording observations of behavior, Indigenous and decolonizing methods and methodologies as well as visual and participatory methods. Methods for analyzing data include coding and finding themes, exploratory and inductive analysis, linguistic analysis, mixed-methods analysis, and comparative analysis. Each method has its own 1,500-word lesson (i.e., chapter) written by expert methodologists from around the globe. In these lessons, contributors give the reader a brief history of the method and describe how they teach it by including their best practicesâwith succinct, step-by-step instructionsâfocusing on student-centered experiential and active learning exercises.This comprehensive, one-of a-kind text is an essential reference for instructors who teach qualitative and/or mixed methods across the Social and Behavioral Sciences and other related disciplines, including Anthropology, Sociology, Education, and Health/Nursing research.Table of ContentsSection 1. Research Ethics 1. Teaching Ethics in Qualitative Research 2. Obtaining Consent: Why, What and How; Section 2. Sampling in Qualitative Research 3. Teaching Qualitative Sample Size Estimation 4. Non-probability Sampling 5. Collecting Data from Networked Populations: Snowball and Respondent-driven Sampling 6. Sampling Design for Qualitative Research: Teaching Theoretical Sampling for Cross-cultural Research; Section 3. Interviewing as Data Collection 7. Teaching Interviewing: How to Guide Conversations for Qualitative Research 8. Cognitive Interviewing for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation 9. Ethnographic Interviewing: The Life of Language among Families 10. Free-list Interviewing 11. Qualitative Interviewing in the Study of Culture 12. Personal Network Analysis 13. A Strategy to Practice Moderating in Focus Groups 14. Focus Group Interviewing Method; Section 4. Observations as Data Collection 15. Participant Observation: How to Be a Participant and Observer at the Same Time 16. Observation as Data Collection 17. How Behavior Observations Enrich Qualitative Researchers 18. Ethnography: A First Overarching Look 19. Rapid Ethnographic Assessment 20. Teaching Field Notes 21. Ethnographic Writing 22. Teaching Reflexivity and Positionality 23. Autoethnography: Sensitizing the "I"24. Social Media Data Analysis 25. Shooting Video for Social Science Research; Section 5. Indigenous and Decolonizing Methods 26. A Brief Introduction to Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies 27. Ethically Engaging Marginalized Communities in Research 28. Talanoa Research Methodology: Strategies for Teaching an Indigenous Methodology 29. Centering Indigenous Practice: Talking Circles as Participatory Action Research 30. Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance 31. A Black Feminist Life History Method: How to Center Black Women’s Voices 32. Sister–girl Talk: A Method for Group Interviewing Black Women 33. Community-engaged Partnership Research 34. Theater as Ethnographic Method; Section 6. Visual and Participatory Methods 35. Photovoice and Participatory Visual Elicitation Methods 36. Teaching Ethnographic Photovoice as a Method for Studying Marginalized Groups 37. Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Critical Narrative Research 38. Introduction to Interactive 3D e-Participatory Methods through the Lens of Urban Planning Projects 39. Art-based Methods for Qualitative Research with Younger Children 40. Reflecting on Place: Group Sketch Mapping; Section 7. Building Blocks and Basis of Analysis 41. Transcription: Understanding Its Analytical Power 42. Handling Multilingual Data: Transcription and Translation 43. Teaching Theme Identification 44. Finding Themes Using the Cutting and Sorting Approach: Guided Exercises with Interview Data 45. Creating Visual Variables: A First Step in Systematic Analysis of Videotaped Data 46. Developing a Codebook for a Case Participant 47. Coding in Action: Applying Codes at Various Levels 48. Teaching Intercoder Reliability Assessment 49. Teaching Qualitative Content Analysis 50. Context Matters: Conducting Word-based Analysis in Qualitative Research; Section 8. Grounded Theory, Phenomenology and Narrative Analysis 51. Doing Grounded Theory: Key Steps for Design, Data Collection, and Analysis 52. Phenomenological Interpretation: A Creative Lesson on Lived Experience 53. Narrative Analysis 54. Narrative Analysis: The Narrated, Non-narrated, and the Disnarrated 55. Teaching Meaning and Idioms in Life History Narratives; Section 9. Linguistic Analysis 56. Corpus Linguistics and Its Role in Qualitative Research 57. Teaching about Variation 58. Analyzing Language as Actions-in-interaction 59. Teaching Indexicality through a Focus on Identity 60. Teaching Discourse Analysis Using Political Texts 61. Using Critical Discourse Analysis to Understand Texts in Context; Section 10. Network Analysis and Cultural Domain Analysis 62. Mixed Semantic Network Analysis to Explore Discoursive and Cultural Landscapes 63. Walking in Your Footsteps: Using Qualitative Methods in Whole Network Analysis 64. Mapping the Structure of a Cultural Domain: Cultural Domain Analysis 65. Measuring Cultural Consonance; Section 11. Modeling and Comparative Analysis 66. Topic Models: Modeling from Text Corpora 67. Agent-based Modeling in Mixed Methods Research 68. Teaching Meta-themes: A Mixed Methods Approach 69. Teaching Comparative Ethnography: Two Examples from the Environmental Governance Field 70. Uncovering Causal Complexity with Qualitative Comparative Analysis 71. Concepts before Numbers: Teaching Effective Calibration Practices for Qualitative Comparative Analysis

