Social research and statistics Books

Book Synopsis The Alexandria Project is the true story of how researchers from five universities and organizations went to Egypt to put the claims of a psychic ability known as Remote Viewing to the ultimate test. Was it possible, under rigorously controlled conditions, for some part of the human mind to locate and describe ancient sites known to exist, but now lost to history? How good was Remote Viewing when compared with electronic remote sensing technologies traditionally used by archaeologists? This book, and the research papers and film that accompany it, provides the surprising answers.  

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Book SynopsisEvaluation: A Systematic Approach is the bestselling comprehensive introduction to the field of programme evaluation, covering the range of evaluation research activities used in appraising the design, implementation, effectiveness and efficiency of social programmes. This Eighth Edition includes a new practical chapter on planning an evaluation.Trade Review"As a professor and a program evaluator, I find that these authors present a realistic, pragmatic view of program evaluation. Clearly presented, these authors use the same language I use with clients, which helps to ease students′ transition to the workplace." As a professor and a program evaluator, I find that these authors present a realistic, pragmatic view of program evaluation. Clearly presented, these authors use the same language I use with clients, which helps to ease students′ transition to the workplace. -- Leslie Eaton * Survey *"The eighth edition of Evaluation: A Systematic Approach continues to offer broad instruction in program evaluation concepts, methods, and practice from planning to communicating results. The addition of critical thinking and discussion questions provide the opportunity for classroom discussion as well as application of concepts. I recommend this text for use with master′s and doctoral level students." -- Nancy Bridier"The 8th edition of Evaluation: A Systematic Approach covers the essentials of evaluation extremely well, serves as a guide for development of specific approaches of evaluation, and enhances the critical thinking of students." -- David Pugh"Evaluation: A Systematic Approach, 8th edition is a wonderful resource for professional degree students as well as providing a practical component for students taking a practicum class." -- Raven Brown"The authors do a phenomenal job of unpacking complex terms and ideas, making this reading accessible to learners." -- Jessica Wendorf"An earlier version of this text was useful to me as an evaluation student. This revised version will ensure that today′s students will have an invaluable resource that clearly communicates both what is unique about our field while also introducing the range of approaches and methods that evaluators may use." -- Melissa Haynes"An excellent and concise book defining the systematic approach to program evaluation. A best resource for both students and researchers." -- Anil Kumar ChaudharyTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements About the Authors 1. What Is Program Evaluation and Why Is It Needed? 2. Social Problems and Assessing the Need for a Program 3. Assessing Program Theory and Design 4. Assessing Program Process and Implementation 5. Measuring and Monitoring Program Outcomes 6. Impact Evaluation: Isolating the Effects of Social Programs in the Real World 7. Impact Evaluation: Comparison Group Designs 8. Impact Evaluation: Design With Strict Controls on Program Acess 9. Detecting, Interpreting, and Exploring Program Effects 10. Assessing the Economic Efficiency of Programs 11. Planning an Evaluation 12. The Social and Political Context of Evaluation Glossary References Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisNetnography is an adaptation of ethnography for the online world, pioneered by Robert Kozinets, and is concerned with the study of online cultures and communities as distinct social phenomena, rather than isolated content. In this landmark third edition, Netnography: The Essential Guide provides the theoretical and methodological groundwork as well as the practical applications, helping students both understand and do netnographic research projects of their own. Packed with enhanced learning features throughout, linking concepts to structured activities in a step by step way, the book is also now accompanied by a striking new visual design and further case studies, offering the essential student resource to conducting online ethnographic research. Real world examples provided demonstrate netnography in practice across the social sciences, in media and cultural studies, anthropology, education, nursing, travel and tourism, and others. Trade ReviewNetnography is a must-read for anyone engaged in or contemplating qualitative research on social media. Online behavior is at once a psychological, social, and technological phenomena, and qualitative approaches require both rigor and context, which Robert V. Kozinets offers in abundance. Both history and methodology are meticulously detailed in what ought to be a guidebook for social media researchers. -- Howard RheingoldIf anyone had any doubt that this is the golden age for research, Rob Kozinets has made the case and provided the field guide that shows why this is so. Netnography is a fun locution for a big set of ideas about how to exploit new research methods to explore the biggest social, political and economic issues of our time. -- Lee RainieRobert Kozinets knows his stuff: over the past 25 years, he has almost single-handedly established netnography as a methodological framework for qualitative Internet research. This third edition of his essential guide to netnographic research practices provides a very welcome update to the framework, taking in even more of the complex and ever-changing landscape of current social media platforms and their uses, and offering a wealth of ideas for working with qualitative social media data. Whether they’re already calling themselves netnographers or have yet to discover the field, this book will inspire and enable many more researchers to investigate social media practices from a qualitative perspective. -- Axel BrunsNetnography introduces researchers to the complex social system of people, spaces, and tool interactions existing in social media. Netnographic practices detail ways of understanding and engaging with communities considering the necessary ethics of digital qualitative research. The newest edition includes contemporary examples to support critical methodologies for understanding digital interactions. -- A. Nicole PfannenstielTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introducing: Netnography, Qualitative Social Media Research Methods, and This Book Chapter 2: A History of Social Media Chapter 3: Media: Communicating and Connecting in the 21st Century Chapter 4: Socialities: All the Ways We Connect Chapter 5: Praxis: Introducing Practices and Data Operations Chapter 6: Ethics: Procedures and Flowcharts, Updates and Rules Chapter 7: Data: The Methodology of Netnographic Data Collection Chapter 8: Investigating: Five Steps to Social Media Data Collection Chapter 9: Interacting: Turning Connection and Communication into Research Data Chapter 10: Immersing: Journaling and Organizing a Reflective Curation Chapter 11: Integrating: Combining Telescopic and Microscopic Understandings Chapter 12: Analyzing: Elemental Data Transformation Operations Chapter 13: Interpreting: How to Discover and Make Meaning from Netnographic Data Chapter 14: Communicating: Presenting and Publishing Your Netnography Chapter 15: The Future of Netnography

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Book SynopsisAn invaluable, step-by-step guide to data management in R for social science researchers. This book will show you how to recode data, combine data from different sources, document data, and import data from statistical packages other than R. It explores both qualitative and quantitative data and is packed with a range of supportive learning features such as code examples, overview boxes, images, tables, and diagrams.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Building Blocks of Data 3. Data Frames 4. Data Tables and Tidyverse 5. Handling Data from Social Science Surveys 6. Managing Data from Complex Samples 7. Dates, Times, and Time Series 8. Spatial/Geographical data 9. Text as Data

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Book SynopsisIntroducing eight analytical approaches that are key to successful social science research, this book helps you get to grips with theory and apply it to qualitative analysis. With two ‘matched chapters’ dedicated to each approach, it provides a balance between theory and analytical method. The first chapter grounds the approach in theory and the second uses real-world examples to show how to conduct your own analysis using the approach. Drawing on the contributing authors’ wealth of experience, the book: · Highlights how analysis relates to the entire research process and helps you position your analysis within the larger context of your research · Provides a strong, theoretical foundation for building good qualitative analysis · Guides you through translating theory into real-world practice in your own research Detailed, clear and accessible, this book is perfect for students who want to understand the theory behind qualitative analysis before conducting their own research, or develop their understanding of specific approaches. Trade ReviewAn excellent introduction to qualitative research approaches which will be invaluable for Education researchers and students. -- Endorsement - Shirley LarkinThis book is the most comprehensive overview of approaches to analysis in qualitative research that I have seen. It is easy to read and would be well suited for undergraduates or any professionals who wish to use qualitative methods. -- Carrie ChildsA rich book that makes you really think about the crucial questions of doing qualitative research. Finally a book that enlightens the black box of qualitative research. -- Willem KoetsenruijterThis volume emphasizes methodology as an analytical approach. In so doing it seeks to bridge the methods/theory divide by providing sound guidelines for conducting research. This is a welcome and much-needed resource for advanced social sciences students and the experienced researcher. -- Kjell Erling KjellmanThis book is essential reading for social science students and researchers seeking to understand the nuances of different approaches to qualitative research design and analysis. It’s unique merging of theory and practice in relation to eight key approaches sets it apart from other volumes. -- Bernadine BradyTable of ContentsChapter 1: Analysing qualitative data in the social science - Margaretha Järvinen and Nanna Mik-Meyer Chapter 2: Symbolic interactionism as analytical tradition - Margaretha Järvinen Chapter 3: Symbolic interactionism, stigma, and othering - Nanna Mik-Meyer Chapter 4: Phenomenology as qualitative methodology - Michael Gill Chapter 5: Phenomenological analysis and the relationship between researcher and field - Anne Roelsgaard Obling Chapter 6: Hermeneutics – theory and methods - Nils Gilje Chapter 7: Interpretation, prejudice and the hermeneutic circle - Søren Kristiansen Chapter 8: Critical realism as qualitative method - Lee Martin Chapter 9: Critical realism: Philosophical and methodological considerations - Amber Fletcher Chapter 10: Grounded Theory – main characteristics - Kathy Charmaz Chapter 11: Sampling and conceptualization in Grounded Theory - Catherine Colon Chapter 12: Narrative Analysis: An integrative approach - Michael Bamberg Chapter 13: Narrative analysis – thematic, structural, performative - Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson & Ditte Andersen Chapter 14: Michel Foucault’s discourse analysis - Kaspar Villadsen Chapter 15: Critical discourse analysis - Teun A. van Dijk Chapter 16: Actor-network theory as analytical approach - Lise Justesen Chapter 17: Actor-network theory and qualitative interviews - Jakob Demant and Signe Ravn

