Social research and statistics Books
Penguin Books Ltd Covid By Numbers
Book Synopsis''I couldn''t imagine a better guidebook for making sense of a tragic and momentous time in our lives. Covid by Numbers is comprehensive yet concise, impeccably clear and always humane'' Tim HarfordHow many people have died because of COVID-19? Which countries have been hit hardest by the virus? What are the benefits and harms of different vaccines? How does COVID-19 compare to the Spanish flu? How have the lockdown measures affected the economy, mental health and crime?This year we have been bombarded by statistics - seven day rolling averages, rates of infection, excess deaths. Never have numbers been more central to our national conversation, and never has it been more important that we think about them clearly. In the media and in their Observer column, Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter and RSS Statistical Ambassador Anthony Masters have interpreted these statistics, offering a vital public service by giving us the tools we need to make sensTrade ReviewA clear and extremely readable guided tour of the pandemic... This book represents an extremely timely contribution... If journalists, politicians and the public were all provided with a copy then the debate would be vastly better informed, with much more light than heat -- Oliver Johnson * Guardian *Cuts through the noise and disinformation about the pandemic... In single well-evidenced sentences [Spiegelhalter] and Masters can pronounce on months-long conflicts... Reading it, it feels as though there are adults in the room -- Tom Whipple * The Times *Fascinating -- Jeremy VineA valuable overview of COVID-19 statistics and how to navigate them. Rather than just quoting numbers, Spiegelhalter and Masters discuss how to think about epidemic data... No doubt many books will be written on the COVID-19 pandemic... But if they want to get the statistics straight, their authors may want to read Covid by Numbers first -- Adam Kucharski * Lancet *I couldn't imagine a better guidebook for making sense of a tragic and momentous time in our lives. Covid by Numbers is comprehensive yet concise, impeccably clear and always humane -- Tim Harford, author of How To Make The World Add UpA clear, concise statistical journal of the plague year. If you want to understand the numbers behind the virus that stopped the world, you ought to read this book -- Tom Chivers, author of The RationalistsFantastic and wonderfully readable. A much needed antidote to the often murky and misinterpreted world of Covid data, explained in a straightforward and clear way - yet always remembering the humanity the data represents -- Dr Hannah Fry
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University of California Press The Comparative Method
Book SynopsisProposes a synthetic strategy, based on an application of Boolean algebra, that combines the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative sociology.Trade Review"Scarcely a word in this forcefully argued book is ill spent." * American Journal of Sociology *"Presents a methodological strategy designed to transcend [the] general approaches." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsPreface and Overview Acknowledgements 1. The Distinctiveness of Comparative social Science 2. Heterogeneity and Causal Complexity 3. Case-Oriented Comparative Methods 4. The Variable-Oriented Approach 5. Combined Versus Synthetic Comparative Strategies 6. A Boolean Approach to Qualitative Comparison: Basic Concepts 7. Extensions of Boolean Methods of Qualitatve Comparison 8. Applications of Boolean Methods of Qualitative Comparison 9. The Dialogue of Ideas and Evidence in Social Research Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Inc Social Work Constructivist Research Social Psychology Reference Series
Book SynopsisThis is the first textbook to offer a clear, concise articulation of the dimensions of constructivism relevant to social work practice and research. Professor Rodwell recognizes the need to systematize a process of knowledge building and presents specific techniques to accomplish that while maintaining an interpretative stance with the focus on meaning. Social work students will see that their basic way of engaging clients in an assessment and problem-solving process is very much in keeping with constructivist research practice. In addition to delineating the philosophical assumptions of constructivism, this very practical text is geared to classroom use, with chapters on research design, rigor, data collection, data analysis, research oversight, and presentation of results. Social Work Constructivist Research is divided into four sections that, together, should give the reader the intellectual and practical background necessary to understand and undertake rigorous constructivist inTable of ContentsPreface, Acknowledgments, SECTION I Thinking about Constructivism, SECTION II Doing Constructivist Research, SECTION III The Results of Constructivist Inquiry, SECTION IV A Research Example, Glossary, Further Readings, References, Index
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Cambridge University Press Active Statistics
Book SynopsisApplied regression and causal inference are central to statistics and data science. This book provides a large collection of stories, with hands-on activities, demonstrations, and problems that bring the subject to life and which facilitate group work and active student participation.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd ICT and Rural Development in the Global South
Book SynopsisThis book dives into the achievements, opportunities, risks and dangers of ICT in the rural Global South, and takes a look at the likely future.Drawing on years of experience across 45 counties, as well as extensive original academic research, Willem van Eekelen situates the evolving role of ICT in wider development patterns in the Global South. He discusses the effects of ICT on agriculture, trade, financial flows, resource management and governmental performance. He then considers the associated risks of financial insecurity, online gambling, exclusion, misinformation and the effects of ICT on people's freedom. The book concludes with six recommendations to maximise the usefulness of rural ICT investments and minimise the risk of them causing harm.This engaging and authoritative account of ICT and rural development will help students, academics, governmental policymakers, donors and investors wishing to support socio-economic development in the Global South.Trade ReviewThe book provides a fresh and exciting view of how technology is used in rural areas in the Deep South. I enjoyed reading the examples and feedback as well as the opportunities, future, and challenges experienced in their own contexts. I think a tremendous amount of knowledge is shared that can assist similar future projects in knowing how to approach ICT in rural contexts and what the pitfalls and dangers to be aware of. M. E. Herselman, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), CSIR, Pretoria Campus, Pretoria, Gauteng, South AfricaWillem van Eekelen, in ICT and Rural Development in the Global South, provides an open and honest review of ICT4D in the Global South. Van Eekelen's experience is clear to anyone who has worked in this field, and his knowledge of the benefits and risks is reflected on each page. Not only does he debunk many myths of ICT for development, but he also provides insight into where ICT can be beneficial, what risks ICT4D faces,and how to mitigate them. [...] ICT and Rural Development in the Global South is a must-read for anyone involved in ICT4D wanting to make a noticeable difference to livelihoods in the Global South.Malcolm Garbutt, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South AfricaTable of ContentsPROLOGUE PART 1: ICT’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT Introduction Chapter 1: Agricultural production processes Chapter 2: Trade Chapter 3: Diversified livelihoods Chapter 4: Microfinance Chapter 5: Remittances and social assistance Chapter 6: E-government Chapter 7: Climate change and natural resource management Chapter 8: The spread of ICT products and services PART 2: THE RISKS, DANGERS AND EXTERNALITIES OF ICT Introduction Chapter 9: Farming and rural employment Chapter 10: Financial safety and security Chapter 11: Gambling Chapter 12: The digital divide and its effects Chapter 13: Misinformation Chapter 14: Inclusivity and civic space CONCLUSIONS ANNEX 1: METHODOLOGY ANNEX 2: RESEARCH INTEGRITY AND ETHICS
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Taylor & Francis Improving Local Government Performance Through
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Taylor & Francis Approaches to Qualitative Research
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SAGE Publications Inc A Concise Introduction to Mixed Methods Research
Book SynopsisFor students and researchers new to mixed methods,A Concise Introduction to Mixed Methods Research2e by renowned author John W. Creswell provides a brief and practical introduction to mixed methods. Many graduate students and researchers in the social, behavioral and health sciences may not have the time or resources to read long treatises or stacks of journal articles on mixed methods research. This text quickly describes the basics of setting up and conducting a study using this methodology. Chapters are short and follow the process of research, from ensuring skills for conducting research, acknowledging the steps in planning a study, designing studies with increasing complexity, planning sampling strategies and integration, and writing up the results of your study. Get started in mixed methods quickly with this brief primer.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Developing Research Questions
Book SynopsisPatrick White is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Leicester, UK.Table of ContentsWhere do research ideas come from? What makes a research question? What makes a question 'researchable'? How do my research questions help me design my study? How do I answer my research question?