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Book SynopsisA Guide for Statistical Tests and Interpretations with SPSS is designed for students taking basic and advanced courses in statistics, taking an integrative and practical approach to learning statistics. It guides students through navigating SPSS outputs and writing quantitatively, dealing with technical and substantive interpretations without resorting to complex mathematical formulae.Starting from the basics of quantitative research methods and discussing descriptive and inferential statistical tests, this book provides a unique perspective of data analysis with SPSS. It makes a conscious effort to explore the various statistical methods one can use to dissect a data set using basic or advanced statistical techniques to achieve the best outcome. It covers the practical questions that arise while doing an assignment, final paper, or thesis showing students how to proceed to the next step in their interpretation and analysis. It will provide quantitative methodo

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Book SynopsisThe systematic approach to innovation development today is one of the world's most prominent scientific fields, and with good reason. When applied correctly, such system produces regular outcomes, which consistently drive lasting competitive advantage. Unfortunately, as much as it is beneficial, the orchestration of an undisturbed flow of multiple complex, dynamic, and flexible innovation development processes is structurally demanding.In this book, a recognised innovation management specialist sets the record straight, offering a comprehensive approach to the improvement of innovation efficiency with the use of management control system. Unlike other books on the subject, it proposes original representation the CDI model of the relationships between management control system, decision-making quality, and innovation system efficiency and explains why management control is fundamental to innovation management. In addition to that, inside the reader will find several originalTable of Contents1. Management control systems 2. Decision-making 3. Innovation development 4. The control-decision-innovation (CDI) model 5. Empirical research methods 6. Empirical study results and discussion

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Book SynopsisAn Actor's Research: Investigating Choices for Practice and Performance presents an accessible and highly practical guide to the research approaches required of the actor. It aims to establish the precision and rigour of the actor's craft that is intrinsic to a compelling acting performance, explore a range of research activities surrounding and emerging from practical work in the studio, and enable the actor to evolve a multifaceted skillset in researching for performance.The chapters focus on different research areas such as the self, character, relationships, circumstance, and context, providing accessible and practical guidance to developing a personal research practice. Each aspect is explained and engaged with as practice, rather than study offering helpful hints and advising against common pitfalls ultimately enabling the actor to locate the necessary knowledge to shape and inform their performance in both text-based and devised scenarios. Additionally, as tTable of Contents1. The Actor's Research Mindset – Creative Critical Thinking 2. Self Evaluation as Research – Starting With the Self 3. Interrogating the Text – Close-Reading the Play 4. Investigating for Character – Shifting From Self 5. Character Into Relationship – Investigating Interaction 6. Character Into World – Exploring Given Circumstances 7. The World of the Production – Contexts of Creative Choices 8. Repurposing Actor's Research – Different Applications