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Book SynopsisIf you are working in a time-sensitive context, need to deliver research findings so they can be used to inform decisions, or are finding it difficult to access research funding for long-term qualitative research, this book will help you. Introducing ‘rapid qualitative research’, it demonstrates how you can conduct high quality qualitative research within time, access and resource constraints. The book uses real world examples to illustrate the benefits and challenges of using rapid qualitative research designs. Focusing on the when, why and how, it explains the difference between cutting corners and making quick, well-informed research choices that support rigorous, credible research. Key features of the book include discussion questions and exercises for you to reflect on and apply your learning, as well as two case study chapters of real-world research so you can see rapid research in action. Written by the world’s leading expert on this subject, this book contains the theoretical and practical nuts and bolts you need to reframe existing qualitative methods, speed up your research, and make tangible contributions to your field. It is the perfect companion for any researcher, final-year undergraduate or postgraduate student looking to conduct rapid, but rigorous, qualitative research.Trade ReviewAn introduction to Rapid Qualitative Research combines evidence-based research rigor with research practicality. The book is an essential toolkit to help researchers find rapid and sound solutions using qualitative research. -- Cristina GonzalezThis book is essential to anyone that wants to start with rapid qualitative research. It is full of useful examples and exercises that help the reader to engage and apply the method to their research. -- Daniela Mardones-BravoVindrola-Padros has created an essential resource for methodologists, applied researchers, and social scientists alike. This well-written introductory text provides coverage of a number of important issues and techniques to help readers design and carry out rapid qualitative research. -- Thurka SangaramoorthyThe Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance and value of conducting rapid qualitative research to inform decision-making and to support the timely strategic response to the pandemic. The book is therefore very timely to help researchers implement rapid qualitative studies. -- Jeremy HorwoodTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: A brief overview of rapid qualitative research approaches Chapter 3: Designing rapid qualitative studies Chapter 4: Data collection in rapid qualitative research Chapter 5: Data analysis and interpretation Chapter 6: Challenges and practicalities of rapid qualitative research Chapter 7: Dissemination and the use of findings Chapter 8: Case study 1: A rapid appraisal of healthcare workers’ experiences of care during COVID-19 Chapter 9: Case study 2: A rapid service evaluation of programmes to support children with learning disabilities Chapter 10: The future of rapid qualitative research

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Book SynopsisFrom the vantage point of forty years in social research and the study of families, Julia Brannen offers an invaluable account of how research is conducted and ‘matters’ at particular times. This fascinating work covers key developments in the field that remain of vital concern to society and demonstrates how social research is an art as well as a science – a process that involves craft and creativity.Table of ContentsBeginnings and biography The research environment Mothers and the labour market Inside the household A generational lens on families and fathers Children and young people in families Families through the lens of food Life stories: Biographical and narrative analysis In conclusion

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Book SynopsisIntroduction chapter is available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This groundbreaking reader is designed to lower the barriers to interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in research. Edited by experienced researchers from a range of different fields, it paves the way for future scholarship and effective research collaborations across disciplines. Chapters offer extracts from key academic texts on topics such as the design, funding, evaluation and communication of research, providing those new to the field with a thorough grounding. They highlight examples of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary triumphs – and challenges. Concluding each chapter is a commentary provided by practitioners from diverse backgrounds, many of whom are themselves developing new approaches to inter- and transdisciplinarity. The book is: • the first ever comprehensive reader for interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity; • essential reading for those seeking to become effective collaborative researchers; • complete with concise introductions, extracts, commentary and further reading in each chapter. This is a much-needed primer that improves our understanding of the characteristics of interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, unlocking their exciting potential in research and teaching within and beyond academia.Table of ContentsForeword: Why Should We Care about Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity? - Jane Ohlmeyer Introductory Essay: Shaping Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research - Bianca Vienni-Baptista, Isabel Fletcher and Catherine Lyall 1. Understanding Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research 2. Developing Collaborative Conditions 3. Co-Creating a Research Project 4. Funding Collaborative Research 5. Evaluating Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research 6. Communicating Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research Findings 7. Improving Research Skills 8. Supporting Collaborative Researchers 9. Developing a Career in Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research Epilogue - Bianca Vienni-Baptista, Catherine Lyall and Isabel Fletcher

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Book SynopsisThis book is the definitive guide to understanding and doing visual ethnography. Sarah Pink’s landmark text provides you with both the critical theoretical foundations and the creative tools and techniques you need to conduct your own visual ethnography. Covering the material and the digital, and tying key concepts and ideas to real world contexts throughout, this fully updated fourth edition: Provides clear and critical guidance on research planning and ethics Discusses new and emerging technologies, including digitally connected devices and wearable cameras. Introduces contemporary methods such as futures ethnography, distance ethnography, team ethnography, and the use of documentary. Explores the latest theory and practice in photographic and video ethnography. Shows you how visual ethnography can be applied, participatory, and even interventional. A milestone in visual and ethnographic research, this book is a must-have for students and researchers across the social sciences. It is an essential invitation, and companion, to doing impactful, creative, and critical visual research.Trade ReviewSarah Pink′s work has been in the forefront of social research methods for decades. With this revised edition of Doing Visual Ethnography, she builds on her clear and compelling descriptions of how to do visual methods by incorporating discussion of the latest digitised ways of seeing, as well as emphasising the importance of multisensory, participatory and future-oriented approaches. Readers across the humanities and social sciences will find much in this book to intrigue and inspire them. -- Deborah LuptonThe fourth edition of Sarah Pink′s classic, Doing Visual Ethnography, is a tour de force. On each and every page of this important, wonderfully updated and insightful book, Pink demonstrates - in clear and compelling prose - a profound mastery of the technological, practical, theoretical and ethical intricacies of image-based ethnographic research in contemporary society. This work is more than the presentation of a how-to set of of visual methodologies. Indeed, Doing Visual Ethnography is nothing less than a sophisticated and comprehensive model for conducting social science research in the 21st century - a gift for present and future ethnographers. -- Paul StollerTable of ContentsPart I: Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice Chapter 1: Interdisciplinary Visual Ethnography Chapter 2: Seeing, Knowing and Sharing Chapter 3: Design, Ethics and Practice Part II: Making, Knowing and Meaning Chapter 4: Photographic Ethnography Practice Chapter 5: Video Ethnography Practice Chapter 6: Making Visual Ethnographic Meanings Part III: Sharing, Intervention and Futures Chapter 7: Visual Ethnography in Scholarship Chapter 8: Documentary and Visual Ethnography Chapter 9: Interventional Visual Ethnography

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Book SynopsisThis book guides you through designing and implementing an online experiment in social science research in a clear and straightforward manner. At an approachable pace, it covers foundational principles of good experimental design before setting out best practice for how to design and conduct web experiments, taking into account the specific methodological challenges of working online with digital tools. The book: Offers practical advice for approaching every stage of the research process Breaks real-world examples into easy to follow steps Focuses on how to make good decisions and choose the right design for your research project This pragmatic guide helps beginner researchers get started with online experiments confidently. It is supported by online resources such as case studies which allow you to see the concepts in practice, and weblinks to tools and resources to aid you.Table of ContentsOnline Population-Based Survey Experiments: The Ethics Of Online Experiments Causal Inferences And Experiments Sampling For PBSE Building Your Experiment Dealing With Missing Data And Noncompliance Execution Of PBSE: Case Studies The Value Of PBSE For Social Scientific Research

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Book SynopsisHow can you transform a spreadsheet of numbers into a clear, compelling story that your audience will want to pass on? This book is a step-by-step guide (honed through the authors′ Guardian masterclasses, workshops and seminars) to bringing data to life through visualisations, from static charts and maps to interactive infographics and motion graphics. Introducing a four-step framework to creating engaging and innovative visualisations, it helps you to: · Find the human stories in your datasets · Design a visual story that will resonate with your audience · Make a clear, persuasive visual that represents your data truthfully · Refine your work to ensure your visual expresses your story in the best possible way. This book also includes a portfolio of best-practice examples and annotated templates to help you choose the right visual for the right audience, and repurpose your work for different contexts.Trade ReviewThis is an enjoyable and informative read from four premier data visualisation experts. Grounded in their award-winning practice and teaching, the authors offer concrete strategies and a wealth of examples for anyone wishing to create intuitive and engaging data visualisations. -- Penny Sheets ThibautThe book is a refreshingly witty guide to data visualisation that entertains while it educates. It offers a clear and easy to follow process illustrated through a dizzying range of examples. It’s a great combination of design principles and real-world lessons learnt through actual projects. Fun, accurate, erudite and teeming with useful nuggets of information - very much like some of their best data visualisations! -- Emma WhiteheadTable of ContentsIntroduction: Notes from the Underground Part 1: The Data Visualisation Process Chapter 1: Find, design, make, refine Chapter 2: A spectrum of right answers Chapter 3: Find Chapter 4: Designing Static Graphics Chapter 5: Making Static Graphics Chapter 6: An Introduction to Interactive Data Visualisation Chapter 7: Designing Motion Graphics Chapter 8: Making Motion Graphics Chapter 9: Designing Interactive Infographics Chapter 10: Making Interactive Infographics Chapter 11: Refine Chapter 12: Resources Part 2: Finding the Right Chart For Your Story

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Book SynopsisThe student-focused guide to grounded theory, this book takes you step by step through the whole research process, from creating a research proposal to sharing your findings. Packed with tools to help you understand how grounded theory can be applied at each stage of your research project, the book includes: •Interactive activities and critical thinking questions in every chapter so you can put your knowledge into practice •Case studies written by a wide variety of researchers so you can learn how to navigate real world research from people who have been in your shoes •Templates and checklists to help guide your writing and ensure you don’t miss a step in the research process. Clear, accessible and applied, this book will help you get to grips with the philosophy of grounded theory, understand the nuts and bolts of designing and carrying out your research project, and manage any hurdles along the way. Explore the accompanying online resources, which include PowerPoint slides, additional templates, and weblinks to videos and journal articles relevant to the key concepts in each chapter. Table of ContentsPreparing For Grounded Theory Research Introducing Grounded Theory Philosophical Perspective In Grounded Theory Quality Grounded Theory Processes And Products Planning A Successful Grounded Theory Study Thinking Like A Grounded Theorist Proposing Your Grounded Theory Research Managing Yourself And Others In Grounded Theory Research Producing Grounded Theory Generating And Collecting Data Data Analysis In Grounded Theory From Analysis To Theory Maximising Grounded Theory Impact