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McGraw-Hill Education Communication Research Asking Questions Finding
Book SynopsisCommunication Research: Asking Questions, Finding Answers covers basic research issues and processes, both quantitative and qualitative, appropriate for communication students with little or no previous research methods experience. The text''s guiding principle is that methodological choices are made from one''s research questions or hypotheses. This avoids the pitfall in which students learn one methodology or one methodological skill and then force that method to answer all types of questions. Instead of working with one methodology to answer all types of questions, students come away understanding a variety of methods and how to apply them appropriately.This approach is strengthened in the new edition with a suite of Connect tools designed to improve student outcomes while streamlining grading for instructors:SmartBook 2.0 provides a personalized and adaptive learning experience for students, while highlighting the most impactfTable of ContentsPrefaceSECTION 1: RESEARCH BASICSCHAPTER 1 Introduction to Communication ResearchCHAPTER 2 The Research Process: Getting StartedCHAPTER 3 Research EthicsSECTION 2: QUANTITATIVE COMMUNICATION RESEARCHCHAPTER 4 Introduction to Quantitative ResearchCHAPTER 5 Measurement CHAPTER 6 Populations, Samples, and Sample SizeCHAPTER 7 Quantitative Research DesignsCHAPTER 8 Surveys and QuestionnairesCHAPTER 9 Descriptive Statistics, Significance Levels, and Hypothesis TestingCHAPTER 10 Testing for DifferencesCHAPTER 11 Testing for RelationshipsCHAPTER 12 Quantitative Analysis of TextCHAPTER 13 Reading and Writing the Quantitative Research ReportSECTION 3: QUALITATIVE COMMUNICATION RESEARCHCHAPTER 14 Introduction to Qualitative ResearchCHAPTER 15 Designing Qualitative ResearchCHAPTER 16 Qualitative Methods of Data CollectionCHAPTER 17 Analyzing Qualitative DataCHAPTER 18 Reading and Writing the Qualitative Research ReportGlossaryG-1 ReferencesR-1 Name IndexI-1 Subject IndexI-9
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Pearson Education Qualitative Research Methods for the Social
Book SynopsisTable of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Designing Qualitative Research 3. Ethical Issues 4. A Dramaturgical Look at Interviewing 5. Focus Group Interviewing 6. Ethnographic Field Strategies 7. Action Research 8. Unobtrusive Measures in Research 9. Social Historical Research and Oral Traditions 10. Case Studies 11. An Introduction to Content Analysis 12. Writing Research Papers: Sorting the Noodles from the Soup
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Pearson Education Educational Research Planning Conducting and
Book SynopsisAbout our authors John W. Creswell, PhD is a Professor of Family Medicine and Senior Research Scientist in the Michigan Mixed Methods Program at the University of Michigan, USA. He has authored numerous articles and 34 books on mixed methods research, qualitative research, and research design. In 2007 he co-founded the Journal of Mixed Methods Research. In 2008 he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar to South Africa in 2008 and to Thailand in 2012. In 2011, he co-led a National Institute of Health working group on the best practices of mixed methods research in the health sciences, served as a Visiting Professor at Harvard's School of Public Health and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. In 2014, he was the founding President of the Mixed Methods International Research Association. In 2015, he joined the staff of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan to Co-Direct the Michigan Mixed Methods Program. In 201
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Ways of Knowing
Book SynopsisThe third edition of this popular, innovative and engaging textbook introduces students to the various methods of modern social science, explaining how these have emerged, their strengths and limitations for understanding the world in which we live, and how it is possible to combine methodological pluralism with intellectual rigour. Focussing on the debate between positivist and constructivist approaches, this new edition features contemporary research examples, expanded discussion of experimental methods, and a new emphasis on methods that have recently grown in popularity, such as process tracing and controlled randomized trials. This is the perfect textbook for students studying the philosophy of science in the context of political science or the social sciences more broadly, and it is essential reading for all those seeking to understand how different ways of knowing affect the methods we choose to study social phenomena. New to this Edition:- Contemporary research examples- A Trade ReviewNo book does a better job rendering accessible so much of the history and concepts of philosophy of science for the budding social scientist. * Craig Parsons, University of Oregon, USA *Ways of Knowing is probably the best introductory book on the market on social science philosophy and methodologies. The book has been a regular part of the curriculum for 300 political science and social science students per year for almost 10 years at the University of Copenhagen. This is because both teachers and students are very satisfied with it. * Peter Nedergaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark *With an elegant set-up, imaginative use of examples from inside and outside of academia, and unrelenting commitment to methodological pluralism, the third edition of Ways of Knowing remains the leading political science textbook on methodology. * Liam Stanley, University of Sheffield, UK *The social sciences are a site of deep and divisive debate about the nature of reality and how it ought to be studied, between positivists and interpretivists, econometricians and qualitative researchers, experimentalists and observationalists. In this lucid and innovative book, Moses and Knutsen help readers make sense of a multiplicity of empirical approaches by explicating the philosophical tenets of, and research strategies that flow from, two broad methodological outlooks: naturalism and constructivism. Surveying the most prominent methods in the social sciences (experimental, statistical, comparative, and narrative-historical) the authors show how both naturalists and constructivists scholars employ each of these frameworks, but on differing logics and toward differing knowledge-producing ends. For students of sociology or political science, this text will serve as an invaluable map of the methodological terrain while making a timely case for building intellectual bridges between traditions. * Alan M. Jacobs, University of British Columbia, Canada *With their third edition of Ways of Knowing, Moses and Knutsen carefully revise and update a must-have for every scholar of social and political research. Strengthening the strengths of their excellent textbook, they provide a comprehensive and insightful discussion of two main strands of social science methodologies and methods: naturalism and constructivism. * Rolf Frankenberger, University of Tübingen, Germany *This is an extremely clear, straightforward and well-exemplified guide to social science. Any student struggling to grasp the idea of a social science should read chapters 2 to 6 of this excellent book, which covers experiments, statistical analysis, comparison, and historical/case study approaches. The third edition further updates and expands the diversity of techniques within each camp. * Adrian Blau, King's College London, UK *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Naturalist Philosophy of Science 3. The Experimental Method 4. The Statistical Method 5. The Comparative Method 6. History, Interviews and Case Studies 7. Sowing Doubts about the Naturalist Methodology 8. A Constructivist Philosophy of Science 9. From Story Telling to Telling Histories 10. Comparing Contexts 11. Contextualizing Statistics 12. Interpretive Experiments 13. Conclusion.
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SAGE Publications Inc Essential Research Findings in Child and
Book SynopsisWhat can child and adolescent counsellors and therapists learn from research? What evidence is there for the effectiveness of different therapies and techniques? How can developmental or neuroscience research inform or inspire therapeutic work with young people? This book provides the answers to these questions, and more. Leading experts in the field take you through the latest research findings in child and adolescent therapy, discussing how each is relevant to the work of practitioners. Today, both therapists and trainees need to be aware of, and engage with, research findings. The book presents, accessibly, the current best knowledge and its implications for practice.Trade ReviewThis book is extremely well thought-out and is a must-have for those working with children and young people. -- Della AustinThis book is the ′go-to′ resource for all those involved in supporting young people. -- Andrew ReevesThis is a ground breaking book for counsellors and psychotherapists working with children and young people. The contributors acknowledge the scepticism of many practitioners in relation to adopting an "evidence based approach" and each chapter is likely to provoke debate and discussion. For me the power of this book lies in the way the authors employ their own self-reflexivity to model an approach to evidence-based practice, and suggest ways their readers might set about finding and examining evidence themselves. Through reading this work, each of us may, indeed, become "research-invigorated". -- Professor Miranda WolpertEssential Research Findings in Child and Adolescent Counselling and Psychotherapy makes an invaluable contribution to research-informed practice with younger clients. Written by some of the leading figures in the field, it provides practitioners with an authoritative and accessible overview of up-to-date scientific knowledge. -- John McLeodWith contributions from a range of experts, the text offers specific therapeutic guidance for working effectively with children and young people with mental health problems, drawing on the latest research evidence. -- Panos VostanisThere are two strongly held narratives around today about what makes for a good counsellor or psychotherapist: the narrative of ‘clinical experience’ verses the narrative of ‘research evidence’. This book skillfully brings these two narratives together into a coherent and complementary whole. It provides an engaging overview of research in the field of children and young peoples psychological therapies written by some of the world leaders in the field. It is not a book about research but more helpfully, it is a book about how to understand and use research evidence, to blend with clinical experience, to become a better therapist. It is one of the most accessible and comprehensive summaries of the research evidence that I have read - essential for all who are serious about their therapeutic practice. -- Duncan LawEssential Research Findings in Child and Adolescent Counselling and Psychotherapy is extremely important reading for child psychotherapists who are interested in the latest research, as well as for those who would like to be better informed but have tended to find the area of research daunting and arduous to digest. Rather than being purely about research, this book acts as a guide to understanding research evidence and how to use it to reflect on one′s own practice to become a better therapist. I would strongly recommend this reading to all Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists -- Rebecca WoodhamsThis is a practitioner-friendly text that arms counsellors with knowledge on how their ways of working are, or can be, underpinned by research findings. -- Dr Ann Dalzell * Clinical consultant, psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice *I really enjoyed this book. I think it’s well written, informative and interesting. It will appeal to students and experienced practitioners alike – we all need to participate in applying research findings to our practice and in becoming, as the editors suggest, ‘research inspired’. -- Caroline AnstissTable of ContentsIntroduction: What can child therapists learn from research? - Nick Midgley, Jacqueline Hayes and Mick Cooper Epidemiology: Are mental health problems in children and young people really a big issue? - Ann Hagell and Barbara Maughan Neurobiology, attachment and trauma: The development of mental health problems in children and young people - Graham Music Therapy outcomes: Is child therapy effective? - Terry Hanley and Julia Noble Therapy outcomes: What works for whom? - Peter Fonagy, Liz Allison and Alana Ryan What leads to change? I. Common factors in child therapy - Jacqueline Hayes What leads to change? II. Therapeutic techniques and practices with children and young people - Jacqueline Hayes and Clare Brunst Conclusion - Nick Midgley, Jacqueline Hayes and Mick Cooper
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Bristol University Press Researching with Care
Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates how an ethics of care can help researchers work through challenges and solve complex issues. Keeping social justice at the heart of research, the book shows how an ethics of care can provide a systematic approach supporting good judgements about research practices from inception to impact.Table of ContentsForeword by Joan C Tronto PART I Chapter 1. Research and Ethics of Care Chapter 2. Caring, Knowing and Making a Difference Chapter 3. Relational Research Chapter 4. Stages of Research, Phases of Care PART II Chapter 5. Research as Praxis, Interweaving a Complex Web Chapter 6. Doing Research Together: Interdependencies to Maintain, Sustain and Renew Our Worlds Chapter 7. Analysis, Legacy and Care Chapter 8. Reflections on Researching with Care References