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Book SynopsisDesign Methods and Practices for Research of Project Management is the most comprehensive guide on how to do research on and in project management. Project management as a discipline has experienced near-exponential growth in its application across the business and not-for-profit sectors. This second edition of the authoritative reference book offers a substantial update on the first edition with over 60% new content and so provides both practitioner and student researchers with a fully up-to-date and complete guide to research practice on project management.In Design Methods and Practices for Research of Project Management, Beverly Pasian and Rodney Turner have brought together 26 original chapters from many of the leading international thinkers in project management research. The collection looks at each step in the research stages, including research strategy, management, methodology (quantitative and qualitative), and techniques as well as how to share and

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Book SynopsisMost journal articles and research proposals are rejected. That represents a waste of everyone's time, energy, and spirit, especially now when, more than ever, academic careers are precarious. In this practical book, Professor Abby Day addresses these two inter-related and most challenging areas for academics and researchers in their professional careers: how to secure research funding and how to get research published.Reviewers, unpaid and often unappreciated, are over-stretched with their regular academic jobs, and increasingly reluctant to spend time reading poorly constructed papers or proposals. As fewer reviewers are available, the waiting time for a decision increases. Everyone loses. It doesn't have to be like that. Professor Day's ground-breaking strategy covers both publishing and funding challenges in similar, yet distinct ways. Lack of time? Conflicting priorities? No idea where to start or what matters most? This book explains how to overcome these and othTable of ContentsPart I: Setting a strategy 1. Introduction: a circle of success 2. Why publish (or not)? 3. Why look for research funding? 4. What is good research? 5. Diversity and inclusion in research 6. A sense of purpose 7. So what? Implications Part II: Knowing Yyur audience 8. Choosing the right publisher or funder 9. Understanding editors, reviewers, readers 10. Criteria for success Part III: Papers, proposals, and beyond 11. Writing better, writing faster 12. Managing relationships and academic careers

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Book SynopsisUndertaking Capstone and Final Year Projects in Psychology serves a seminal purpose in guiding its readers to create a capstone project. The text employs traditional and emerging methodologies and methods in order to posit an exhaustive approach that the psychology students can adopt to see their project to fruition.The text aims at fortifying the reader's skills through the structure of its chapters as they begin to work on their capstone or final year project. The chapters collectively explore the varied aspects that are involved in the completion of a final year project, that is, beginning from the inception of the idea to laying the foundation, designing the project, analysing the data, and, finally, presenting the findings. The text guides the reader through each step and provides further guidance on approaching the idea, coming up with the research question, positioning it within the epistemological and ontological context, and constructing the theoreticTable of Contents1. The foundation. 2. Developing Skills. 3. Getting ready, set, go. 4. The interest. 5. Positioning. 6. Methodology spectrum. 7. Methods. 8. The analysis (empirical only). 9. Presentation. 10. Making impact with your research.