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Book SynopsisUniting methods from disciplines across the social sciences and humanities, this hands-on guide develops a novel approach to doing document analysis. The authors present a framework for studying documents that enables you to conduct a rich and systematic analysis of documents in all their diversity. Focussing on document analysis both in practice and as practice, the book provides you with an innovative and versatile toolkit for analysing print and digital documents. It also: Highlights the impacts of digitalisation on documents themselves and the methods used to study them Has a strong focus on research ethics and critical engagement with digital sources Offers practical guidance on preparing and doing a document analysis research project. The book offers insightful perspectives both on the indispensable role of documents in our society and practical advice on how you can best analyse documents and their significance. Trade ReviewSocial science has increasingly turned to document practices to understand the social processes. But this book actually explains how to do it! Systematic and brimming with insights, this will be an invaluable guide for researchers in fields from history to anthropology and science and technology. -- Matthew HullDocuments weave through practices. They help to make the world. But how to analyse them? In this beautiful but thoroughly down-to-earth book Asdal and Reinertsen have created an indispensable guide to the ins and outs of analysing documents in practice. Highly recommended. -- John LawThis is a fascinating, clearly written and much needed guide to the often overlooked world of documents. Ideal for students, researchers and experienced academics, this book will be an invaluable resource to anyone interested in researching the role documents play in the societies in which we live. -- Hannah KnoxAsdal and Reinertsen provide a cutting-edge but also hands-on introduction to analysing documents that is accessible to an interdisciplinary audience. I have never recommended as many students to get a book as soon as it is out. -- Maximilian FochlerTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION: PRACTICE-ORIENTED DOCUMENT ANALYSIS PART I: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK Chapter 1: Document sites Chapter 2: Document tools Chapter 3: Document work Chapter 4: Document texts Chapter 5: Document issues Chapter 6: Document movements Chapter 7: Practice-oriented document analysis: The six concepts combined Part II: PRACTICAL GUIDE TO DOING RESEARCH WITH DOCUMENTS Chapter 8: Practical techniques Chapter 9: Handling digital documents Chapter 10: Ensuring good and ethical practice Part III: FOUNDATIONAL DISCUSSIONS Chapter 11: The turn to practice in analysing documents

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Book SynopsisBeing Ethnographic is a fundamental introductory guidebook to process and utilization of doing fieldwork within real-world settings. It explores our understanding of identities, the future of ethnography and the advancing role of technology in a global, networked society. The third edition of Being Ethnographic highlights the challenges introduced by the ethnographers′ own interests, biases and ideologies and demonstrates the importance of methodological reflexivity. This fully updated third edition includes: Discussions on technology and multimodality as hands-on tools for the field Helpful insights into making thoughtful choices around a research design Aid in engaging ethically and effectively within the field Lasting tips for finalising and conducting research Raymond Madden provides invaluable guidance for applying fundamental ethnographic principles within the field and gives students and researchers everything they need to walk a mile in someone else′s shoes. Trade ReviewAn insightful and comprehensive text on the ethnographic method – a must-read for social scientists, whether students, academics or practitioners. Madden’s engaging text convincingly demonstrates the ongoing value of ethnography for making sense of our world. -- Helen LeeThe craft of ethnography is fiendishly difficult to explain, but Raymond Madden does a superb job of it in this third edition of a now-classic manual. From traditional fieldwork to online ethnography to post-pandemic fieldwork, this book has it all. -- Niko BesnierTable of ContentsKey Concepts And Theoretical Frames ‘Definitions’, Methods And Applications Ethnographic Fields: Home And Away Doing Ethnography Talking To People: Negotiations, Conversations And Interviews Being With People: Participation Looking At People: Observations And Images Inscription Description: Writing ‘Down’ Fieldnotes Analysis To Interpretation: Writing ‘Out’ Data Interpretation To Story: Writing ‘Up’ Ethnography Expanding Ethnography Online Ethnography Conclusion: Ethnographic Horizons