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Bristol University Press Doing Qualitative DeskBased Research
Book SynopsisUsing two key visual pedagogical tools, this book shows you how to produce vibrant and stimulating in-depth qualitative research that draws on data readily available via the internet. Concise, practical and jam-packed with valuable tips, this book will enable you to complete a successful desk-based research project you can be proud of.Trade Review"Provides great guidance on how to do desk-based research. Covers all aspects of doing desk-based research. A great resource for undergraduate students." Erin Pritchard, Liverpool Hope UniversityTable of ContentsThe structure of this book and how to use it Part 1: Preparing the ground 1. Introduction 2. Choosing a topic 3. Keeping a research journal 4. Writing a strong research proposal Part 2: Assembling the structure 5. The importance of your research question 6. Context, background and introduction 7. Selecting high quality data resources 8. Literature review 9. Desk-based methodologies 10. Ethics 11. Data analysis and techniques 12. Writing conclusions and recommendations Part 3: Keeping your tent stable and secure 13. Getting the support you need 14. Managing desk-based research
£23.74
Bristol University Press From Poverty to WellBeing and Human Flourishing
Book SynopsisThis book offers a holistic view of Julio Boltvinik’s vast and important work on poverty conceptualisation and measurement. It provides the foundations, application and empirical examples of Boltvinik’s Integrated Poverty Measurement Method, which could potentially transform poverty narratives globally as it has done in Mexico.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Conceptualising poverty 1. Households’ reproduction logic, their well-being sources and concepts of needs and poverty 2. Critique of the Political Economy of Poverty (CPEP), Part 1: on different answers to the question of the constitutive elements of the good/full life 3. Critique of the Political Economy of Poverty, Part 2: conceptual maps and definitions 4. Principles and good practices of poverty conceptualisation Part 2: Measuring poverty 5. Principles and good practices of poverty measurement 6. A typology of poverty measurement methods: a critique of direct and indirect poverty measurement methods 7. Combined methods of poverty measurement 8. The Integrated Poverty Measurement Method (IPMM) 9. Aggregate poverty measures (APM) Epilogue
£72.00
Bristol University Press Critical Perspectives on Research with Children:
Book SynopsisThis collection explores leading values and concepts in global child-based research through the lens of reflexivity. The book considers issues such as the identities and roles of researchers, as well as the burdens, boundaries, and ethical frameworks which govern their activities. Using empirical examples from Israel, India, Thailand, and England, expert contributors discuss a range of topics including online safety, disabilities, gang membership, safeguarding, sexting, and child prostitution. This book guides childhood research towards a more reflexive debate that critically challenges conventions, and highlights plurality of voice.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Sarah Richards and Sarah Coombs 1. Do No Online Harm: Balancing Safeguarding with Researchers and Participants in Online Research with Sensitive Populations - Michelle Lyttle Storrod 2. The Ethical Challenges of Researching Sexting with Children and Adolescents - Tsameret Ricon and Michal Dolev-Cohen 3. Responding Reflexively, Relationally and Reciprocally to Unequal Childhoods - Pallawi Sinha 4. Researching Children’s Experiences in a Conflict Zone and a Red-light Area: Conducting Ethnographic Fieldwork in India and Kashmir - Ayushi Rawat 5. Capturing Narratives: Adopting a Reflexive Approach to Research with Disabled Young People - Marianna Stella and Allison Boggis 6. Youth Social Action: Shaping Communities, Driving Change - Katie Tyrrell 7. A New Panorama of Child Voice in the Child Protection Context - Samia Michail 8. A Bump on the Head in the Graveyard: Palimpsests of Death, Selves, Care, and Touch - Sarah Coombs and Sarah Richards 9. Owning Our Mistakes: Confessions of an Unethical Researcher - Heather Montgomery
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Sage Publications Ltd Researching the City: A Guide for Students
Book SynopsisThis practical guide for students focuses on the city and on the different ways to research it. The authors explain how urban studies research is done, from the original idea to design and implementation, through to writing up and representation. Substantive chapters explain each method in detail, from using archival methods, interviews, ethnography, questionnaires, discourse analysis and diaries, to using GIS and visual methods. This second edition offers: · A thorough introduction to the research process · Revised and updated discussions of foundational methods · A new chapter on sensory methods · A new chapter on social media as an object or a method of studying the city. With real world examples throughout and guided further reading for each chapter, it is an inspiring guide for students carrying out their own research in urban geography, urban planning, urban sociology and urban studies. Trade ReviewMy copy of Researching the City is well worn and rarely sits still. As with all of the most valuable texts for teaching, it shuttles frequently between a shelf in my office and the hands of urban geography students who find it to be a highly accessible and useful guide. Dr Tim Bunnell, Professor of Geography, National University of Singapore -- Dr Tim BunnellThis refreshingly honest and accessible book about the messiness of doing research is a boon for undergraduate students; a diving board into the urban, it propels students to explore a variety of methods to answer their research questions. Such a resource, updated and expanded, is a very welcome addition to the urban geographer’s library. Professor Linda Peake is Director of the City Institute at York University, Toronto, Canada. -- Professor Linda PeakeTable of Contents1 Introduction by Kevin Ward 2 Designing an urban research project by Kevin Ward 3 Archival research by Stephen V. Ward 4 Interviews by Allan Cochrane 5 Urban ethnographic research by Kate Swanson 6 Using questionnaires to survey hidden populations by Nik Theodore 7 Discourse and linguistic analysis by Annette Hastings 8 Using diaries to study urban worlds by Alan Latham 9 GIS: a method and practice by Matthew Wilson 10 Worlds through glass: photography and video as geographic method by Bradley L. Garrett 11 Researching urban life through social media by Susan Moore and Scott Rodgers 12 Mapping the urban experience digitally by Monica Degen and Manuela Barz 13 Writing up by Kevin Ward
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SAGE Publications Inc Gathering Social Network Data
Book SynopsisGathering Social Network Data provides an important complement to existing books that focus on social network analysis, and offers more detailed coverage than is available in existing chapter-length treatments. In a single centralized source, author jimi adams provides: (1) a broad overview of the unique set of general principles underlying network data collection, and (2) guidance on many particular details needed for the application of these principles to particular research questions. As well as chapters on data collection methods, the book includes a chapter on data quality, and another on ethical considerations.Table of ContentsSeries Editor′s Introduction Preface About the Author Acknowledgements 1. Why Relationships? Description, Network Theories, & Theories of Networks Types of Ties Outline of the Rest of the Book 2. Sampling & Measuring Network Ties Network Measurement Sampling Designs The "Boundary Specification Problem" 3. Modes of Network Data Collection Active Research Participants Passive Data Collection "Complex" Network Data 4. Ethical Considerations Voluntary Participation & Informed Consent Balancing Risks and Benefits Using & Presenting Network Data 5. Data Quality: Assessment, Implications, & Improvements Missing Data Data Reliability and Validity 6. The Way Forward Appendix I: Terms & Resources List of Abbreviations Glossary Recommended Additional Resources Appendix II: Network Data Formats Appendix III: Existing Data Sample Instruments Data Repositories References
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SAGE Publications Inc Qualitative Data Analysis - International Student
Book Synopsis"This comprehensive, practical, user-friendly book provides a wealth of data analysis strategies that are essential for any qualitative research. It is a must-have tool book for moving from data analysis to writing for publication!" –Guofang Li, University of British Columbia, Canada Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña’s Qualitative Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook is the authoritative text for analyzing and displaying qualitative research data. The Fourth Edition maintains the analytic rigor of previous editions while showcasing a variety of new visual display models for qualitative inquiry. Graphics are added to the now-classic matrix and network illustrations of the original co-authors. Five chapters have been substantially revised, and the appendix’s annotated bibliography includes new titles in research methods. Graduate students and established scholars from all disciplines will find this resource an innovative compendium of ideas for the representation and presentation of qualitative data. As the authors demonstrate, when researchers "think display," their analyses of social life capture the complex and vivid processes of the people and institutions studied.Table of ContentsPreface to the Fourth Edition Part 1: The Substantive Start Chapter 1: Introduction The Purpose of This Book The Nature of This Book Our Orientation An Approach to Qualitative Data Analysis The Nature of Qualitative Data Analysis Our View of Qualitative Data Analysis Suggestions for Readers Closure and Transition Chapter 2: Research Design and Data Management Introduction Loose Versus Tight Research Designs Displaying the Conceptual Framework Methodologies (Genres) of Qualitative Research Formulating Research Questions Defining the Case Sampling: Bounding the Collection of Data Instrumentation Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Data Data Management Issues Bearing on Analysis Closure and Transition Chapter 3: Ethical Issues in Analysis Introduction Agreements with Study Participants Ethical Issues Conflicts, Dilemmas, and Trade-Offs Closure and Transition Chapter 4: Fundamentals of Qualitative Data Analysis Introduction First Cycle Codes and Coding Second Cycle Coding - Pattern Codes Jottings Analytic Memoing Within-Case and Cross-Case Analysis Closure and Transition Part Two: Displaying the Data Chapter 5: Designing Matrix, Network, and Graphic Displays Introduction Display Format Options Matrices Networks Graphics Timing of Display Design Entering Matrix, Network, and Graphic Data Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions from Matrix, Network, and Graphic Displays The Methods Profiles Closure and Transition Chapter 6: Methods of Exploring Introduction Exploring Fieldwork in Progress Exploring Variables Exploring Reports in Progress Closure and Transition Chapter 7: Methods of Describing Introduction Describing Participants Describing Validity Describing Variability Describing Actions Closure and Transition Chapter 8: Methods of Ordering Introduction Ordering by Time Ordering Processes Ordering by Cases Closure and Transition Chapter 9: Methods of Explaining Introduction Antecedent Conditions, Mediating Variables, and Outcomes On Causation and Explanation Explaining Interrelationship Explaining Change Explaining Causation Closure and Transition Chapter 10: Methods of Predicting Introduction Methods of Predicting Closure and Transition Part 3: Making Good Sense Chapter 11: Drawing and Verifying Conclusions Introduction Tactics for Generating Meaning Tactics for Testing or Confirming Findings Standards for the Quality of Conclusions Analytic Documentation Closure and Transition Chapter 12: Writing About Qualitative Research Introduction Audiences and Effects Voices and Styles Writing Examples and Recommendations Traditional Presentation Modes Progressive Presentation Modes On Theses and Disseratations Chapter 13: Closure Qualitative Analysis at a Glance Reflections Final Advice Appendix: An Annotated Bibliography of Qualitative Research Methods Resources Index
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SAGE Publications Inc Introduction to Research Methods: A Hands-on