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive book is an introduction to multilevel Bayesian models in R using brms and the Stan programming language. Featuring a series of fully worked analyses of repeated measures data, the focus is placed on active learning through the analyses of the progressively more complicated models presented throughout the book. In this book, the authors offer an introduction to statistics entirely focused on repeated measures data beginning with very simple two-group comparisons and ending with multinomial regression models with many random effects'. Across 13 well-structured chapters, readers are provided with all the code necessary to run all the analyses and make all the plots in the book, as well as useful examples of how to interpret and write up their own analyses. This book provides an accessible introduction for readers in any field, with any level of statistical background. Senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and experienced researchers looking Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Introduction: Experiments and Variables2. Probabilities, Likelihood, and Inference3. Fitting Bayesian Regression Models with brms4. Inspecting a ‘Single Group’ of Observations using a Bayesian Multilevel Model5. Comparing Two Groups of Observations: Factors and Contrasts6. Variation in Parameters (‘Random Effects’) and Model Comparison7. Comparing Many Groups, Interactions, and Posterior Predictive Checks8. Varying Variances, More about Priors, and Prior Predictive Checks9. Quantitative Predictors and their Interactions with Factors10. Logistic Regression and Signal Detection Theory Models11. Multiple Quantitative Predictors, Dealing with Large Models, and Bayesian ANOVA12. Multinomial and Ordinal Regression13. Writing up Experiments: An investigation of the Perception of Apparent Speaker Characteristics from Speech Acoustics

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides students with the skills and techniques necessary to analyse business case studies from a strategic perspective. With career development and impact in mind, the book goes beyond simply listing tools, instead teaching students how to prepare for a major strategic business case analysis project, how to position their analysis on a spectrum from reductionist to holistic approaches, how to critically engage with theory and case data, as well as how to leverage their work after completion.A logical approach is offered, taking the reader through the analysis journey, from preparing to analyse a case study to conducting the analysis and maximising the impact going forwards. A comprehensive analysis task is incorporated, which asks the reader to reflect on a range of case data, understand the choices of analytical positioning and tool selection, and develop an analysis based on this positioning. Further pedagogical features include: Reflective praTrade Review'A welcome addition to literature on the case method in business education, this book provides an original insight into how business students can approach case analysis projects with confidence. The benefits of using this book on case work will be felt by students before, during and long after the completion of their analytical work.' Professor Julie Hodges, Professor in Management, Durham University Business School 'This book provides a timely and highly useful companion for executive students grappling with the challenge of analysing complex case data on their postgraduate programmes. Chris Williams has extensive experience in lecturing our students at all levels of business education, and he clearly stands out in case-based teaching. Great that his experience and method are now available to everyone by this publication. I would highly recommend engaging with this book before and during a significant case analysis module.' Professor Mark van der Veen, Director of the Amsterdam Graduate School of Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam 'This book fills a massive gap in the business and management literature, providing excellent guidance on how to analyse cases that will benefit students, academics and consultants. Cases form a key part of education in business and management; yet there has not been, until now, a book that clearly sets out the various ways that exist to analyse and then create career impact from them. Readers of this book will benefit greatly, improving their abilities to strategize and analyse complex situations with uncertain outcomes.' Professor Matthew Allen, Head of the EPIB Department, Professor of International Business, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School 'In this lucid, insight-packed work, Williams uses decades of hard-won experience to show readers how to develop an analysis of strategic case studies. Well-designed case analysis is a foundation of how we understand the role of business in our social world, making this book an absolutely essential guide for every business and management scholar and student today.' Professor Jason Miklian, Professor in Business and Peacebuilding, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo Table of ContentsList of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I: Preparing for a Strategic Business Case Analysis, 2. Choosing a Case to Analyse, 3. Placing the Case in Strategic Context, 4. Deciding on the Questions for Analysis; Part II: Conducting a Strategic Business Case Analysis, 5. The Case Analysis Spectrum, 6. Approaches and Tools along the Case Analysis Spectrum, 7. Worked Examples of Strategic Business Case Analysis; Part III: Maximizing Impact from a Strategic Business Case Analysis, 8. Externalizing the Impact of a Strategic Business Case Analysis, 9. Internalizing the Impact of a Strategic Business Case Analysis, 10. Summary; References