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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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Book SynopsisBayesian statistical analyses have become increasingly common over the last two decades. The rapid increase in computing power that facilitated their implementation coincided with major changes in the research interests of, and data availability for, social scientists. Specifically, the last two decades have seen an increase in the availability of panel data sets, other hierarchically structured data sets including spatially organized data, along with interests in life course processes and the influence of context on individual behavior and outcomes. The Bayesian approach to statistics is well-suited for these types of data and research questions. Applied Bayesian Statistics is an introduction to these methods that is geared toward social scientists. Author Scott M. Lynch makes the material accessible by emphasizing application more than theory, explaining the math in a step-by-step fashion, and demonstrating the Bayesian approach in analyses of U.S. political trends drawing on data from the General Social Survey.Trade ReviewA lucid exposition of the Bayesian approach to statistics, accessible to those new to this approach. -- David GreenbergThe book′s presentation of the logic of the Bayesian approach is one of the better illustrations that I′ve encountered. The level of mathematical precision used here is technical, but the layout makes it approachable. -- Matthew PhillipsTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Probability Distributions and Review of Classical Analysis 3. The Bayesian Approach to Probability and Statistics 4. Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Sampling Methods 5. Implementing the Bayesian Approach in Realistic Applications 6. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis step-by-step introduction to conducting media and communication research offers practical insights along with the author’s signature lighthearted style to make discussion of qualitative and quantitative methods easy to comprehend. The Fifth Edition of Media and Communication Research Methods includes a new chapter on discourse analysis; expanded discussion of social media, including discussion of the ethics of Facebook experiments; and expanded coverage of the research process with new discussion of search strategies and best practices for analyzing research articles. Ideal for research students at both the graduate and undergraduate level, this proven book is clear, concise, and accompanied by just the right number of detailed examples, useful applications, and valuable exercises to help students to understand, and master, media and communication research. Table of ContentsPreface to the Fifth Edition Acknowledgements Introduction Round Up the Usual Suspects Applying the Focal Points Model to Media How I Became a Man without Quantities Date Man versus Date-Free Man Kinds of Questions Researchers Ask Conclusions of a Man without Quantities, Who Is also a Practicing Theoretician Introduction: Applications and Exercises I. GETTING STARTED 1. What Is Research? We All Do Research, All the Time Scholarly Research Is Different From Everyday Research Cultural Studies and Research Nietzsche on Interpretation Problem of Certainty Diachronic and Synchronic Research The Way the Human Mind Works Overt and Covert Oppositions Thinking Fast and Slow Quantity and Quality in Media Research Media and Communication Why a Book That Teaches Both Methodologies? Considering Research Topics What Is Research? Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading 2. The Research Process Search Strategies Sources of Information How to Read Analytically Critical Thinking Critical Thinking as Defined by the National Council for Excellence in Critical Thinking, 1987 Doing a Literature Review Primary and Secondary Research Sources Searching on the Internet (or “Find the Info if You Can!”) Using the Internet to Conduct Research Analyzing Methodology in Research Articles The Research Process: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading II. METHODS OF TEXTUAL ANALYSIS 3. Semiotic Analysis Saussure’s Division of Signs into Signifiers and Signifieds Semiotics of Blondeness Semiotics and Society Peirce’s Trichotomy: Icon, Index, And Symbol Allied Concepts Foucault on Codes and Cultural Change Marcel Danesi on Codes and Culture Clotaire Rapaille on Culture Codes Semiotics in Society: A Reprise Syntagmatic Analysis of Texts Paradigmatic Analysis of Texts Applications of Semiotic Theory Paul Ekman on Facial Expression Semiotics: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading 4. Rhetorical Analysis Aristotle on Rhetoric Rhetoric and the Mass Media A Brief Note on the Communication Process Certeau on Subversions by Readers and Viewers Applied Rhetorical Analysis A Miniglossary of Common Rhetorical Devices Other Considerations When Making Rhetorical Analyses A Sample Rhetorical Analysis: A La Mer Advertisement Rhetorical Analysis of the Visual Image Images in Narrative Texts Gangsta Rap and American Popular Culture Rhetorical Analysis: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading 5. Ideological Criticism Mannheim’s Ideology and Utopia Defining Ideology Marxist Criticism Roland Barthes on Mythologies The Problem of Hegemony The Base and the Superstructure, False Consciousness, and the “Self-Made Man and Woman” Post-Soviet Marxist Criticism Society of the Spectacle Basic Ideas in Marxist Criticism A Marxist Interpretation of the Fidji “Snake” Advertisement John Berger on Glamour Identity Politics Feminist Criticism of Media and Communication The Social Conception of Knowledge Phallocentric Theory: The Physical Basis of Male Domination Political Cultures, the Media, and Communication Pop Cultural and Media Preferences of the Four Political Cultures Marxist Perspectives on Social Media A Preview of Critical Discourse Analysis Ideological Criticism: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading 6. Psychoanalytic Criticism Freud’s Contribution Smartphones and the Psyche: Applying the Theories of Erik Erikson Smartphones and the Self Neuropsychoanalysis: Freud and Neuroscience Jungian Theory Psychoanalytic Criticism: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading 7. Discourse Analysis Defining Discourse Analysis Teun A. Van Dijk on Discourse Analysis Spoken and Written Discourse Styles and Written Discourse Political Ideologies and Discourse Analysis Critical Discourse Analysis Advertising and Critical Discourse Analysis Multimodal Discourse Analysis Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis Fashion and Discourse Analysis A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of an Advertisement Discourse Analysis: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading III. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS 8. Interviews The Prisoner Interviews Number Two What Is an Interview? Four Kinds of Research Interviews Why We Use Interviews How to Interview People Kinds of Questions Questions Investigative Reporters Ask The Structure of Conversations and Interviews Transcribing Recorded Interviews Making Sense of Transcribed Interviews Coding Problems with Interview Material Interviews: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading 9. Historical Analysis What Is History? History as Metadiscipline or Specialized Subject Is History Objective, Subjective, Or A Combination Of The Two? The Importance of Fernand Braudel Kinds of Historical Research The Problem of Writing History The Problem of Meaning Historical Periods Baudrillard and Jameson on Postmodernism Postmodernism and Historiography The Historical and the Comparative Approach History Is an Art, Not a Science Doing Historical Research Historical Analysis: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading 10. Ethnomethodological Research Defining Ethnomethodology Garfinkel’s Ingenious and Mischievous Research Norbert Wiley’s Interesting Perspective on Harold Garfinkel Using Ethnomethodology in Media and Communication Research Metaphors and Motivation Love Is a Game Humorists as Code Violators Techniques of Humor Ethnomethodology and the Communication Process Ethnomethodological Research: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading 11. Participant Observation Defining Participant Observation Significant Considerations When Doing Participant Observation A Case Study of Participant Observation: Readers of Romance Novels Problems with Participant Observation Benefits of Participant Observation Studies Making Sense of Your Findings Writing up A Participant Observation Study An Ethical Dilemma Ethics and Research Involving Humans Participant Observation: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading IV. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS 12. Content Analysis Defining Content Analysis Why We Make Content Analyses Methodological Aspects of Content Analysis Aspects of Violence Advantages of Content Analysis as a Research Method Difficulties in Making Content Analyses Content Analysis Step-By-Step Content Analysis: Applications and Exercises A Cautionary Note from Denis McQuail Conclusions Further Reading 13. Surveys Defining Surveys Kinds of Surveys: Descriptive and Analytic The VALS Typology Survey Methods of Data Collection Advantages of Survey Research Problems with Surveys Surveys and the 2012 Presidential Election Surveys and the 2016 Presidential Election A Note on Media Usage Surveys: Shares and Ratings Open-Ended and Closed-Ended Survey Questions Writing Survey Questions Making Pilot Studies to Pretest Surveys Conducting Online Surveys Samples Obtaining Random Samples Evaluating Survey Accuracy Surveys: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading 14. Experiments Everyday Experimentation Defining Experiments The Structure of an Experiment The Hawthorne Effect Advantages of Experiments Disadvantages of Experiments The “Black Rats” Case and Experimental Fraud A Checklist on Experimental Design What’s An Experiment and What Isn’t? Ethics and the Facebook Experiment Experiments: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading 15. A Primer on Descriptive Statistics Levels of Measurement Descriptive Statistics Measures of Central Tendency Measures of Dispersion The Normal or Bell-Shaped Curve The Problem with Ratings A Cautionary Note on Statistics Using Statistics to Support a Claim Statistics and Comparisons Data on Media Use in America Smartphones The Problem of Interpretation Statistics and Problems Caused by Definitions Statistics: Applications and Exercises Conclusions Further Reading V. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER 16. Nineteen Common Thinking Errors Common Fallacies Conclusions Further Reading 17. Writing Research Reports Keeping a Journal A Trick for Organizing Reports Outlines, First Drafts, and Revisions Writing Research Reports The IMRD Structure of Quantitative Research Reports Writing Correctly: Avoiding Some Common Problems Academic Writing Styles A Checklist for Planning Research and Writing Reports Conclusions Further Reading Glossary References Author Index Subject Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisDo you want to learn R? This book is built on the premise that anyone with a bit of free time and a healthy curiosity can learn to use R in their studies or at work. The authors focus on using R to do useful things like writing reports, creating data and graphs, accessing datasets collected by others, preparing data, and conducting simple data analysis. In this book you’ll learn how to: install R and RStudio®, and set up an RStudio® project and folders; write an essay with graphs based on simple real-world data using R Markdown; create variables from everyday numeric information and visualize data through ­five types of charts—bar plot, histogram, pie chart, scatter plot, and time series line plot—to identify patterns in the data; write and run R programs, and prepare your data following the tidyverse approach; import external datasets into R, install R data packages, and carry out initial data validity checks; conduct exploratory data analysis through three exercises involving data on voting outcomes, natural resource consumption, and gross domestic product (GDP) via data visualization, correlation coeffi­cient, and simple regression; and write a research paper on the impact of GDP per capita on life expectancy using R Markdown. Student-friendly language and examples (such as binge-watched shows on Netflix, and the top 5 songs on Spotify), cumulative learning, and practice exercises make this a must-have guide for a variety of courses where data are used and reports need to be written. Code and datasets used to carry out the examples in the book are available on an accompanying website.Table of ContentsPreface Why Should You Learn R Too? Who Should Read This Book? What Does This Book Hope to Achieve? What Is in This Book? How Can You Use It? What Is Unique About This Book? Acknowledgments About the Authors CHAPTER 1 • Making Preparations: Software Installation and Project Setup 1.1 Introduction 1.2 How to Download and Install R for Windows 1.3 How to Download and Install R for Mac 1.4 Downloading and Installing RStudio 1.5 Setting Up a Project in RStudio 1.6 Creating Folders Under a Project 1.7 Summary 1.8 References CHAPTER 2 • Writing Your Essay Using R Markdown: Something for Everyone 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Pros of Using R Markdown 2.3 How to Create an R Markdown File 2.4 How to Write and Format Text in R Markdown 2.5 A Simple Example of an R Markdown Document 2.6 Other Useful Formatting Tricks 2.7 How to Use R Markdown for a Writing Assignment: A Bare-Bones Example 2.8 How to Revise and Improve Your Bare-Bones Essay 2.9 For More Ambitious Readers 2.10 Exercise: Turning Knowledge Into Results 2.11 Summary 2.12 References CHAPTER 3 • Creating Data and Graphs in Your Essays 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Bar Plot I: Graphing the Winners of a Hot Dog Eating Contest 3.3 Bar Plot II: Graphing Winning Lottery Numbers in Texas Pick-3 3.4 Pie Chart: Graphing the Composition of Daily Plays Among Top 5 Songs on Spotify 3.5 Histogram: Graphing the Distribution of LSAT Scores in a Review Class 3.6 Scatter Plot: Graphing the Relationship Between Two Variables— Gas Mileages in the City and on the Highway 3.7 Time Series Plot: Graphing the Changing Pattern of YouTube Video Views 3.8 Useful Tips: Polishing and Exporting Graphs 3.9 Summary 3.10 References CHAPTER 4 • Preparing Your Data 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Writing and Running a Program in R 4.3 Creating Variables and Forming a Dataset 4.4 Manipulating Data Using the dplyr Package 4.5 Chaining Different Data Manipulation Operations: pipe (%>%) 4.6 Missing Values in R: NA 4.7 Summary 4.8 References CHAPTER 5 • Accessing Datasets 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Setting Up an RStudio Project 5.3 Downloading a Dataset 5.4 Installing R Packages for Data Importing 5.5 Importing a Downloaded Dataset in RStudio 5.6 Using R Data Packages: A Simple Example With gapminder 5.7 Using R Data Packages: A More Advanced Example With wbstats 5.8 Using R Data Packages: Finding More R Data Packages 5.9 Where Can You Find More Data? 5.10 Summary 5.11 References CHAPTER 6 • Exploratory Data Analysis: Three Exercises 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Exercise 1: Reporting Results of the 2016 Presidential Primary in King County, Washington 6.3 Exercise 2: Human Use of Natural Resources: Consumption and Biocapacity 6.4 Exercise 3: Exploring the Impact of GDP per Capita on Life Expectancy 6.5 Summary 6.6 References CHAPTER 7 • Writing Your Research Paper Using R: Analyzing the Effect of Economic Development on Life Expectancy

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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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Book SynopsisMost social research texts are written from an empiricist/positivist perspective, emphasizing the scientific method and the value of objectivity in research. While acknowledging that certain aspects of the scientific method should be preserved, Adje van de Sande and Karen Schwartz argue that social research should not and cannot be value-free. Researchers committed to social justice and social change need to support that commitment. This new edition of Research for Social Justice examines how the structural inequality perspective and anti-oppressive principles — which view the problems experienced by people as rooted in the social, political and economic structures of society — provide this support. Also included in this edition are updated and revised examples of research, a substantially revised chapter on Indigenous approaches to research, a chapter-by- chapter description of developing student projects in a research course and examples of student-led, community-based research projects.Table of ContentsCONTENTS: Research as Politics; Research Paradigms; Research Ethics; Developing Research Proposals; Research Partners; Participatory Action Research; Research with Indigenous People (with Patricia McGuire, Kishebakabaykwe); Program Evaluations; Needs Assessments; Qualitative Methods; Quantitative Methods; Report Writing; References; Appendix; Index

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Book SynopsisConceptual Frameworks for Giftedness and Talent Development explores current and enduring theories and comprehensive models of giftedness and talent development. Each chapter: Includes a description of the model, theory, or framework. Shares the most important implications of each model, including underrepresentation and social justice issues. Includes discussion questions for use with students and professionals. The editors also consider common issues across conceptual frameworks, such as the degree to which achievement defines giftedness, the goal of gifted education, and the role of psychosocial factors. This is a comprehensive reference for scholars and practitioners in the field, as well as those studying at the graduate level.