Book SynopsisThe Second Edition of Introduction to Research Methods: A Hands-On Approach by Bora Pajo continues to make research easy to understand and easy to construct. Covering both quantitative and qualitative methods, this new edition lays out the differences between research approaches so readers can better understand when and how to use each research design. Through clear, simple, and even humorous prose, this text offers students a straightforward introduction to a new world of social science research. Rather than making research seem intimidating, Introduction to Research Methods shows students that research is an ongoing conversation concerning topics that matter in their lives, a conversation that′s easy to understand and easy to join. The new edition features updated chapters on qualitative designs and qualitative data analysis, a new chapter on big data and digital methods, and updated citation and report styles for APA Style 7th Edition. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package in SAGE Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality SAGE textbook content with assignable multimedia activities and auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support. Trade Review"Introduction to Research Methods is an excellent resource for students and instructors alike. With readable text in an approachable tone, it effectively covers the breadth of topics related to research methods. Its lucidity is stellar." -- Spencer James"Introduction to Research Methods: A Hands-on Approach is highly relevant to the work my undergraduate students do and is delivered at a level they can follow. It does a great job of presenting complex information in an easy-to-understand format. At the graduate level, I could see this text serving as a primary read but then supplementing with more complex articles/chapters. Accessibility of the content is a core strength of this text. It makes in-depth content easy to follow for the novice researcher, while at the same time is engaging enough to not be bland for those with research experience. Overall, this text reads as a road map for how to conduct ethical research and provides the necessary step-by-step instructions on how to be successful during the research process." -- Andrew C. Tollison"Introduction to Research Methods: A Hands-on Approach is an excellent text that presents research methods in an easy-to-understand way with examples that foster critical thinking." -- James W. Beeks"The hands-on, practical approach to Pajo’s Introduction to Research Methods is a huge key strength." -- Joseph Stabb, PhDTable of ContentsChapter 1: The Purpose of Research Chapter 2: Formulating a Research Question Chapter 3: Researching and Writing the Literature Review Chapter 4: Quantitative Designs Chapter 5: Measurement Errors, Reliability, Validity Chapter 6: Sampling Chapter 7: Data Collection for Quantitative Research Chapter 8: Secondary Data Chapter 9: Entering and Organizing Quantitative Data Chapter 10: Analyzing Quantitative Data Chapter 11: Qualitative Designs and Data Collection Chapter 12: Entering, Coding, and Analyzing Qualitative Data Chapter 13: Results and Discussion Chapter 14: Presenting Your Research Chapter 15: Big Data
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SAGE Publications Inc Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Research:
Book SynopsisThis text provides comprehensive coverage of the key methods for analyzing, interpreting, and writing up qualitative research in a single volume, and drawing on the expertise of major names in the field. Covering all the steps in the process of analyzing, interpreting, and presenting findings in qualitative research, the authors utilize a consistent chapter structure that provides novice and seasoned researchers with pragmatic, "how-to" strategies. Each chapter introduces the method; uses one of the authors′ own research projects as a case study of the method described; shows how the specific analytic method can be used in other types of studies; and concludes with questions and activities to prompt class discussion or personal study.Trade ReviewThis book is a great addition to the library of qualitative books for use with graduate students. Each chapter has examples to use and offers the nuance and complexities that are inherent in qualitative inquiry. -- Anne M. HornakAs an instructor of qualitative research courses, I know this text will be immediately useful for my students. Each chapter calls to mind a student who could benefit from its contents. The whole book is written in a way that’s accessible and down-to-earth and it will appeal to graduate students especially; I’ve picked up some new techniques, as well. -- Jane WestA complete guide for qualitative researchers – emerging or experienced. New ways to think about the vital role of qualitative studies! -- Jacalyn M. GriffenThe chapter authors provide clear, practical, and vibrant examples of their strategies. Individually, each chapter gives care to how the authors have used the strategy in the past. Collectively, the chapters provide a wealth of unique and innovative analysis approaches for all qualitative researchers to consider. -- Peggy Shannon-BakerTable of ContentsIntroduction - Charles Vanover, Paul Mihas, and Johnny Saldaña SECTION 1: DATA AND CONCEPTUAL OPTIONS - Charles Vanover and Paul Mihas Chapter 1: As A Qualitative Study Unfolds: Shifts in Design and Analysis - Gerardo L. Blanco & Gretchen B. Rossman Chapter 2: Using Qualitative Data Analysis Software to Manage the Research Process - Jessica N. Lester & Trena M. Paulus Chapter 3: After Someone Else’s Interview - Sheryl L. Chatfield SECTION 2: INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION STRATEGIES - Charles Vanover Chapter 4: Transcription as a Form of Qualitative Inquiry - Charles Vanover Chapter 5: Theories and Practices of Transcription from Discourse Analysis - Mariaelena Bartesaghi Chapter 6: Voice to Text: Automating Transcription - Silvana di Gregorio SECTION 3: STRATEGIES FOR CODING AND CATEGORIZING DATA - Paul Mihas Chapter 7: Coding System Design and Management - Daniel Turner Chapter 8: Deductive and Inductive Approaches to Qualitative Data Analysis - Andrea J. Bingham & Patricia Witkowsky Chapter 9: Coding, Categorizing, and Theming the Data: A Reflexive Search for Meaning - Janet C. Richards Chapter 10: Oral Coding: An Alternative Way to Make Sense of Interview Data - James A. Bernauer Chapter 11: Mapping Trajectories: Analyzing and Interpreting Focus Group Data Rhizomatically - Alyson Welker & George Kamberelis Chapter 12: Analyzing and Coding Interviews and Focus Groups Considering Cross-Cultural and Cross-Language Data - Elsa M. Gonzalez and Yvonna S. Lincoln SECTION 4: REFLECTION AND ANALYTIC MEMOING STRATEGIES - Paul Mihas Chapter 13: On Being a Researcher-Participant: Challenges With the Iterative Process of Data Production, Analysis and (Re)Production - Craig M. McGill, Drew Puroway, and Mark Duslak Chapter 14: Memo Writing Strategies: Analyzing the Parts and the Whole - Paul Mihas Chapter 15: Critical Analytic Memoing - Elaine Keane SECTION 5: INTERPRETIVE STRATEGIES - Paul Mihas Chapter 16: Listening Deeply: Indexing Research Conversations - Jaime L. Fiddler Chapter 17: Emergent Analysis: Strategies for Making Sense of an Evolving Longitudinal Study - Adrian Larbi-Cherif, Cori Egan, Joshua L. Glazer Chapter 18: Making Claims Using Qualitative Data - Tim Huffman SECTION 6: ARTS-BASED PRACTICES - Johnny Saldaña Chapter 19: Dramatizing Interviews - Johnny Saldaña Chapter 20: What Makes an Effective Teacher? Revealing Good Teaching Practice Through Poetic Transcription - Robyn Shenfield & Monica Prendergast Chapter 21: Embedding Critical, Creative, and Contemplative Data Analysis in Interview Studies - Kakali Bhattacharya Chapter 22: Follow the Headlights: On Comics-Based Data Analysis - Sally Campbell Galman SECTION 7: WRITING-UP PRACTICES - Paul Mihas Chapter 23: Turning Transcripts into Stories - Aishath Nasheeda, Haslinda Binti Abdullah, Steven Eric Krauss, Nobaya Binti Ahmed Chapter 24: Writing for a Broad Audience: White Papers, Blogs, and OpEds - Jessica Smartt Gullion Chapter 25: Sophie’s Choices: The Social Act of Publishing a Qualitative Study - Mitchell Allen Conclusion - Paul Mihas, Johnny Saldaña, and Charles Vanover
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Rowman & Littlefield Crime in the United States 2023
Book SynopsisCrime in the United States contains findings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the offenses known to law enforcement. This reference is the most comprehensive official compilation of crime statistics in the United States and is an important addition to your library's collection.While the FBI no longer prints these findings, Bernan Press continues to provide this practical information in convenient book form. In this intricately detailed source, legal and law enforcement professionals, researchers, and those who are just curious will find violent and property crime statistics for the nation as well as for regions, states, counties, cities, towns, and even college and university campuses.Crime in the United States includes statistics for: Offenses known to police Violent crime offenses: murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault Property crime offenses: burglary, larcency-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson Clearance data: crimes solved by police or cleared by exceptional means Persons arrested Police employees: sworn officers and civilian law enforcement personnel Hate crimes with data by offense type, location, bias motivation, victim type, number of victims, and race of offender
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Emerald Publishing Limited The Emerald Guide to C. Wright Mills
Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive guide to reading and understanding the development of Mills's sociological ideas, placing them in the context of his life and his position in American sociology. The Emerald Guide to C. Wright Mills focusses on his concern with the interrelationship between social structure and personality, and with the bureaucratisation of modern society and the power relations it produces. The book takes a chronological and biographical approach in illustrating the development of Mills's ideas and interests over the course of his career. In doing so, it reveals the consistency as well as the evolution of his thinking. Essential reading for students and those new to Mills's ideas, this is a readable, clear, and comprehensive overview of the work of C. Wright Mills, and conveys his influence on contemporary social thought.Trade ReviewThis very lively and readable book brilliantly locates Mills's work in its biographical and social context - something which was also characteristic of his own wide-ranging critical sociology. Treviño's comprehensive knowledge of Mills's work and of the American society and sociology of the period makes this much more than just an introductory book. It will be a valuable resource for specialists as well as for readers beginning an encounter with a thinker who remains highly relevant today. -- William Outhwaite, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University, UKProfessor Treviño's comprehensive presentation of C.Wright Mills's work, set within Mills' own framework of the dynamic between biography and history, is a great read. Mills' writings offer an approach for understanding our contemporary society in all its complexity, and Treviño's book is highly recommended for students and scholars alike as an exceptional guide into these classic texts. -- Ann Nilsen, Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, NorwayA. Javier Treviño does a service to a new generation by this introduction to the thought of C. Wright Mills. He shows how Mills worked as a sociologist, and how he developed his view of American society, and the social psychology of its different groups, out of a concern for democracy - as well as describing his transformation into a radical plain-speaking critic of Cold war liberalism and the trivializing sociology that went with it, that made him a prominent international public intellectual, a target of relentless attacks, and a hero to the New Left and to future sociologists. -- Stephen Turner, University of South Florida, USATable of ContentsChapter 1. Mills in Context Chapter 2. Mills: Life, Career, Politics Chapter 3. Pragmatism, Sociology of Knowledge, and Sociological Psychology Chapter 4. Organised Labour Chapter 5. The American Middle Classes Chapter 6. The High and the Mighty Chapter 7. Political Responsibility and Truth Chapter 8. The Sociological Imagination Chapter 9. Mills: Looking Back, Forward-Looking
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Sage Publications Ltd Designing Research in the Social Sciences
Book SynopsisThis innovative research design text will help you make informed choices when carrying out your research project. Covering both qualitative and quantitative approaches, and with examples drawn from a wide range of social science disciplines, the authors explain what is at stake when choosing a research design, and discuss the trade-offs that researchers have to make when considering issues such as: - causality - categories and classification - heterogeneity - interdependence - time This book will appeal to students and researchers looking for an in-depth understanding of research design issues to help them design their projects in a thoughtful and responsible way.Trade ReviewThis volume takes seriously the goal of unifying qualitative and quantitative methods, providing a coherent framework for understanding research design in the social science. Highly recommended.John GerringProfessor of Political Science at Boston University, where he teaches courses on methodology and comparative politics Magetti, Gilardi, and Radaelli provide scholars with a forum to reflect on the ′thinking′ and ′doing′ of social research. The authors deftly tackle the major issues related to the construction of causal explanations. An excellent primer to research design and analysis, that will cause seasoned readers to rethink core assumptions of research design and methods.Melissa WootenDepartment of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst Table of ContentsSocial Sciences and Research Design Conceptual Analysis Causal Analysis Statistical Research Designs for Causal Inference Temporality Heterogeneity Interdependence Conclusions: Connecting the Dots
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PCCS Books First Steps in Practitioner Research: A Guide to