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Book SynopsisThis book challenges the widespread assumption that a necessary preliminary to qualitative research is the formulation of ontological and epistemological beliefs. It argues that the metaphysical claims which supposedly underpin different approaches to social research do not make sense. Literally. Sentences such as There is a single objective reality' and There are multiple constructed realities' fail to make information-providing statements. They do not refer or describe. Despite appearances, they say nothing about reality (or realities) at a fundamental level, so they cannot be used to justify, ground, or align with, methodological decisions. The necessary preliminary' turns out not to be necessary at all; and we can dispense with, not just paradigms', but metaphysical underpinnings in general, whether structured as paradigms or not.Drawing on Wittgenstein's later philosophy, Carnap's metametaphysics, and contemporary linguistics, the book suggests that the metaphysical clai

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Book SynopsisMost existing research methodologies texts take a more general approach or are edited books of previously published articles or chapters written by different authors. This book, written by a business management scholar, covers the fundamentals of business management research and its methodologies in a seamless, unified manner.The book offers up-date methodologies and accessible explanations of the research process. It starts with advances in business management research methodology and gives a thorough overview on the different levels of analysis in the field. It builds upon the knowledge by examining both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies in the context of business management. It also goes over the use of machine learning and other technological advances like AI in research and data collection, as well as how the United Nations sustainable development goals are being considered by researchers.This book will help business management students and junioTrade Review‘This is a timely and comprehensive introduction to business management research methodologies which covers both qualitative and quantitative approaches to the subject. A highlight is the application of research methodologies to the United Nations Strategic Development Goals which broadens the scope of the book beyond a narrow managerial focus. There is also a useful examination of how machine learning and artificial intelligence is relevant to business management research. The author is commended for her innovative approach to this vital area of business education.’Russell Lansbury, Emeritus Professor and former Associate Dean of Research, University of Sydney Business School‘Catapulted by unprecedented levels of consumer engagement, digital transformation, and vast quantities of transactional, ‘big’ data, the research serving business management has never so desperately needed a new roadmap. Research Methodologies for Business Management provides a timely guide for students, academics, and practitioners to understand the transformation of business models and prosper in the new digital landscape. Its content offers a comprehensive yet accessible user-guide for every research need in the contemporary business environment. It’s easy to recommend this foundational text.’Aaron Smith, Professor, Sport Business & Innovation and Director, Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Loughborough University, U.K.Table of Contents1. Advances in Business Management Research Methodology 2. Levels of Analysis in Business Management Research 3. Designing Effective Business Management Research Studies 4. Qualitative Business Management Research Methodologies 5. Conducting Interviews and Focus Groups 6. Qualitative Data Analysis 7. Quantitative Business Management Research Methodologies 8. Bibliometrics and Literature Reviews in Business Management 9. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Research Engagement 10. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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Book SynopsisIn Pulling Back the Curtain on Qualitative Research, the authors maintain that for sociologists the entire world is a laboratory. Seldom do they attend social gatherings without observing people and their interaction in a systematic and intellectually curious way. Regular trips to the grocery store, church services, and engagement with social media all open the door to sociological questioning and encourage forms of empirical observation and data collection.Here, in this practical and in-depth guide to conducting qualitative sociological field research, the authors offer step-by-step guidance to the processes of choosing a research question and forming research objectives; gaining entry to research settings; and reporting and analyzing findings. Each chapter features a past research assignment, wherein the authors draw attention to important ethical considerations and extract the many lessons, quirks, and unanticipated findings they experienced along the way that rTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1. Designing and Conducting Qualitative Research 2. Striving for Objective and Unbiased Qualitative Research 3. Visiting the Old Order Amish in Oklahoma and Kansas: Case Studies 4. Working on a Beef Slaughter Assembly Line 5. Portraying the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus at a Shopping Mall 6. Studying Morticians and Funeral Directors 7. Interviewing Topless Dancers 8. Riding With Modern American Motorcyclists 9. Performing a Content Analysis of Motorcyclists and the Media 10. Studying Kindergarten 11. Pumping Iron in the 1980s and Working Out in the Twenty-First Century 12. Conducting Qualitative Research in the Age of Disenlightenment Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisDue to the enormous cultural and economic impact of the Marvel movies, manga and anime, research on the comics industry is growing, but has focused primarily on the US and Japan. This book focusses on the European comics industry to explore the complex impact of organizational and cultural differences in audience behaviors, both in the comics industry specifically, and in the creative industries in general.Drawing on the authorâs research on the contrasting comics culture of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, the study uses institutional theories and organizational ecology to compare the interactions of publishing organisations with artists, audiences and each other. It combines this with a critical approach to modernization theory to evaluate how historical, cultural and religious factors might impact the audience for comics and how those audiences respond to and interact with this specific creative medium. The book demonstrates the benefits of using combinations of theor