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Book SynopsisKnowings and Knots presents a range of interdisciplinary perspectives on the methodology of research-creation and asks how those who make knowledge think about and value it. Not just a method but a site of ongoing experimentation around what counts as knowledge, research-creation is a meeting place of academia, artistic creation, and the wider public. The contributors argue that academic institutions and funders must recognize research-creation as innovative knowledge-making that leaps over the traditional splitting of theory from practice while considering how gender/feminist studies, Indigenous practices, and new materialism might inform and develop the conversation. Through this book, readers can transform the way they experience both art and education. Contributors: Carolina Cambre, Owen Chapman, Paul Couillard, T.L. Cowan, John Cussans, Randy Lee Cutler, Petra Hroch, Rachelle Viader Knowles, Natalie Loveless, Glen Lowry, Erin Manning, Sourayan Mookerjea, Natasha Myers, Simon Pope, Stephanie Springgay, Sarah E. TrumanTrade Review"The editor and authors engage themselves, each other, and wider communities creating a wealth of intricate insights, understandings, and possibilities about research-creation... Knowings and Knots promotes research-creation discourse and contributes to research discussions and debates in 21st century universities. Its value to K-12 educational environments, teachers, and teacher educators comes from persons sharing ideas about arts and humanities research-creation here." -- Robert C. Kleinsasser, The Journal of Educational Research, July 2020"This book opens up to the doing and undoing involved in the generation of research-creation, the makings of new forms of knowledge, and what it is to work at the interstices -- the interstices of thinking-feeling, of bodies, human, nonhuman, entangling with places and other communities, ecologically." -- Jennifer Clarke, The Journal for Artistic Research, July 2020Table of ContentsPreface | Natalie Loveless Foreword | Owen Chapman First pairing 1 | Open and Wide: Figuring Digestion as Research-Creation (Provocation) Randy Lee Cutler 2 | Tasting Notes: Gastroenterological Ecologies and Working Knowledges (Response) Petra Hroch Second Pairing 43 | From No-ing to Knowing, from Naughts to Knots (Provocation) Paul Couillard 75 | Crisis of Literacies: How Does the Orchid Cite the Bee? (Response) Carolina Cambre Third pairing 97 | Anthropologist as Transducer in a Field of Affects (Provocation) Natasha Myers 127 | Intermedia Research-Creation and Hydrapolitics Counter-Environments of the Commons (Response) Sourayan Mookerjea Fourth pairing 161 | Provoking Failure: Un-Settling a Research-Creation Framework (Provocation) Glen Lowry 191 | Collaboration, Dialogues, and Wild Knowledge (Response) Rachelle Viader Knowles Dialogues 211 Research-Creation as Interdisciplinary Praxis Natalie Loveless in Conversation with Erin Manning 221 The Intimacies of Doing Research-Creation Sarah E. Truman in Conversation with Natalie Loveless, Erin Manning, Natasha Myers, and Stephanie Springgay 251 Demonstrating the Ineffable: Paul Couillard in Conversation with T.L. Cowan 265 Special Investigations Randy Lee Cutler in Conversation with John Cussans 277 “Dear Simon…” Letters back and forth, between Simon Pope, Glen Lowry, and Rachelle Viader Knowles on Creative Practice–Led Research 299 Afterwords: Research-Creation and the University in Knots Natalie Loveless 305 Contributors 313 Index

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Book SynopsisIn Seeking a Research-Ethics Covenant in the Social Sciences, Will C. van den Hoonaard chronicles the negative influence that medical research-ethics frameworks have had on social science research-ethics policies. He argues that the root causes of the current ethics disorder in the social sciences are the aggressive audit culture in universities and the privilege accorded to medical research ethics. Van den Hoonaard charts the unique history of research ethics in sociology and anthropology and provides a detailed plan for how to unshackle research ethics in the social sciences from medical frameworks. Central to this plan is an insistence that covenantal ethics be embedded in the professional training of researchers in the social sciences. Based on decades of study, advocacy, and engagement with research-ethics policy at all levels, with a chapter by Marco Marzano (University of Bergamo), the book will be of interest to scholars, policy makers, and administrators who seek to support the full potential of social science research.Trade Review"Will C. van den Hoonaard makes a bold and important contribution to research on ethics in social science disciplines. I believe it will inform productive discussions in university ethics committees as well as being of interest to readers exploring broader questions about how the production of knowledge can or should be regulated." Fiona Nicoll, Professor, University of AlbertaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface 1 | The Climate of Research-Ethics Review in the Social Sciences 2 | A Robust Audit Culture and Its Aversion to Diversity 3 | The Capture of the Social Sciences by the Medical Ethics Framework 4 | The Anthropological Stance in Ethical Research 5 | Sociology and the New Ethics Disorder (by Marco Marzano) 6 | Current Debates in the Research-Ethics Community 7 | Towards a New Approach in the Social Sciences Appendix: The New Brunswick Declaration on Ethics in Research Notes References Index

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Book Synopsis'Subtle and compelling.' Observer'One of the best books of 2021.' The TimesAre we in the middle of a generational war? Are Millennials really entitled 'snowflakes'? Are Baby Boomers stealing their children's futures? Are Generation X the saddest generation? Will Generation Z fix the climate crisis?Revealing and informative, The Generation Divide provides a bold new framework for understanding the most divisive issues raging today: from culture wars to climate change and mental health to housing. Including data from all over the globe, and with powerful implications for humanity's future, this big-thinking book will transform how you view the world.Previously published as Generations. Trade ReviewA subtle and compelling book * Will Hutton, Observer *Excellent... explodes stereotypical intergenerational myths * Financial Times *Essential for anyone who truly wants to understand our world. * Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia *Engaging and vital. Anyone trying to understand social change has to distinguish the effects of generations, periods and ages. * Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of Enlightenment Now *Startling, witty and erudite. This is a must-read, complete analysis of our times - a portrait of the way we live now in all its changing confusions down the generations. Read this to explode the myth of manufactured generational wars. * Polly Toynbee, Guardian columnist *Indispensable... Bobby Duffy is among the most creative and prolific generational analysts anywhere in the world. * Robert Putnam, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University *Eye-catching and compelling. To get a reliable glimpse of the future it is essential to have clear picture of the present. Generations does it better than anything I've seen in recent years. * Trevor Phillips, former Chair of The Commission for Equality and Human Rights *Excellent. Duffy convincingly and comprehensively punctures the myths around generations that have pigeon-holed people for decades. * Dame Margaret Hodge, former Chair of the Public Accounts Committee *Brilliant. Duffy has built a powerful toolkit for understanding the forces and relationships that shape the world we live in - and the one our children will inherit. * Rafael Behr, Guardian Columnist *The most comprehensive, compelling and careful account for how and why the generations diverge, come together and can better connect. * Danny Dorling, Professor of Geography, Oxford University *One of the best books of 2021 * The Times *A truly brilliant and engaging explanation of a new way to think about how and why we're changing. Duffy picks clever and often amusing examples to illustrate his analysis, while he also recognises the important concerns we all have about the future and our place in it. * Dame Louise Casey, former Director General of the Department for Communities and Local Government *This important book deserves our attention. Duffy casts new light on the endlessly fascinating issue of what links the generations and how they differ. * Lord David Willetts, author of The Pinch *An insightful read for those interested in understanding changing social attitudes and behaviour, and most importantly Duffy helps to bust damaging myths about generational stereotypes. * Independent *Table of Contents1: The Question of Our Generation 2: Stagnation Generation 3: Home Affront 4: Reaching Higher, Falling Flat 5: Happy Now 6: A Healthy Future? 7: The Sex Recession, Baby Bust and Death of Marriage 8: Manufacturing a Generational Culture War 9: Constant Crises 10: Consuming the Planet 11: Us and Them 12: The End of the Line?