Book SynopsisIt is widely acknowledged that research is an essential component of the counselling and psychotherapy core curriculum. Therapists and all care practitioners not only need to be able to understand and evaluate research literature, but are also increasingly expected to carry out simple practitioner research to monitor their own practice. With its emphasis on practice-based evidence, this book provides a much-needed, reliable and accessible introduction by two trusted and well-known authors. It builds confidence by not only outlining contemporary methodologies in everyday language, but also by explaining how to approach, understand and evaluate a range of published research. Written for complete beginners in the tried and tested, best-selling style of the other books in the "Steps" series, the book covers first principles through to the development of a simple research project. In simple terms "First Steps in Practitioner Research" provides a 'how to understand and do it' resource for students, tutors and practice supervisors with little or no previous experience.Trade ReviewI had the strangest feeling as I started to read the manuscript. Within a few pages I began to ask myself if Pete or Paul had invisibly sat on my shoulder during my classes, taken note of the issues that had confused the students, that they had worried about, struggled with and/or needed to know - and then gone away determined to address all of their questions and concerns - Dr Leonie Sugarman, Reader in Applied Psychology, University of Cumbria A uniquely valuable resource for students in the field of counselling and the helping professions. Succinct, comprehensive and highly accessible, it provides a wonderful support for those taking the first steps towards conducting, and understanding, research. Mick Cooper, Professor of Counselling, University of Strathclyde - this is the book I have been waiting for...a user-friendly book on research which is specific to the helping professions. I am delighted to see it in print. Rosemary Smith, Moray College - a no nonsense, practical and intelligent guide through the key issues involved in undertaking research - It is jam packed with valuable information and provides clear explanations of a wide range of methodologies and perspectives - all presented in an accessible way. The sections on understanding statistics are especially clear and will prove incredibly useful to practitioners who may find quantitative research daunting. Dr. Helen Spandler, Senior Research Fellow, University of Central Lancashire - the whole point is to entertain, draw in, seduce, or somehow lure nervous counselling students into the whole research thing. Robert Elliot, Professor of Counselling at Strathclyde University, Past President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research Practitioners conducting psychotherapy and counselling gain unique perspectives as they work with people confronting and overcoming obstacles that life has placed in their paths. A puzzle is how practitioners can convey their perspectives systematically to others. In this volume, two acknowledged leaders in the field, Pete Sanders and Paul Wilkins, point the way. They are accomplished writers who know their audience as well as their craft - Sanders and Wilkins do not avoid complexity, but they explain complex concepts plainly, pointing out which ideas are essential for beginners and which can be left for later. Jargon is demystified. Bill Stiles, Miami University, Editor of Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies and Past President of the Society for Psychotherapy ResearchTable of ContentsWhat is research and why bother? Quantity versus Quality Asking Questions Measuring Things Using Numbers to Describe Things Quantitative Research Methods Approaching Qualitative Research Collecting Stories Understanding Contemporary Psychotherapy Research Methodology Understanding Contemporary Psychotherapy Research Reports Getting Started On Your Own Research - and Telling Other What You Found Doing Research Ethically
£24.70
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Higher Education Policy Analysis Using
Book SynopsisThis textbook introduces graduate students in education and policy research to data and statistical methods in state-level higher education policy analysis. It also serves as a methodological guide to students, practitioners, and researchers who want a clear approach to conducting higher education policy analysis that involves the use of institutional- and state-level secondary data and quantitative methods ranging from descriptive to advanced statistical techniques. This book is unique in that it introduces readers to various types of data sources and quantitative methods utilized in policy research and in that it demonstrates how results of statistical analyses should be presented to higher education policy makers. It helps to bridge the gap between researchers, policy makers, and practitioners both within education policy and between other fields.Coverage includes identifying pertinent data sources, the creation and management of customized data sets, teaching beginning and advanced statistical methods and analyses, and the presentation of analyses for different audiences (including higher education policy makers).Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Asking and answering policy questions3. Identifying data sources and creating custom datasets4. Managing data5. Getting to know “thy” data6. Using descriptive statistics and graphs7. Introducing intermediate statistical methods8. Introducing advanced statistical methods9. Presenting the analysis to higher education policy makers 10. Conclusion
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Research Methodologies and Ethical Challenges in
Book SynopsisThis Open Access book investigates the methodological and ethical dilemmas involved when working with digital technologies and large-scale datasets in relation to ethnographic studies of digital migration practices and trajectories. Digital technologies reshape not only every phase of the migration process itself (by providing new ways to access, to share and preserve relevant information) but also the activities of other actors, from solidarity networks to border control agencies. In doing so, digital technologies create a whole new set of ethical and methodological challenges for migration studies: from data access to data interpretation, privacy protection, and research ethics more generally. Of specific concern are the aspects of digital migration researchers accessing digital platforms used by migrants, who are subject to precarious and insecure life circumstances, lack recognised papers and are in danger of being rejected and deported. Thus, the authors call for new modes of caring for (big) data when researching migrants’ digital practices in the configuration of migration and borders. Besides taking proper care of research participants’ privacy, autonomy, and security, this also spans carefully establishing analytically sustainable environments for the respective data sets. In doing so, the book argues that it is essential to carefully reflect on researchers’ own positioning as being part of the challenge they seek to address.Table of Contents
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Springer International Publishing AG Emotions and Reflexivity in Health & Social Care
Book SynopsisThis book is about emotions and reflexivity when doing field research in health and social care settings. Health and social care students often undertake field research in their own area of practice using observation and interviews. All contributing authors have a dual identity as researchers and health or social care professionals. Their chapters draw on research carried out in a number of fields including HIV related infertility and adoption, primary care in Africa, cancer and palliative care, infertility and excluded young people to explore issues relevant to emotions and reflexivity from the perspective of the researcher and research participants. The book was born of the two editors, who are experienced research supervisors, observing that many PhD students struggle to manage the emotions elicited in the field when researching. They identify three main causes - health and social care deals with painful topics; observation and interviews bring student into contact with powerful feelings which need processing; there is very little advice and discussion of how a PhD student manages emotions in the field and students therefore frequently struggle on their own. This insightful volume will be of great interest to scholars and students in all areas of academic study, but particularly to those who chose to study health and social care whether they are professionals or not.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction; Helen Allan and Anne Arber.- Chapter 2. Using a Research Diary for Reflexivity; Sarah Li.- Chapter 3. Emotions in the Field: Research in the Infertility Clinic; Helen Allan.- Chapter 4. Managing the Dual Identity: Practitioner and Researcher.- Chapter 5. Fieldwork in Other Cultures; Nicola Ayers.- Chapter 6. Fieldwork with Vulnerable Young People; Kit Tapson.- Chapter 7. Researching People Living with HIV-related Infertility; Tam Cane.- Chapter 8. Emotion Work in Ethnography; Ginny Mounce.- Chapter 9. Pulling it Together; Helen Allan and Anne Arber.
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Oxford University Press Demographic Methods and Concepts
Book SynopsisPresents the commonly needed techniques for working with population statistics, irrespective of the reader's mathematical background. This book provides concepts and strategies needed in the interpretation of demographic indices and data. It includes a CD-ROM containing integrated learning modules and applications facilitating demographic studies.Trade Review'A key feature of the text is a diskette that contains Microsoft Excel-based programs for illustrating and doing fundamental demographic calculations (life tables, growth rates, standardization, and so forth)...The book is a very good compendium of basic demography that clearly is based on the author's practical teaching experience. It has re-opened for me the possibility of successfully teaching demographic methods to students not primarily interested in population studies. I look forward to using it'. Population Studies, Vol.58, No.2, 2004, pp255-256.'Demographic Methods and Concepts is likely to have such a broader readership, since it is designed to serve also as a self-contained introduction and instructional manual on its subject. It is well written (enlivened with apt quotations from Graunt) and requires little mathematical backround. The graphics are excellent. Fully up-tp-date in terms of 'desktop demography, it has bibliographies that cater to the internet generation as well as to old-style page turners, numerous spreadsheet exercises, and an attached CD-ROM containing excel modules linked to the text'. Population and Development Review 2003.Table of ContentsEACH CHAPTER CONTAINS STUDY RESOURCES INCLUDING GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS, FURTHER READING, INTERNET RESOURCES, EXERCISES, AND SPREADSHEET EXERCISES; SECTION 1. POPULATION DYNAMICS; SECTION 2. ANALYTICAL APPROACHES; SECTION 3. VITAL PROCESSES; SECTION 4. DEMOGRAPHIC MODELS; SECTION 5. SPATIAL PATTERNS AND PROCESSES; SECTION 6. APPLIED DEMOGRAPHY; APPENDICES; A: BASIC MATHS; B: USING THE EXCEL MODULES; C: INTRODUCTION TO EXCEL; D: ANSWERS TO EXERCISES
£60.79
Macmillan Learning Research Methods in the Social Sciences
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Stanford University Press Perpetrators: Encountering Humanity's Dark Side
Book SynopsisPerpetrators of mass violence are commonly regarded as evil. Their violent nature is believed to make them commit heinous crimes as members of state agencies, insurgencies, terrorist organizations, or racist and supremacist groups. Upon close examination, however, perpetrators are contradictory human beings who often lead unsettlingly ordinary and uneventful lives. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground research with perpetrators of genocide, mass violence, and enforced disappearances in Cambodia and Argentina, Antonius Robben and Alex Hinton explore how researchers go about not just interviewing and writing about perpetrators, but also processing their own emotions and considering how the personal and interpersonal impact of this sort of research informs the texts that emerge from them. Through interlinked ethnographic essays, methodological and theoretical reflections, and dialogues between the two authors, this thought-provoking book conveys practical wisdom for the benefit of other researchers who face ruthless perpetrators and experience turbulent emotions when listening to perpetrators and their victims. Perpetrators rarely regard themselves as such, and fieldwork with perpetrators makes for situations freighted with emotion. Research with perpetrators is a difficult but important part of understanding the causes of and creating solutions to mass violence, and Robben and Hinton use their expertise to provide insightful lessons on the epistemological, ethical, and emotional challenges of ethnographic fieldwork in the wake of atrocity.Trade Review"In Robben and Hinton's 'encounter with humanity's dark side' the perpetrator researcher and the evildoer become inextricably intertwined. Researchers' intimate fieldwork contact with perpetrators of mass atrocity sullies them, they feel dirty. And, yet, it reveals complex and contradictory human beings that unsettle facile assumptions about their monstrosity. How do researchers incorporate cognitive and affective empathy to understand the 'priming' that make atrocities possible, while condemning those acts? Perpetrators establishes the craft for doing so."