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Book SynopsisModels for Non-Modelers focuses not on how to design models but on how to understand and critically appraise them. Data and statistical models are widely used in disciplines such as epidemiology, climate science and systems design, but it can be difficult for those without the necessary training to understand and implement them.This book is for non-modelers, especially social scientists. Through extensive examination of some common models both in visual and text form, this book shows these non-modellers how to understand the problems, both in the logic and implementation of such models. It includes in-depth worked examples and boxed text for more technical aspects. It does not require the reader to have in-depth mathematical knowledge. Also working through some common models in epidemiology and climate change scholarship, it examines AI and the problem of causality.This book will be suitable for graduate students and researchers in the social sciences who woulTrade Review"Models for Non-Modelers is a very timely and up-to-date comment on a central theme of scientific work, the use of models. It helps the interested reader to better understand important challenges of knowledge production in an era of critical debate regarding the concept of truth. Furthermore, to understand the research community’s strengths and limitations to produce new knowledge, which can be useful for handling complex environmental, economic and societal challenges like climate change and pandemics. It is highly recommended for a broad audience spanning from the interested public to students and researchers in development studies, environmental sciences, public health, and many other fields of science." -- Per-Olof Östergren, Professor in Social Medicine, Lund University, Sweden"This is a mind-opening critical, and pedagogical, scrutiny of scientific reasoning about the fateful issues of our time, from "Limits to Growth" to climate change and artificial intelligence." --Göran Therborn, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK"Models walk a fine balance between simplicity and complexity to make it possible for us to summarize, make sense of, and sometimes predict a complicated world. How to illuminate the importance of models for scientists’ work and its communication to the public? Göran Djurfeldt’s answer is to ’teach by illustration.’ Occam’s razor of parsimony guides the author both in his style of presentation and in his approach to models themselves. This book is enlivened by both subject-specific and mathematical nuance at key intersections." -- Christopher Swader, Associate Professor of Sociology, Lund University, SwedenTable of Contents1. Limits to Growth: A Mother of all Models? 2. Epidemiological Models 3. Weather and Climate Models 4. Artificial Intelligence 5. Spatial Data and Models 6. Tragedy of the Commons 7. Conclusions: Whereto from Here?