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Book SynopsisThis new edition provides a scholarly and readable introduction to all the key qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods, enabling postgraduate and masters-level students and new researchers to reflect on which ones suit their needs and to receive guidance on how to find out more. With chapters written by experienced research practitioners, this second edition has been extensively expanded and updated. There are seven completely new chapters, as well as: - new material on literature reviews - a new introduction to quantitative methods - an expanded glossary - Weblinks with free access to a wide range of peer-reviewed journal articles - an annotated bibliography with conversational notes from authors in each chapter. This book will act as your ′expert friend′ throughout your research project, providing advice, explaining key concepts and the implications for your research design, and illustrating these with examples of real research studies.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition: ′Not merely a how-to book, it reviews the conceptual framework of research methods in the social and behavioural sciences and provides tangible stories from the field that illustrate the application of specific techniques and the process of conducting research. . . . This work affords a concise overview of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in the social science. . . . Highly recommended′ - R.V. Labaree University of Southern California, CHOICETable of ContentsPART ONE: READING, REVIEWING AND REFLECTING Introduction Research in the Social Sciences - Bridget Somekh et al Working with Literatures - Barbara Kamler and Pat Thomson Ethical Issues in Generating Public Knowledge - Heather Piper and Helen Simons PART TWO: LISTENING, EXPLORING THE CASE AND THEORIZING Introduction Ethnography - Jo Frankham and Christina MacRae Research Diaries - Mary Louise Holly and Herbert Altrichter Case Study - Charlotte Chadderton and Harry Torrance Interviewing and Focus Groups - Rosaline SBarbour and John Schostak PART THREE: ADDRESSING ISSUES OF POWER AND RESEARCHING FOR IMPACT Introduction Feminist Methodologies - Diane Burns and Khatidja Chantler Critical Race Theory and Its Use in Social Science Research - Laurence Parker and Lorna Roberts Queer Theory / Lesbian and Gay Approaches - Gloria Filax et al Action Research - Susan Noffke and Bridget Somekh The Purpose, Practice and Politics of Sponsored Evaluations - Tineke Abma and Thomas A Schwandt PART FOUR: OBSERVING, QUERYING, INTERPRETING Introduction Grounded Theory - Juliet Corbin and Nicholas L Holt Understanding Phenomenology through Reverse Perspectives - Angie Titchen and Dawn Hobson Observation - Liz Jones and Bridget Somekh Discourse Analysis - Alison Lee and Alan Petersen Researching Online Practices - Colin Lankshear, Kevin M Leander and Michele Knobel PART FIVE: IDENTITY, COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTATION Introduction Life History and Narrative Methods - Scherto Gill and Ivor Goodson Social Semiotics and Multimodal Texts - Diane Mavers and Gunther Kress Communities of Practice - David Benzie and Bridget Somekh Activity Theory - Ines Langemeyer and Morten Nissen Researching Policy - Jill Blackmore and Hugh Lauder PART SIX: QUANTITATIVE METHODS: THEORIES AND PERSPECTIVES Introduction The Practices of Quantitative Methods - Kelvyn Jones The Positivist Paradigm in Contemporary Social Research: The Interface of Psychology, Method and Sociocultural Theory - Charles Crook and Dean Garratt Understanding and Describing Quantitative Data - Cathy Lewin Differences and Relationships in Quantitative Data - Sally Barnes and Cathy Lewin An Introduction to Statistical Modelling - Kelvyn Jones PART SEVEN: QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN ACTION Introduction Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Social Inquiry - Jennifer C Greene, Holly Kreider and Ellen Mayer Random Reflections on Modelling, Geography and Voting - Kelvyn Jones Methodological Issues in International Comparative Assessments of Educational Progress - W J Pelgrum Evaluating Literacy Advance in the Early Years of School - John Ainley Working Backwards: The Road Less Travelled in Quantitative Methodology - Brian Doig PART EIGHT: RESEARCHING IN POSTMODERN CONTEXTS Introduction Deconstruction - Erica Burman and Maggie Maclure From Hermeneutics to Post-Structuralism to Psychoanalysis - Tony Brown and Daniel Heggs From Structuralism to Post-Structuralism - Lee Miller, Joanne ′Bob′ Whalley and Ian Stronach Feminism/Post-Structuralism - Bronwen Davies and Suzanne Gannon

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the first English language account of the interview method known as the PCI. Offering a way of collecting knowledge by means of involving people actively in the research process, the interviewer takes the role of a well-informed traveller. With careful preparation and planning, the interviewer sets out with priorities and expectations, but the story the interviewer tells about his journey depends on the people encountered along the road. Novice and experienced interview researchers across the social, educational and health sciences will find this an invaluable guide to conducting interviews. Andreas Witzel is senior researcher (retired) at the University of Bremen and former director of the Bremen Archive for Life Course Research. Herwig Reiter is senior researcher in the Department of Social Monitoring and Methodology of the German Youth Institute in Munich.Trade ReviewFrom underlying principles through procedures and techniques to analysis, conceptualisation, and the interface with other methods, this is the definitive foundational text for the PCI. Supported by exemplars and case studies, generously illustrated by informative learning aids, and with tips on pitfalls and troubleshooting, Witzel and Reiter provide readers with every resource to discover the power of this compelling method.Nigel FieldingUniversity of Surrey A method widely used in the German social sciences, this book is the first to bring the problem-centred interview (PCI) to the Anglo speaking world. This excellent and lucidly written book is a must for qualitative researchers and all those who see interviewing as a craft.Julia BrannenThomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education Within this technique the idea of producing knowledge as a joint effort of researchers and interview partners is systematically conceptualised. This is an excellent and highly accessible introduction to key aspects of interviewing and a practical guide for beginners and advanced researchers.Gunter Mey University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Germany Throughout this text, Witzel and Reiter articulate a rage of interesting and insightful issues, theoretical and practical, pertaining to PCI, backed up by their evident knowledge and expertise of both the literature and practice in the field of qualitative interviewing... Based on the evidence they provide from the outset and throughout the text, PCI may be considered a rich and intellectually challenging alternative to traditional forms of interviewing [which is] more appropriate for seasoned researchers, who have more experience and resources at their disposal, from which to fully engage with and benefit from this method.Emma Smith Methodspace The book is reader-friendly, informative and compactly structured, and it provides comprehensive insight into principles and possible applications of PCIs. Beginners as well as experienced qualitative researchers will find useful ideas and suggestions for an advanced use of the PCI.Dr. Emanuela ChiappariniUniversity of Zurich, Socialnet.de The authors, recognising that the Problem-centred Interview, (PCI) will be largely unfamiliar to English speaking readers, carefully introduce it by comparing and contrasting it with more established methods of qualitative research using interview. In doing this they cover both the theoretical underpinning and the practicalities of using these techniques, followed by an in-depth criticism of their limitations... I think that the PCI provides a rich and sophisticated resource for the experienced researcher and I look forward to seeing publications in English using it.Clive SimsMethodspace Book Reviews Group The book is an excellent further development and a systematic and well-structured description and discussion of ‚problem-centred interviews. Prof. Marianne Schmidt-GrunertHamburg University of Applied Sciences, Socialnet.de Table of ContentsIntroduction The Programme of the PCI Preparing PCIs Doing PCIs Processing PCIs Examples of Working with PCIs A Final Note on PCI Errors and PitfallS

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Book SynopsisUndercover research is an emotive and controversial field often equated with deception and transgression. Using classic examples and contemporary case studies this book challenges covert research’s dispersed place within the social sciences and rehabilitates its reputation as a powerful research method. Drawing in part on his own undercover research into the night-time economy of bouncers, the author explores the roots and evolution of covert research; his deft treatment of the fear and fascination within furtive fieldwork is grounded in the practicality of the methods and tools needed to conduct quality research in the field. Packed with learning-by-example tips, this book shows that with critical imagination and proper ethical foundations, covert research could be a great addition to your methodological toolkit.Trade ReviewDavid Calvey demonstrates that covert research is not an aberrant research method but a substantial analytical tradition in sociology and neighbouring disciplines that has long yielded significant insights into social life. This timely volume will give social scientists a pause for thought. -- Greg Smith Discussed with insight and enthusiasm, the qualitative studies in this book are truly something wonderful. They show how covert research—even in the face of controversies—can result in important and beneficial outcomes for the research community. -- Max TraversCovert research has a long and distinguished tradition, and here David Calvey offers us an illuminating journey through the history and genealogy of hidden, discreet and undercover forms of social inquiry. Moving beyond the crude and simplifying dismissals of the ‘ethical textbook’, Calvey makes a compelling case for covert research and its ongoing relevance to the contemporary world. From Nellie Bly to the Tearoom Trade, from Garfinkel and Milgram to Calvey’s own undercover work on the nightclub door, this book provides a rich array of examples and exercises, making it a must-have book for any student of covert – and overt – research methodologies. By setting out to relieve us of our ethical hypochondria and fetish for informed consent, Calvey ventures out figuratively – and literally – into a scholarly field where others fear to tread. -- Mark BanksCalvey′s book is a remarkably original contribution, with quite extraordinary documentation. The social scientist as detective is one theme which is now his proprietary accomplishment. The studies reviewed and discussed are extensive and quite unprecedented. This is a work which will surely become a classic of its kind: indeed, that ′kind′ is Calvey′s own! -- Jeff CoulterCalvey has written a fascinating and judicious review of a wide range of covert research studies to show their substantial contribution as a social research method today. The book includes a historical appreciation of this somewhat maligned tradition and numerous examples of the approach, as well as its practical and ethical problems. Using illustrations from his own research on bouncers, the book is both informative to specialists and accessible to students. -- Wes SharrockThe book should find a place on undergraduate and postgraduate reading lists for specialist ethnography modules or more general methods courses. The message that Calvey clearly communicates throughout this book is both a recommendation of covert research and a more general argument for placing greater trust in researchers to manage field relations sensibly and ethically. -- Robin James SmithWriting and publishing a book such as Covert Research: The Art, Politics and Ethics of Undercover Fieldwork is daring, courageous, stimulating; something that makes us question our certainties, that makes us unquiet, reflective, and sometimes even to lose our ground, what seems fundamental when living in a sick society like ours. -- Igor Vinicius Lima ValentimIn my view, this book is a must read and must have for every undergraduate student, regardless of the discipline or field of study. It is essential for both the general and experienced researcher in reviewing and perhaps reconsidering fundamental questions in the pursuit of knowledge and understanding. Dr. Calvey provides a much-needed sober voice of reason and a clear call for dialogue. He has made a significant contribution which will hopefully generate vigorous discussion, debate and hopefully a re-evaluation of a useful and often maligned research technique. -- Ottis MurrayTable of ContentsWhat is covert research? Early roots of covert research Debates about covert research The classic exemplars in covert research Doing covert research in the social sciences A covert case study of bouncers in the Manchester night-time economy A revival in covert research Conclusions