—Leigh Payne, Oxford University"Written as a sustained conversation between two foundational figures in the field of perpetrator studies, this book offers a rich exploration of the individuals who operate the machinery of mass murder. The authors combine profound insights into universal phenomena, while demonstrating the importance of understanding local specificities and moral economies. This unsettling book charts a future research agenda for those who seek to understand the disturbing, unholy mixture of humanity among those who engage in lethal violence."—Kimberly Theidon, Tufts University"Perpetrators[:] Encountering Humanity's Dark Side provides a therapeutic and rewarding read for anthropologists and social scientists who have come into contact with agents of violence through their research, as well as for those who expect to do so."—Sergen Bahceci, Anthropology Book Forum"The book offers a curative reading: healing and, at the same time, crafting together pieces to be displayed in search of meaning. A necessary and exceptional book not only for anthropologists researching genocide and mass violence but also for a broader audience interested on how to approach and write about violence."—Corina Tulbure, Conflict and Society"Robben and Hinton set out to at once impart insights they acquired through decades of ethnographical research into genocide and mass violence, which they call phronesis following the ancient Greeks, and to do so in experimental and thought-provoking ways. Perpetrators is more of a guide than a 'how-to' manual, and yet it manages to provide the reader with practical and suggestive ideas for conducting ethnographic research and writing in a way that avoids the rigidity imposed by academia."—Stevan Bozanich, H-Genocide"In writing this book, Robben and Hinton provide a comprehensive and original contribution to the scholarly research on perpetrators of mass violence.... This is a must-read book. Highly recommended."—A. Kolin, CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction: Approaching Perpetrator Research 1. Spectacular Perpetrators 2. Seductive Perpetrators Interlude: The Perpetrator and the Witness Interlude: "They Were No More. None of Them. They Had Become Disappeared." 3. The Night Stalkers 4. Ruin Interlude: For the Sake of the Fatherland Interlude: Interrogation: Comrade Duch's Abecedarian 5. Nearing the Paradox 6. Curation Conclusion: Six Guideposts for Perpetrator Research
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Statistics AllinOne For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Unit 1: Getting Started with Statistics 5 Chapter 1: The Statistics of Everyday Life 7 Statistics and the Media: More Questions than Answers? 8 Probing popcorn problems 8 Venturing into viruses 8 Comprehending crashes 9 Mulling malpractice 9 Belaboring the loss of land 10 Scrutinizing schools 10 Scanning sports 10 Banking on business news 11 Touring the travel news 12 Surveying sexual stats 12 Breaking down weather reports 13 Using Statistics at Work 13 Delivering babies — and information 13 Posing for pictures 14 Poking through pizza data 14 Statistics in the office 14 Chapter 2: Taking Control: So Many Numbers, So Little Time 15 Detecting Errors, Exaggerations, and Just Plain Lies 16 Checking the math 16 Uncovering misleading statistics 17 Looking for lies in all the right places 22 Feeling the Impact of Misleading Statistics 23 Chapter 3: Tools of the Trade 25 Thriving in a Statistical World 25 Statistics: More than Just Numbers 26 Designing Appropriate Studies 28 Surveys (Polls) 28 Experiments 29 Collecting Quality Data 30 Sample, random, or otherwise 30 Bias 32 Grabbing Some Basic Statistical Jargon 33 Data 33 Data set 34 Variable 34 Population 34 Statistic 35 Parameter 35 Mean (Average) 36 Median 36 Standard deviation 36 Percentile 37 Standard score 37 Distribution and normal distribution 38 Central Limit Theorem 38 z-values 39 Margin of error 39 Confidence interval 40 Hypothesis testing 41 p-values 42 Statistical significance 42 Correlation, regression, and two-way tables 43 Drawing Credible Conclusions 44 Reeling in overstated results 44 Questioning claims of cause and effect 44 Becoming a Sleuth, Not a Skeptic 45 Unit 2: Number-Crunching Basics 47 Chapter 4: Crunching Categorical Data 49 Summing Up Data with Descriptive Statistics 49 Crunching Categorical Data: Tables and Percents 50 Counting on the frequency 50 Relating with percentages 52 Two-way tables: Summarizing multiple measures 54 Interpreting counts and percents with caution 55 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 57 Whaddya Know? Chapter 4 Quiz 60 Answers to Chapter 4 Quiz 62 Chapter 5: Means, Medians, and More 65 Measuring the Center with Mean and Median 65 Averaging out to the mean 66 Splitting your data down the median 68 Comparing means and medians: Histograms 70 Accounting for Variation 74 Reporting the standard deviation 75 Being out of range 78 Examining the Empirical Rule (68-95-99.7) 79 Measuring Relative Standing with Percentiles 83 Calculating percentiles 83 Interpreting percentiles 85 Gathering a five-number summary 88 Exploring interquartile range 89 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 90 Whaddya Know? Chapter 5 Quiz 97 Answers to Chapter 5 Quiz 98 Chapter 6: Getting the Picture: Graphing Categorical Data 99 Take Another Little Piece of My Pie Chart 100 Tallying personal expenses 100 Bringing in a lotto revenue 101 Ordering takeout 102 Projecting age trends 103 Raising the Bar on Bar Graphs 108 Tracking transportation expenses 108 Making a lotto profit 110 Tipping the scales on a bar graph 110 Pondering pet peeves 111 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 117 Whaddya Know? Chapter 6 Quiz 123 Answers to Chapter 6 Quiz 124 Chapter 7: Going by the Numbers: Graphing Numerical Data 125 Handling Histograms 126 Making a histogram 126 Interpreting a histogram 130 Putting numbers with pictures 137 Detecting misleading histograms 139 Examining Boxplots 143 Making a boxplot 143 Interpreting a boxplot 146 Tackling Time Charts 152 Interpreting time charts 152 Understanding variability: Time charts versus histograms 153 Spotting misleading time charts 153 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 159 Whaddya Know? Chapter 7 Quiz 165 Answers to Chapter 7 Quiz 166 Unit 3: Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 167 Chapter 8: Coming to Terms with Probability 169 A Set Notation Overview 169 Noting outcomes: Sample spaces 170 Noting subsets of sample spaces: Events 171 Noting a void in the set: Empty sets 172 Putting sets together: Unions, intersections, and complements 172 Probabilities of Events Involving A and/or B 173 Probability notation 174 Marginal probabilities 175 Union probabilities 175 Intersection ( joint) probabilities 175 Complement probabilities 176 Conditional probabilities 176 Understanding and Applying the Rules of Probability 178 The complement rule (for opposites, not for flattering a date) 178 The multiplication rule (for intersections, not for rabbits) 179 The addition rule (for unions of the nonmarital nature) 180 Recognizing Independence in Multiple Events 182 Checking independence for two events with the definition 182 Using the multiplication rule for independent events 183 Including Mutually Exclusive Events 184 Recognizing mutually exclusive events 184 Simplifying the addition rule with mutually exclusive events 185 Distinguishing Independent from Mutually Exclusive Events 186 Comparing and contrasting independence and exclusivity 186 Checking for independence or exclusivity in a 52-card deck 187 Avoiding Probability Misconceptions 189 Predictions Using Probability 190 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 192 Whaddya Know? Chapter 8 Quiz 196 Answers to Chapter 8 Quiz 197 Chapter 9: Random Variables and the Binomial Distribution 199 Defining a Random Variable 200 Discrete versus continuous 200 Probability distributions 202 The mean and variance of a discrete random variable 202 Identifying a Binomial 203 Checking binomial conditions step by step 204 No fixed number of trials 204 More than success or failure 205 Trials are not independent 205 Probability of success (p) changes 205 Finding Binomial Probabilities Using a Formula 207 Finding Probabilities Using the Binomial Table 210 Finding probabilities for specific values of X 210 Finding probabilities for X greater-than, less-than, or between two values 211 Checking Out the Mean and Standard Deviation of the Binomial 212 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 214 Whaddya Know? Chapter 9 Quiz 216 Answers to Chapter 9 Quiz 217 Chapter 10: The Normal Distribution 219 Exploring the Basics of the Normal Distribution 219 Meeting the Standard Normal (Z-) Distribution 223 Checking out Z 223 Standardizing from X to Z 223 Finding probabilities for Z with the Z-table 225 Finding Probabilities for a Normal Distribution 227 Knowing Where You Stand with Percentiles 230 Finding X When You Know the Percent 232 Figuring out a percentile for a normal distribution 232 Translating tricky wording in percentile problems 234 Normal Approximation to the Binomial 236 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 239 Whaddya Know? Chapter 10 Quiz 248 Answers to Chapter 10 Quiz 249 Chapter 11: The t-Distribution 251 Basics of the t-Distribution 251 Comparing the t- and Z-distributions 251 Discovering the effect of variability on t-distributions 252 Using the t-Table 253 Finding probabilities with the t-table 253 Figuring percentiles for the t-distribution 256 Picking out t*-values for confidence intervals 257 Studying Behavior Using the t-Table 258 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 259 Whaddya Know? Chapter 11 Quiz 260 Answers to Chapter 11 Quiz 261 Chapter 12: Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem 263 Defining a Sampling Distribution 264 The Mean of a Sampling Distribution 265 Measuring Standard Error 266 Sample size and standard error 266 Population standard deviation and standard error 267 Looking at the Shape of a Sampling Distribution 269 Case 1: The distribution of X is normal 269 Case 2: The distribution of X is not normal — Enter the Central Limit Theorem 269 Finding Probabilities for the Sample Mean 273 The Sampling Distribution of the Sample Proportion 275 Finding Probabilities for the Sample Proportion 278 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 280 Whaddya Know? Chapter 12 Quiz 283 Answers to Chapter 12 Quiz 284 Unit 4: Guesstimating and Hypothesizing with Confidence 285 Chapter 13: Leaving Room for a Margin of Error 287 Seeing the Importance of that Plus or Minus 287 Finding the Margin of Error: A General Formula 289 Measuring sample variability 289 Calculating margin of error for a sample proportion 291 Reporting results 293 Calculating margin of error for a sample mean 293 Being confident you’re right 294 Determining the Impact of Sample Size 296 Sample size and margin of error 296 Bigger isn’t always (that much) better! 297 Keeping margin of error in perspective 297 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 300 Whaddya Know? Chapter 13 Quiz 303 Answers to Chapter 13 Quiz 304 Chapter 14: Confidence Intervals: Making Your Best Guesstimate 305 Not All Estimates Are Created Equal 306 Linking a Statistic to a Parameter 306 Getting with the Jargon 307 Interpreting Results with Confidence 308 Zooming In on Width 310 Choosing a Confidence Level 310 Factoring In the Sample Size 312 Counting On Population Variability 313 Calculating a Confidence Interval for a Population Mean 315 Case 1: Population standard deviation is known 315 Case 2: Population standard deviation is unknown and/or n is small 316 Figuring Out What Sample Size You Need 318 Determining the Confidence Interval for One Population Proportion 319 Creating a Confidence Interval for the Difference of Two Means 322 Case 1: Population standard deviations are known 322 Case 2: Population standard deviations are unknown and/or sample sizes are small 323 Estimating the Difference of Two Proportions 326 Spotting Misleading Confidence Intervals 329 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 330 Whaddya Know? Chapter 14 Quiz 337 Answers to Chapter 14 Quiz 339 Chapter 15: Claims, Tests, and Conclusions 341 Setting Up the Hypotheses 342 Defining the null 342 What’s the alternative? 343 Gathering Good Evidence (Data) 343 Compiling the Evidence: The Test Statistic 344 Gathering sample statistics 344 Measuring variability using standard errors 344 Understanding standard scores 345 Calculating and interpreting the test statistic 345 Weighing the Evidence and Making Decisions: p-Values 346 Connecting test statistics and p-values 346 Defining a p-value 347 Calculating a p-value 347 Making Conclusions 349 Setting boundaries for rejecting H0 350 Testing varicose veins 350 Assessing the Chance of a Wrong Decision 352 Making a false alarm: Type I errors 353 Missing out on a detection: Type II errors 353 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 356 Whaddya Know? Chapter 15 Quiz 359 Answers to Chapter 15 Quiz 360 Chapter 16: Commonly Used Hypothesis Tests: Formulas and Examples 361 Testing One Population Mean 362 Handling Small Samples and Unknown Standard Deviations: The t-Test 363 Putting the t-test to work 364 Relating t to Z 365 Handling negative t-values 365 Examining the not-equal-to alternative 365 Drawing conclusions using the critical value 366 Testing One Population Proportion 368 Comparing Two (Independent) Population Averages 371 Case 1: Difference of two population means when population standard deviations are known 371 Case 2: Difference of two population means when population standard deviations are unknown 374 Testing for an Average Difference (The Paired t-Test) 375 Comparing Two Population Proportions 378 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 382 Whaddya Know? Chapter 16 Quiz 387 Answers to Chapter 16 Quiz 388 Unit 5: Statistical Studies and the Hunt for a Meaningful Relationship 389 Chapter 17: Polls, Polls, and More Polls 391 Recognizing the Impact of Polls 392 Getting to the source 392 Surveying what’s hot 393 Impacting lives 394 Behind the Scenes: The Ins and Outs of Surveys 395 Planning and designing a survey 396 Selecting the sample 399 Carrying out a survey 402 Interpreting results and finding problems 405 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 408 Whaddya Know? Chapter 17 Quiz 411 Answers to Chapter 17 Quiz 412 Chapter 18: Experiments and Observational Studies: Medical Breakthroughs or Misleading Results? 