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Book SynopsisPosthuman research playspaces: Climate child imaginaries addresses the need for new forms of climate change education that are responsive to the rapidly changing material conditions of children's socioecological worlds. The book provides a comprehensive understanding of how posthumanist concepts and methods can be creatively developed and deployed in collaboration with children and young people. It connects climate change education with posthumanist studies of childhood in the social sciences and environmental humanities. It also offers opportunities for readers to encounter new theoretical and methodological approaches for collaborative art, inquiry, and learning with children. Drawing on three years of participatory research undertaken with 135 children in the Climate Change and Me (CC+Me) project, it takes children's creative and affective responses to climate change as the starting point for the co-production of knowledge, community engagement, and the transTrade Review"Posthuman research playspaces is a creative, future facing, and politically engaged work that takes the reader on a journey into a different relationship with our environment. If we want to stop climate change, then how would we need to think? What would we need to do? Taking cues from children, the environment and philosophy, Rousell and Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles offer responses to these questions that carry their reader into play spaces where the materiality of nature is a teacher. This book will be essential reading for those in environmental education, sustainability studies, childhood studies, arts education, and the posthumanities." -- Professor Anna Hickey-Moody, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Australia"Posthuman research playspaces is a unique book that is engaging, challenging and ultimately hopeful in addressing climate change and its implications for children’s lives. The book leaves no stone unturned, calling our attention to issues of colonisation that are intimately entangled with the destruction of planet Earth. Putting posthumanist theories into conversation with children’s art, media, and writing, the authors offer detailed analyses of creative methods which extend children’s capacities to inquire and express insights into climate change. I love this book and imagine all readers concerned with childhood and climate change will love it too." -- Professor Margaret Somerville, School of Education, Western Sydney University, AustraliaTable of Contents1. Encountering the Anthropocene 2. Critical Climate Change Education in a Posthuman Milieu 3. Research Playspaces: Climate Child Researchers 4. An Ecological Aesthetics of Childhood 5. Surfaces of Experience 6. Children of an Earth to Come 7. Generative Openings

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Book SynopsisGeneration Z (Gen Z) is the young generation born between the mid-1990s and 2010s. They are now entering the market and starting their first jobs. Therefore, managers must shape the company workplace environment to encourage young employees to work efficiently and connect their future with the company. Only then will both managers and employees share mutual satisfaction from collaboration and aim at the common target, which should be the prosperity of the company. This book presents research results and techniques for analysing the working expectations and needs of Gen Z. The analyses were made in various countries in Europe: The Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, and Portugal.The book contains chapters that present the analysis results and technical chapters that outline modern methods of analysis of management data, including tutorial chapters on machine learning, which currently makes a strong appearance in research in various disciplines. This volume will be of interest to rTable of Contents1 Preface 2 Introduction 3 Motivation of Generation Z 4 Work values and motivating factors of Generation Z 5 Current research methods 6 The analysis of engagement at workplace of Generation Z 7 Recommendation for entrepreneurs 8 Conclusions

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Book SynopsisExpanding Approaches to Thematic Analysis: Creative Engagements with Qualitative Data springboards readers into a world where generating themes from qualitative data is a creative, experimental, and wondrous process!While no one ever said it had to be, thematic analysis is invariably described as a step-by-step process that involves coding. Yet qualitative data analysis is more than a technical procedureit invokes imagination and inspirationintuitional engagements that are as vital to the data analysis process as they are difficult to describe. This edited book begins with two premises: (1) there is more than one way to theme data, and (2) qualitative researchers do not have to code to get to themes. Each chapter introduces readers to a different approach to thematic analysis, explores that approach's theoretical and disciplinary roots, and illustrates how that approach can be used to generate themes. Approaches include annotating, memoing, storying, writing, compo

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Book SynopsisThe Quest for Significance: Harnessing the Need that Makes the World Go Round is a fascinating exploration of why we all seek Significance - a fundamental human motivation and how we can understand it to help us lead better lives.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a conceptual introduction to regression analysis and machine learning and their applications in education research. It discusses their diverse applications, including its role in predicting future events based on the current data or explaining why some phenomena occur. These identified important predictors provide data-based evidence for educational and psychological decision-making.Offering an applications-oriented approach while mapping out fundamental methodological developments, this book lays a sound foundation for understanding essential regression and machine learning concepts for data analytics. The first part of the book discusses regression analysis and provides a sturdy foundation to understand the logic of machine learning. With each chapter, the discussion and development of each statistical concept and data analytical technique is presented from an applied perspective, with the statistical results providing insights into decisio