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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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Book SynopsisThis book explores the experiences of working-class women undergraduates at three universities in the North of England. The author examines the women’s identities, choices and emotions in relation to higher education; and how they reframe their constrained university choices to maximise their chances of academic success. Highlighting differences in working-class women’s learner identities, caring commitments and quests for upwards social mobility, the book offers an understanding of working-class female student journeys and their mixture of compromise, uncertainty and hope. It will be of interest and value to scholars of working-class women students, widening participation, and sociologists of education.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.Chapter 2. Women’s university education: history and policy.Chapter 3. The Study.Chapter 4. Deciding to go to university.Chapter 5. Learner identities.Chapter 6. Balancing Acts.Chapter 7. Stepping stones.Chapter 8. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisA guide to critical thinking in the ''post-truth'' era, from the author of Sunday Times best-seller The Organized Mind We live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, or outright lies. From unemployment figures to voting polls, IQ tests to divorce rates, we''re bombarded by seemingly plausible statistics on how people live and what they think. Daniel Levitin teaches us how to effectively ask ourselves: can we really know that? And how do they know that? In this eye-opening, accessible guide filled with fascinating examples and practical takeaways, acclaimed neuroscientist Daniel Levitin shows us how learning to understand statistics will enable you to make better, smarter judgements on the world around you.Trade ReviewIn a post-truth world, Levitin's book is an invaluable primer on how to sort the fact from the fiction * Sunday Times *The world is awash with data, but not always with accurate information. [Levitin] does a terrific job of illustrating the difference between the two with precision and delightful good humour -- Charles Wheelan, author of Naked EconomicsDeservedly a bestseller -- Independent on 'The Organized Mind'Smart, important, exquisitely written -- Daniel Gilbert on 'The Organized Mind'The Organized Mind is the perfect antidote to the effects of information overload. Loved it. -- Scott Turow, New York Times bestselling author of 'Identical' and 'Innocent' on 'The Organized Mind'Daniel Levitin's field guide is a critical thinking primer for our shrill, data-drenched age. From the way averages befuddle to the logical fallacies that sneak by us, every page is enlightening -- Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit and Smarter, Faster, BetterValuable tools for anyone willing to evaluate claims and get to the truth of the matter * Kirkus Reviews *As a lucid guide to critical thinking about statistics, information and assertion it is profoundly welcome * Observer *

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIn this Section: 1. Brief Table of Contents 2. Full Table of Contents 1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 A Guide to Statistical Techniques: Using the Book Chapter 3 Review of Univariate and Bivariate Statistics Chapter 4 Cleaning Up Your Act: Screening Data Prior to Analysis Chapter 5 Multiple Regression Chapter 6 Analysis of Covariance Chapter 7 Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Covariance Chapter 8 Profile Analysis: The Multivariate Approach to Repeated Measures Chapter 9 Discriminant Analysis Chapter 10 Logistic Regression Chapter 11 Survival/Failure Analysis Chapter 12 Canonical Correlation Chapter 13 Principal Components and Factor Analysis Chapter 14 Structural Equation Modeling Chapter 15 Multilevel Linear Modeling Chapter 16 Multiway Frequency Analysis 2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Introduction Multivariate Statistics: Why? Some Useful Definitions Linear Combinations of Variables Number and Nature of Variables to Include Statistical Power Data Appropriate for Multivariate Statistics Organization of the Book Chapter 2: A Guide to Statistical Techniques: Using the Book Research Questions and Associated Techniques Some Further Comparisons A Decision Tree Technique Chapters Preliminary Check of the Data Chapter 3: Review of Univariate and Bivariate Statistics Hypothesis Testing Analysis of Variance Parameter Estimation Effect Size Bivariate Statistics: Correlation and Regression. Chi-Square Analysis Chapter 4: Cleaning Up Your Act: Screening Data Prior to Analysis Important Issues in Data Screening Complete Examples of Data Screening Chapter 5: Multiple Regression General Purpose and Description Kinds of Research Questions Limitations to Regression Analyses Fundamental Equations for Multiple Regression Major Types of Multiple Regression Some Important Issues. Complete Examples of Regression Analysis Comparison of Programs Chapter 6: Analysis of Covariance General Purpose and Description Kinds of Research Questions Limitations to Analysis of Covariance Fundamental Equations for Analysis of Covariance Some Important Issues Complete Example of Analysis of Covariance Comparison of Programs Chapter 7: Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Covariance General Purpose and Description Kinds of Research Questions Limitations to Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Covariance Fundamental Equations for Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Covariance Some Important Issues Complete Examples of Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Covariance Comparison of Programs Chapter 8: Profile Analysis: The Multivariate Approach to Repeated Measures General Purpose and Description Kinds of Research Questions Limitations to Profile Analysis Fundamental Equations for Profile Analysis Some Important Issues Complete Examples of Profile Analysis Comparison of Programs Chapter 9: Discriminant Analysis General Purpose and Description Kinds of Research Questions Limitations to Discriminant Analysis Fundamental Equations for Discriminant Analysis Types of Discriminant Analysis Some Important Issues Comparison of Programs Chapter 10: Logistic Regres

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[A] compelling and timely book * Kevin Morgan, Regional Studies *Want to be an innovation hot spot? Don't copy Silicon Valley... we should remember what innovation is and why we care about it. The first part comes down to realising that innovation is not invention. * John Morgan, The Times Higher Education *The abiding message of Breznitz's book is that it is a mistake to assume that "what works in one time and one place will always work across time and space... a defense of experiments, mistakes, and the right to choose. * William H. Jeneway, Project Syndicate *In this fascinating book, Breznitz, a professor at the Munk School at the University of Toronto, argues that innovation is 'the only way to ensure sustained long-term economic and human-welfare growth'. But, crucially, 'innovation is not invention, nor is it high-tech and the creation of new technology and gadgets". It is "the complete process of taking new ideas and devising new or improved products and services.' This Catholicism gives fascinating insights. * Martin Wolf, Financial Times *This book provides valuable guidance for all governmental or business leaders who are trying to find sustainable solutions in the midst of turbulent circumstances. Technology provides enormous opportunities, but these will be realized only through excellent leadership and management. * Aho Esko, former Prime Minister of Finland *Writing a book with advice to local leaders on how to create innovative ecosystems, which are resistant to the centrifugal forces of globalization, was a brilliant idea. This book proves that a precisely structured narrative can be a powerful tool to communicate the results of excellent academic research. * Marek Belka, former Prime Minister of Poland; Head of the Central Bank of Poland *A must-read book for researchers, mayors, economic developers and all those concerned with building more innovative and inclusive places. Breznitz combines cutting-edge research on innovative clusters and ecosystems, with laser-like focus on what works and what does not. His book provides a much-needed reminder that Silicon Valley is the wrong model: Cities across the world must forged their own unique paths and strategies for innovation and prosperity. * Richard Florida, author of Rise of the Creative Class *Breznitz's brilliant research on innovation and growth strategies coupled with a meticulous focus on explaining what does is means in practical terms for local leaders, makes is a must read for anyone who cares about their community. A truly important book and a highly enjoyable read. * Thierry Mandon, Former Minister of Public Accounts and State Reform and Minister of Higher Education and Research, France *In writing this highly engaging and accessible book, Breznitz has done an important public service. Readers interested in the future of innovation and prosperity will avail themselves of not only the most cutting-edge research, but also understand how it applies to their own community. Breznitz's provocative arguments against the Silicon Valley model and the Venture Capital Industry caused me to nod my head in agreement as the former Chief Scientist of Israel and wince in pain as an active Venture Capitalist at the same time. This's a tour de force and a must read for policy makers and concerned, but hopeful, citizens. * Avi Hasson, former Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy of the State of Israel *Finally, a book which is not only a masterful piece of research but is also extremely useful for policy makers. This very well written and superbly research book is a much-needed eye opener for the multiple opportunities that exist in our globalized world. * Victor Sánchez Urrutia, National Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation, Panama *Dan Breznitz has written a terrific piece which has influenced my thinking about the varied and multifaceted approaches to innovation that we need dependent on place. * Ro Khanna, Member of Congress *The 'problem with startup ecosystems' says Breznitz, 'is the assumption of homogeneity. They think about their whole population as potential founders of new companies.' They need to instead 'realize that people have experience and capacities at all ages, all backgrounds. What a 45-year-old needs to start a real company is completely different from what three 22-year-olds will need.' This is exactly right-and something that I explore in my own book (if I can get it finished)." * Dane Stangler, Forbes.com *It's what I think the doctor ordered as an exploration for some of the deep social tensions." ~Rob Johnson, president of the Institute for New Economic ThinkingTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I: The State of Innovation Chapter 1: The New Globalization of Innovation Chapter 2: The Silicon Peaches Chapter 3: Startups are Everywhere! (But The Growth Statistics) Chapter 4: Making America Great Again? Part II: Innovation and Prosperity Chapter 5: Four are Better Than One (But First, Let Us Plan It Strategically) Chapter 6: Singing and Designing--Incrementally--Innovation-Based Growth Chapter 7: Out With The Old, In With The New! But in What Ways? Chapter 8: Looking for Better Options: The Science of Innovation Policies and Agencies in a Globally Fragmented World Part III: The Three Dysfunctionals A Short Introduction to Part III Chapter 9: Our Anti-Intellectual Property Rights System Chapter 10: The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions: The Age of Financialization Chapter 11: Data: Why Mining Us is the New Boom and For Whom Conclusion: In Defense of Experiments, Mistakes, and the Right to Choose Index Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThoroughly revised to take account of the latest literature and international developments in the field. Drawing on global research and practical examples, Bason illustrates the key triggers and practices of public sector innovation.Trade Review“Public sector innovation is imperative in order to generate new ideas that contribute to solve the challenges facing developed states around the world, and create value for society as a whole. This book gives policymakers and practitioners the valuable skillset required in order to attain success in the field.” Sophie Løhde, Minister for Public Sector Innovation, Denmark"The relationship between state and citizens is at the very heart of a governing system. This book will help the reader gain a broad view of public innovation and of the role of citizens for a better future." Jocelyne Bourgon, Author, and President, Public Governance International, Canada"Christian Bason has consistently been on the cutting edge of thinking about how public services can keep ahead of the pressures of change. This book is very timely, drawing on examples from around the world and showing how public services can work with citizens to create better and more cost effective solutions to their needs." Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive, Nesta, UKTable of ContentsNEW FOREWORD BY NN (TBD) Introduction 1. The Innovation Ecosystem CONSCIOUSNESS 2. Mapping the Landscape CAPACITY 3. Political Context 4. Strategy 5. Organising for Innovation 6. The rise of labs: Giving innovation a home [NEW CHAPTER] 7. People and Culture CO-CREATION 8. Design Thinking in Government 9. Citizen Involvement 10. Orchestrating Co-creation 11. Measuring to Learn COURAGE 12. Four Leadership Roles 13. Leading co-creation [NEW CHAPTER]

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With numerous approaches to choose from, knowing where to start when doing qualitative data analysis (QDA) can be a challenge. This book gives you direction with an accessible and thorough introduction to nine different approaches to QDA, written by a multi-disciplinary team with years of experience teaching and analysing data using these methods. With a clear focus on the ‘how to’ of QDA, each chapter includes: •Step-by-step descriptions of how to apply each approach in your research •Online and in-text activities to help you practice your skills •Annotated reading lists so you can dig deeper into key topics •Case studies from a range of disciplines so you can see how each approach works in practice. The perfect companion on your journey through QDA, the book also offers a comprehensive introduction to the use of NVivo QDA software, helping both new and experienced researchers get to grips with the essentials.