413 Boiling Down the Basics of Studies 414 Looking at the lingo of studies 414 Observing observational studies 415 Examining experiments 415 Designing a Good Experiment 417 Designing the experiment to make comparisons 417 Selecting the sample size 419 Choosing the subjects 421 Making random assignments 421 Controlling for confounding variables 422 Respecting ethical issues 423 Collecting good data 424 Analyzing the data properly 425 Interpreting Experiment Results 428 Making appropriate conclusions 428 Making informed decisions 429 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 431 Whaddya Know? Chapter 18 Quiz 433 Answers to Chapter 18 Quiz 434 Chapter 19: Looking for Links: Correlation and Regression 435 Picturing a Relationship with a Scatterplot 436 Making a scatterplot 436 Interpreting a scatterplot 437 Quantifying Linear Relationships Using the Correlation 440 Calculating the correlation 440 Interpreting the correlation 441 Examining properties of the correlation 443 Working with Linear Regression 445 Figuring out which variable is X and which is Y 445 Checking the conditions 446 Calculating the regression line 446 Interpreting the regression line 449 Putting it all together: The regression line for the crickets 451 Making Proper Predictions 453 Checking the conditions 453 Staying in-bounds 454 Regression Analysis: Understanding the Output 456 Residing with Residuals 457 Explaining the Relationship: Correlation versus Cause and Effect 458 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 460 Whaddya Know? Chapter 19 Quiz 465 Answers to Chapter 19 Quiz 466 Chapter 20: Two-Way Tables and Independence 467 Organizing a Two-Way Table 468 Setting up the cells 469 Figuring the totals 469 Interpreting Two-Way Tables 472 Singling out variables with marginal distributions 472 Examining all groups — a joint distribution 476 Comparing groups with conditional distributions 478 Checking Independence and Describing Dependence 483 Checking for independence 484 Describing a dependent relationship 486 Cautiously Interpreting Results 489 Checking for legitimate cause and effect 489 Projecting from sample to population 490 Making prudent predictions 491 Resisting the urge to jump to conclusions 491 Practice Questions Answers and Explanations 492 Whaddya Know? Chapter 20 Quiz 498 Answers to Chapter 20 Quiz 500 Appendix: Tables for Reference 503 The Z-Table 503 The t-Table 506 The Binomial Table 508 Index 513
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Oxford University Press Inc The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine
Book SynopsisNarrative medicine is a fresh discipline of health care that helps patients and health professionals to tell and listen to the complex and unique stories of illness. The Principles and Practice of Narrative Medicine expresses the collective experience and discoveries of the originators of the field. Arising at Columbia University in 2000 from roots in the humanities and patient-centered care, narrative medicine draws patients, doctors, nurses, therapists, and health activists together to re-imagine a health care based on trust and trustworthiness, humility, and mutual recognition.Over a decade of education and research has crystallized the goals and methods of narrative medicine, leading to increasingly powerful means to improve the care that patients receive. The methods described in this book harness creativity and insight to help the professionals in being with patients, not just to diagnose and treat them but tobear witness to what they undergo. Narrative medicine training in literary theory, philosophy, narrative ethics, and the creative arts increases clinicians'' capacity to perceive the turmoil and suffering borne by patients and to help them to cohere or endure the chaos of illness.Narrative medicine has achieved an international reputation and reach. Many health care settings adopt methods of narrative medicine in teaching and practice. Through the Master of Science in Narrative Medicine graduate program and health professions school curricula at Columbia University, more and more clinicians and scholars have obtained the rigorous training necessary to practice and teach narrative medicine. This text is offered to all who seek the opportunity for disciplined training in narrative medicine. By clearly articulating our principles and practice, this book provides the standards of the field for those who want to join us in seeking authenticity, recognition, affiliation, and justice in a narrative health care.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I: Intersubjectivity Chapter 1. Accounts of Self: Exploring Relationality through Literature Maura Spiegel and Danielle Spencer Introduction Self-Telling: Colm Tóibín and the Need to Tell Monologue and Dialogue: Dostoevsky and Bakhtin Recognition in Bechdel's Fun Home: Thickening the Story Identification and Refusal in Kazou Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go Conclusion Chapter 2. This Is What We Do, and These Things Happen: Experience, Emotion, and Relationality In The Classroom Maura Spiegel and Danielle Spencer Socio-relational dynamics and medical education The Narrative Medicine Classroom / Workshop Conclusion Part II: Dualism, Personhood, and Embodiment Chapter 3: Dualism and its Discontents I: Philosophy, Literature, and Medicine Craig Irvine and Danielle Spencer "Hi. How are you feeling today?": Tales of Alienation in Healthcare Biomedicine in recent history The Cave and the Machine: Philosophical Roots of Dualism Chapter 4: Dualism and its Discontents II: Philosophical Tinctures Craig Irvine and Danielle Spencer Philosophical Tinctures: Phenomenology and Narrative Hermeneutics Philosophical Narratives: Complexity and Multiplicity Soul Chapter 5: Deliver us from Certainty: Training for Narrative Ethics Craig Irvine and Rita Charon Narrative Ethics of Reading Narrative Ethics of Clinical Practice Ethics of Narrative Medicine Part III: Identities in Pedagogy Chapter 6: The Politics of Pedagogy: Cripping, Queering and Un-homing Health Humanities Sayantani DasGupta Introduction Crip Politics and the Medicalization of Health Humanities Queer Politics and the Problems of Intelligibility Un-Homing Narrative Medicine: Pedagogical Frames Conclusion Part IV: Close Reading Chapter 7: Close Reading: The Signature Method of Narrative Medicine Rita Charon The Origin and Fate of Close Reading Why Narrative Medicine Is Committed to Close Reading Close Reading and Its Progeny, Attentive Listening The Interior Processes of Close Reading Close Reading Enacts the Principles of Narrative Medicine Coda Chapter 8: A Framework for Teaching Close Reading Rita Charon One Way to Teach Close Reading Choosing Texts and Creating Prompts Time Space Voice Metaphor Conclusions and Room for Further Thought Part V: Creativity Chapter 9: Creativity: What, Why, and Where? Nellie Hermann Creativity in Our Everyday Lives What is Creative Writing for, particularly in the clinical context? Forms and Dividends of Creative Writing Creative Writing and Reflective Writing Chapter 10: Can Creativity be Taught? Nellie Hermann Strategies for Writing in the Health Professions A Teaching Tool: The Reading Guide for Reflective Writing The Approach to the Writing Student Finally: focus on the creative spark Part VI: Qualitative Ways of Knowing Chapter 11: The Ethnographic Field: Narrative, Visual, Contextual Edgar Rivera Colón Narrative Prelude Demystifying Qualitative Research Methods An Embodied, Reflexive Practice Making the world visible The Ethnographic Witness Part VI: Clinical Practice Chapter 12: A Narrative Transformation of Health and Health Care Eric Marcus and Rita Charon RC Tells the Clinical Story EM: Concepts-Transference and Transitional Space RC: Concepts-Creativity, Reflexivity, Reciprocity Coda Chapter 13: Clinical Contributions of Narrative Medicine Rita Charon Individual Interview/Relationship Techniques Clinician and Health Care Team Development Novel Narrative Practices Clinicians See Author Biographies Bibliography Index
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HarperCollins Publishers How to be a Social Researcher
Book SynopsisLearn how to be a rigorous social researcher with this incisive and engaging book for students studying A level Sociology or starting sociology at university. Examine each major sociological method where research into crime, family life and education is explored in depth, and illustrated using classic and contemporary sociological studies.Easy to weave into current courses to make the study of Sociology more relevant, cutting edge and inclusive Explore the array of research methods sociologists use to understand how society shapes personal troubles, truths and triumphs. Discover how sociological research studies (classic and contemporary) showcase the application of these methods, and learn about the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods. Packed with case studies and opportunities to reflect and challenge readers, How to be a Social Researcher will appeal to anyone with an interest in sociology as well as supporting those studying it at school, college, or university.Th
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Oxford University Press Inc Why Public Space Matters
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewBuilding on her groundbreaking earlier works, Low astutely describes public spaces as 'infrastructures of inclusion and exclusion,' where people, politics and place converge and connect, opening spaces for the negotiation and contestation of new public cultures. Focusing on contemporary issues such as racial injustice, climate change, socioeconomic and class inequality, she details ways that public space contributes to the flourishing of individuals, communities, cities and societies * Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University *From social justice to ecological sustainability, decades of public space fieldwork are usefully summarized in the latest 'all things public space' from Setha Low. A must have for all students of urbanism. * Emily Talen, Professor of Urbanism, University of Chicago *Most people, when asked their favorite memory of a city, mention public space--a plaza or a boulevard or a beach. How is it then that we understand so little about the social dynamics of places; that the designers and managers of public space seem to have so little research to support their work? In this book Setha Low sets out to fill that void. Why Public Space Matters is essential reading for anyone involved in the design, management, programming or simply the enjoyment, of public space. * David Burney, Director, Urban Placemaking and Management, Pratt Institute *In this brilliant and inspirational book, urban ethnographer Setha Low shows us why the stakes of debates about 'public space' in the 21st century could not be more serious and socially significant. In a world where we tend to either take public space for granted or express fear of the potential dangers they might hold, Low uses her nuanced theoretical lens and a variety of compelling ethnographic examples—from New York's Jones Beach and New Jersey's Lake Welch to Hudson Historical Park, Battery Park City after 9/11, and a thoughtful analysis of how the pandemic impacted the use and sense of public space in New York City—to demonstrate that discussions about democracy and social justice should never underestimate the importance of public space for the very sustainability of human life. * John L. Jackson, Jr., Walter H. Annenberg Dean and Richard Perry University Professor, the University of Pennsylvania *Low maintains an accessible style throughout, suitable for general readers, but the material will appeal most to expert scholars and planners. Anyone interested in public spaces will enjoy this book. * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Why Does Public Space Matter? Chapter 2. What is Public Space? Chapter 3. What if Jones Beach Was Not Public: Social Justice and Belonging on Long Island, New York Chapter 4. Rebuilding a Bridge and a Community: Health and Resilience at Walkway Over Hudson, Poughkeepsie, New York Chapter 5. Playing in the Fields of Lake Welch, New Jersey Chapter 6. Improvising Public Space and the Informal Economy: Sidewalks, Streets and Markets in Buenos Aires, New York City, and Baguio City Chapter 7. Green Guerillas, Seed Bombs and Granite Gardens: Environmental Sustainability and Public Space in Paris and New York City Chapter 8. Place attachment and Cultural Identity: Monuments, Parks and Neighborhood Public Space in San José, Costa Rica, and the Statue of Liberty and Battery Park City in New York City Chapter 9. From the Winter of Despair to the Summer of Euphoria: Public Space During COVID-19 in New York City (2020-2021) Chapter 10. How to Study Public Space: The Toolkit for the Ethnographic Study of Space (TESS) in Tompkins Square Park, Manhattan, New York City and Other Strategies Appendices Appendix 1. Contact, Public Culture and Affect Atmospheres: A Theoretical Framework Notes Index