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Book SynopsisCommunities of Practice and Ethnographic Fieldwork offers a new perspective on how ethnography might be learned in real-time through participation in a supportive community of practice.It draws on the experiences, knowledge, and training of an interdisciplinary group of scholars, who have studied legal topics ethnographically alongside and with the support of fellow ethnographers at varying stages of their careers. Contributors address topics that are of interest to those who teach ethnography as well as to those who are learning this approach. Such topics include ethics, positionality in the field, the combination of personal and professional circumstances, and the process and pain of changing research topics. Each chapter emphasizes the role of mentoring and collective problem-solving through a lab model of fieldwork practice, particularly when carrying out research with subjects and interlocutors who may have undergone trauma.Written by a diverse group of sch

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Book SynopsisIncreasingly, therapy practitioners and researchers position themselves within a pluralistic perspective that draws on the value of multiple sources of knowledge. The aim of this book is to highlight the distinctive ethical challenges and opportunities associated with a pluralistic research orientation.The book begins by succinctly summarising ethical concepts and strategies, such as informed consent, confidentiality, and avoidance of harm, that form the foundations of ethically sound research. An overview of distinctive ethical features of pluralistic research is then provided, followed by a series of chapters that address specific strands of ethics work. The closing chapter discusses approaches to training and ethical inquiry, the establishment of communities of research practice, and the provision of forms of counselling and psychotherapy that promote social justice. Each chapter will open with a concise chapter outline, and close with a summary of key learning points, tak

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a unique approach to teaching the principles of health research using practical case studies with which nurses and midwives can engage to gain the skills to read and understand reports, evaluate the quality of research, synthesise different studies and be able to evaluate their effectiveness when applied to clinical practice.The book covers core concepts and principles, including the following: What evidence is and why understanding research is vital Finding reliable sources of evidence The nature of the research process Understanding quantitative and qualitative research Ethical considerations Using research to guide clinical practice Throughout the book, activities, summaries and review questions help ground theory in real-life scenarios, showing how evidence-based practice can be applied in every aspect of nursing and midwifery care. It is designed for nurses and midwives, from those jTable of ContentsSection 1 How Do I Find and Use Evidence? 1.What is evidence and why do I need to understand research? 2.Locating evidence. Section 2 How Can I Make Sense of Research Evidence? 3.Understanding how research is done. 4.Understanding quantitative research approaches. 5.Understanding qualitative research approaches. Section 3 How Do I Critically Evaluate Research Studies? 6.Critiquing research. 7.Ethics and research in nursing and midwifery. Section 4 How Do I Use Research Evidence to Inform My Practice? 8.Applying evidence in practice. 9.Writing effective reviews of literature. 10.Sharing Research. Section 5 How Do I Pursue a Nursing or Midwifery Research Future? 11.Research pathways for nurses and midwives.

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Book SynopsisChallenging the sanitized view of interview participants in standardized survey interviews, Interviews as Activated Storytelling contends that interviews are meaning-making occasions that produce useful but context-sensitive knowledge. Through a series of case studies, this book illustrates that research participants are not simply there for the asking and answering, but rather respond in relation to the conditions of particular social worlds, such that interview interaction and interpretation must be conditioned by and take into account the social worlds referenced in the process. The contributing authors explore how prior conceptions of interview participants as well as the interview process constructively inform and shapeâor âactivateââthe narrative process from beginning to end across diverse social worlds. Together with Crafting Ethnographic Fieldwork: Sites, Selves, and Social Worlds (2023), the two volumes offer experienced insights into the full range of analyt

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first of its kind to apply social contextual analysis to the issue of poverty. It sets out detailed accounts of poverty based on original research and shows how understanding life contexts can give us a deeper understanding of the issue.The book highlights detailed life contexts from a project exploring the everyday experience of poverty, including what poverty is and what psychology has to say about poverty. It showcases work from an original study in Australia that uses on-the-ground participatory interview research, integrating this with international literature to provide a comprehensive analysis of poverty. The chapters explore the complexity, and often the simplistic reductions used in answering questions that try to define poverty, the psychological understanding of the phenomena, how individuals experience it, and the general opinion of the status-quo regarding poverty. However, most importantly the book tries to investigate why we have not solved pov

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