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MIT Press Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social
Book SynopsisThe use of case studies to build and test theories in political science and the other social sciences has increased in recent years. Many scholars have argued that the social sciences rely too heavily on quantitative research and formal models and have attempted to develop and refine rigorous methods for using case studies. This text presents a comprehensive analysis of research methods using case studies and examines the place of case studies in social science methodology. It argues that case studies, statistical methods, and formal models are complementary rather than competitive. The book explains how to design case study research that will produce results useful to policymakers and emphasizes the importance of developing policy-relevant theories. It offers three major contributions to case study methodology: an emphasis on the importance of within-case analysis, a detailed discussion of process tracing, and development of the concept of typological theories. Case Studies and
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National Academies Press Reengineering the Survey of Income and Program Participation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Action Research Principles and practice
Book SynopsisSince its first publication, Action Research: Principles and Practice has become a key text in its field. This new updated edition clearly describes and explains the practices of action research and its underlying values, and introduces important new ideas, including: all professionals should be reflective practitioners; they should produce their personal theories of practice to show how they are holding themselves accountable for their educational influences in learning; the stories they produce become a new people's history of action research, with potential for influencing new futures. This new edition has expanded in scope, to contribute to diverse fields including professional development across the sectors and the disciplines. It considers the current field, including its problems as well as its considerable hopes and prospects for new thinking and practices. Now fully updated, this book contains:<Trade Review"Action Research: Principles and Practice clearly, and passionately, addresses the questions ‘how?’ and ‘why?’ adopt an action research approach to ones practice. McNiff demonstrates throughout the book that she lives the values that she is espousing. The way she brings together her passion for creating positive change through action research with the need for rigour in the way the research is carried out reminds us that she is, at the same time, advocate, campaigner, educator and academic."- Mark Robson, York St John UniversityTable of ContentsPart I. What do we know? The principles of action research Chapter 1. What do we know? The principles of action research Chapter 2. How do we come to know it? Linking theory and practice Chapter 3. Who has influenced our thinking? Key theorists, old and new Chapter 4. What do we need to know? How can we develop the work? Part II. What do we do? The practices of action research Chapter 5. How to do action research Chapter 6. Practical issues Chapter 7. Making sense of the data and generating evidence Chapter 8. Validating and legitimating claims to knowledge Part III. How do we share our knowledge? Stories from the field Chapter 9. Action research across the disciplines and professions Chapter 10. Action research for social change Chapter 11. Action research and communities and cultures of enquiry Chapter 12. Action research for global sustainability Part IV. What is the significance of our knowledge? How do we communicate it? Chapter 13. Producing and presenting action research reports Chapter 14. Demonstrating impact: Explaining the significance of our action research Part V. Whither action research? Chapter 15. New directions in action research Chapter 16. So …what do we know now? What do we need to know?
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Career Imprints
Book SynopsisBased on her research of 800 biotechnology companies and 3,200 biotechnology executives, Harvard Business School professor Monica Higgins discovered that one firmBaxterwas the breeding ground for today's most successful biotechnology ventures. This phenomena of one organization spawning an industry has alsobeen seen in the high-tech (Hewlett-Packard) and semiconductor industries (Fairchild). However, until now there has been no suitable explanation of whyand how these organizationswere able tocreate the next generation of industry leaders.Career Imprints shows why Baxter was so successful in spawning senior executives and offers an understanding of what it takes for an organization to produce leaders that will dominate an industry for years to come. In this important book, Higgins shows that an organization's career imprintthe result of company systems, structure, strategy, and culturethat employees take with them throughout their careers is the key to creating great leaders. ByTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Foreword xv Preface xvii Part One: Setting the Stage 01 1. Introduction: Career Imprints and Senior Executive Mobility 03 2. From Baxter to Biotechnology: The First Wave of Baxter Boys 21 Part Two: The Career Imprinting Process 51 3. Place: Understanding Breeding Grounds for Career Imprinting 53 4. People: Characteristics and Susceptibility to Career Imprinting 85 5. Paths: The Baxter Career Experience and Resulting Career Imprint 107 6. Beyond Baxter: Career Imprints of Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and Abbott 143 Part Three: The Consequences of Career Imprints 179 7. The Spawning Effect: Career Imprints and Industry Evolution 181 8. The Legacy of Career Imprints for Organizations 217 9. The Opportunities and Constraints of Career Imprints 253 10. Career Imprints: New Answers, New Questions 275 Appendix A: Research Design and Methods 295 Appendix B: Analyses of Baxter’s Impact on IPO Success 315 Appendix C: Baxter’s Business and Product Timelines 327 Notes 331 References 365 Index 382
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Spokesman Books Community Development in Theory and Practice
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Cambridge University Press Testing and the Paradoxes of Fairness
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Taylor & Francis Research Methods for Sports Studies
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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Taylor & Francis Ltd Understanding Research in Early Childhood
Book SynopsisThis second edition invites readers to be informed consumers of both quantitative and qualitative methods in early childhood research. It offers side-by-side coverage and comparison about the assumptions, questions, purposes, and methods for each, presenting unique perspectives for understanding young children and early care and education programs. The new edition includes updated examples and references as well as a new chapter on equity issues in research. By using this book, students will be able to read, evaluate, and use empirical literature more knowledgeably. These skills are becoming more important as early childhood educators are increasingly expected to use evidence-based research in practice and to participate in collecting and analyzing data to inform their teaching.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd QuantCrit
Book SynopsisCritical race theory (CRT) in education centers, examines and seeks to transform the relationship that undergirds race, racism, and power. CRT scholars have applied a critical race framework to advance research methodologies in the form of qualitative interventions. Informed by this work, this book reconsiders the possibilities of CRT applications to quantitative methodologies through ''QuantCrit''.This volume posits the question: How can quantitative methods, long critiqued for their inability to capture the nuance of everyday experience, support and further a critical race agenda in educational research? It provides a starting point for how QuantCrit principles are employed by interdisciplinary contributions in race and quantitative studies. The contributors to the book examine the legacy and genealogy of QuantCrit traditions across disciplines to uncover a rich lineage of methodological possibilities for disrupting racism in research. They argue that quantitative approache
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Taylor & Francis Short Games and Active Learning in Political Science
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SAGE Publications Inc An R Companion for Applied Statistics II
Book SynopsisAn R Companion for Applied Statistics II: Multivariable and Multivariate Techniques breaks the language of the R software down into manageable chunks in order to help students learn how to use R to analyze multivariate data. The book focuses on the statistics generally covered in an intermediate or multivariate statistics course and provides one or two ways to run each analysis in R. The book has been designed to be an R companion to Rebecca M. Warner's Applied Statistics II: Third Edition, and includes end-of-chapter instructions for replicating the examples from that book in R. However, this text can also be used as a stand-alone R guide for a multivariate statistics course, without reference to the Warner text. Datasets and scripts to run the examples are provided on an accompanying website. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments About the Author CHAPTER 1 • Beyond Two Variables and Null Hypothesis Significance Testing Confidence Intervals Effect Size Meta-Analysis Chapter 1: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) CHAPTER 2 • Advanced Data Screening, Outliers, and Missing Values Data Management Coding Missing Values Screening Data Chapter 2: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) CHAPTER 3 • Statistical Control Including a Third Variable in Graphs Including a Third Variable Quantitatively Chapter 3: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 3: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 4 • Statistical Control With Regression Analysis Visualizing Associations Between Three Variables Performing Regressions and Semipartial Correlations Chapter 4: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 4: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 5 • Beyond Three Variables: Regression With Multiple Predictors Standard Regression User-Determined Regression Data-Driven Regression Chapter 5: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 5: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 6 • Regression With Dummy Variables One-Way Between-Subjects Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Regression With Dummy Variables Regression With Quantitative and Dummy Variables Chapter 6: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 6: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 7 • Moderation Interactions With Categorical Predictors Interactions With a Categorical and Quantitative Predictor Interactions With Two Quantitative Predictors Interactions with a Categorical and Quantitative Predictor Interactions with Two Quantitative Predictors Chapter 7: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 7: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 8 • Analysis of Covariance Checking Assumptions Performing ANCOVA Presenting Results Chapter 8: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 8: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 9 • Mediation Checking Assumptions Performing Mediation Analysis Presenting Results Chapter 9: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 9: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 10 • Discriminant Analysis Checking Assumptions Performing Discriminant Analysis Presenting Results Chapter 10: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 10: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 11 • Multivariate Analysis of Variance Checking Assumptions Performing Multivariate Analysis of Variance Performing Factorial Multivariate Analysis of Variance Chapter 11: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 11: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 12 • Exploratory Factor Analysis Performing Principal Components Analysis Performing Principal Axis Factor Analysis Chapter 12: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 12: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 13 • Reliability and Validity for Multiple-Item Scales Test-Retest Reliability Factor Analysis Internal Reliability and Creating Scale Scores Chapter 13: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 13: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 14 • Repeated-Measures Tests: Further Exploration Checking Assumptions One-Way Repeated-Measures Analysis of Variance Mixed Analysis of Variance Chapter 14: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 14: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 15 • Brief Introduction to Latent-Variable Structural Equation Modeling Measurement Models Mediation With Latent-Variable Structural Equation Modeling Chapter 15: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 15: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 16 • Binary Logistic Regression Getting Familiar With the Data Binary Logistic Regression Presenting Results Chapter 16: Summary of Key Functions (AKA: Function Cheat Sheet) Appendix 16: R Instructions to Accompany Warner (2020b) CHAPTER 17 • Additional Statistical Techniques Dealing With Time Dealing With Odd Distributions Dealing With Interdependence Concluding Thoughts References
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