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Book Synopsis Statistics for the Health Sciences is a highly readable and accessible textbook on understanding statistics for the health sciences, both conceptually and via the SPSS programme. The authors give clear explanations of the concepts underlying statistical analyses and descriptions of how these analyses are applied in health science research without complex maths formulae. The textbook takes students from the basics of research design, hypothesis testing and descriptive statistical techniques through to more advanced inferential statistical tests that health science students are likely to encounter. The strengths and weaknesses of different techniques are critically appraised throughout, and the authors emphasise how they may be used both in research and to inform best practice care in health settings. Exercises and tips throughout the book allow students to practice using SPSS. The companion website provides further practical experience of conducting statistical analyses. Features include: • multiple choice questions for both student and lecturer use • full Powerpoint slides for lecturers • practical exercises using SPSS • additional practical exercises using SAS and R This is an essential textbook for students studying beginner and intermediate level statistics across the health sciences.Trade Review′Statistics for the Health Sciences engagingly presents the key analytic issues that students and professionals need to understand in the most accessible and vivid way possible. Full of real examples and practical exercises, the book successfully avoids getting bogged down with complex maths and formulae′ - Dennis Howitt at Loughborough University The chapter overviews, absence of statistical formulae and use of appropriate examples and student exercises make this a very ′hands on′ and practical text′ - Merryl E Harvey, Birmingham City University Table of ContentsPART ONE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH PROCESS Overview The Research Process Concepts and Variables Levels of Measurement Hypothesis Testing Evidence-Based Practice Research Designs Multiple-Choice Questions PART TWO: COMPUTER-ASSISTED ANALYSIS Overview Overview of the Three Statistical Packages Introduction to SPSS Setting out Your Variables for within - and between-Group Designs Introduction to R Introduction to SAS Summary Exercises PART THREE: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Overview Anaylsing Data Descriptive Statistics Numerical Descriptive Statistics Choosing a Measure of Central Tendency Measures of Variation or Dispersion Deviations from the Mean Numerical Descriptives in SPSS Graphical Statistics Bar Charts Line Graphs Incorporating Variability into Graphs Generating Graphs with Standard Deviations in SPSS Graphs Showing Dispersion - Frequency Histogram Box-Plots Summary SPSS Exercise Multiple Choice Questions PART FOUR: THE BASIS OF STATISTICAL TESTING Overview Introduction Samples and Populations Distributions Statistical Significance Criticisms of NHST Generating Confidence Intervals in SPSS Summary SPSS Exercise Multiple Choice Questions PART FIVE: EPIDEMIOLOGY Overview Introduction Estimating the Prevalence of Disease Difficulties in Estimating Prevalence Beyond Prevalence: Identifying Risk Factors for Disease Risk Ratios The Odds-Ratio Establishing Causality Case-Control Studies Cohort Studies Experimental Designs Summary Multiple Choice Questions PART SIX: INTRODUCTION TO DATA SCREENING AND CLEANING Overview Introduction Minimising Problems at the Design Stage Entering Data into Databases/Statistical Packages The Dirty Dataset Accuracy Using Descriptive Statistics to Help Identify Errors Missing Data Spotting Missing Data Normality Screening Groups Separately Reporting Data Screning and Cleaning Procedures Summary Multiple Choice Questions PART SEVEN: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO GROUPS Overview Introduction Conceptual Description of the t-Tests Generalising to the Population Independent Groups t-Test in SPSS Cohen′s d Paired t-Test in SPSS Two-Sample z-Test Non-Parametric Tests Mann-Whitney: for Independent Groups Mann-Whitney Test in SPSS Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test: For Repeated Measures Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test in SPSS Adjusting for Multiple Tests Summary Multiple Choice Questions PART EIGHT: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THREE OR MORE CONDITIONS Overview Introduction Conceptual Description of the (Parametric) ANOVA One-Way ANOVA One-way ANOVA in SPSS ANOVA Models for Repeated-Measures Designs Repeated Measures ANOVA in SPSS Non-parametric Equivalents The Kruskal-Wallis Test Kruskal-Wallis and the Median Test in SPSS The Median Test Friedman′s ANOVA for Repeated Measures Friedman′s ANOVA in SPSS Summary Multiple Choice Questions PART NINE: TESTING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN CATEGORICAL VARIABLES Overview Introduction Rationale of Contingency Table Analysis Running the Analysis in SPSS Measuring Effect Size in Contingency Table Analysis Larger Contingency Tables Contingency Table Analysis Assumptions The X2 Goodness of Fit Test Running the X2 Goodness of Fit Test Using SPSS Summary Multiple Choice Questions PART TEN: MEASURING AGREEMENT: CORRELATIONAL TECHNIQUES Overview Introduction Bivariate Relationships Perfect Correlations Calculating the Correlation Pearson′s R Using SPSS. How to obtain Scatterplots Variance Explanation of R Obtaining Correlational Analysis in SPSS: Exercise Partial Correlations Shared and Unique Variance: Conceptual Understanding Relating to Partial Corrections Spearman′s Rho Other uses for Correlational Techniques Reliability of Measures Internal Consistency Inter Rater Reliability Validity Percentage Agreement Cohen′s Kappa Summary Multiple Choice Questions PART 11: LINEAR REGRESSION Overview Introduction Linear Regression in SPSS Obtaining teh Scatterplot with Regression Line and Confidence Intervals in SPSS Assumptions Underlying Linear Regression Dealing with Outliers What happens if the Correlation Between X and Y is Near Zero? Using Regression to Predict Missing Data in SPSS Prediction of Missing Scores on Cognitive Failures in SPSS Summary Multiple-Choice Questions PART TWELVE: STANDARD MULTIPLE REGRESSION Overview Introduction Multiple Regression in SPSS Variables in the Equation The Regression Equation Predicting an Individual′s Score Hypothesis Testing Other Types of Multiple Regression Hierarchical Multiple Regression Summary Multiple Choice Questions PART THIRTEEN: LOGISTIC REGRESSION Overview Introduction The Conceptual Basis of Logistic Regression Writing up the Result Logistic Regression with Multiple Predictor Variables Logistic Regression with Categorical Predictors Categorical Predictors with Three or More Levels Summary Multiple Choice Questions Interventions and Analysis of Change Overview Interventions How do we Know Whether Interventions are Effective? Randomised Control Trials (RCTs) Designing an RCT: CONSORT The CONSORT Flow Chart Important Features of an RCT Blinding Analysis of RCTs Running an ANCOVA in SPSS McNemar′s Test of Change Running McNemar′s Test in SPSS The Sign Test Running the Sign Test using SPSS Intention to Treat Analysis Crossover Designs Single Case Designs (N= 1) Generating Single Case Design Graphs Using SPSS Summary SPSS Exercise Multiple Choice Questions PART FIFTEEN: SURVIVAL ANALYSIS: AN INTRODUCTION Overview Introduction Survival Curves The Kaplan-Meier Survival Function Kaplan-Meier Survival Analyses in SPSS Comparing Two Survival Curves - the Mantel-Cox test Mantel-Cox using SPSS Hazard Hazard Curves Hazard Functions in SPSS Writing up a Survival Analysis Summary SPSS Exercise Multiple Choice Questions

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of the best-selling text,Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods ApproachesbyJohn W. Creswelland co-authorJ. David Creswell,continues thepioneering tradition of providing clear and concise instruction for understanding research and developing proposals for all three approaches. This classic text walks students through research methods, starting with a preliminary consideration of philosophical assumptions, continuing with a review of the literature, an assessment of the use of theory in research approaches, and ending with reflections about the importance of writing and ethics in scholarly inquiry in a way that is applicable to all types of research. Coverage of key elements of the research process helps readers organize and develop their research project, giving specific attention to each methodological approach. The book has been lauded forits language and tone, which are both accessible and inviting. StTable of ContentsPart I: Preliminary Considerations Chapter 1: The Selection of a Research Approach Chapter 2: Review of the Literature Chapter 3: The Use of Theory Chapter 4: Writing Strategies and Ethical Considerations Part II: Designing Research Chapter 5: The Introduction Chapter 6: The Purpose Statement Chapter 7: Research Questions and Hypotheses Chapter 8: Quantitative Methods Chapter 9: Qualitative Methods Chapter 10: Mixed Methods Procedures Glossary References

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Book SynopsisThis book walks you through learning probability and statistics from a Bayesian point of view. From an introduction to probability theory through to frameworks for doing rigorous calculations of probability, it discusses Bayes’ Theorem before illustrating how to use it in a variety of different situations with data addressing social and psychological issues. The book also: Equips you with coding skills in the statistical modelling language Stan and programming language R. Discusses how Bayesian approaches to statistics compare to classical approaches. Introduces Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods for doing Bayesian statistics through computer simulations, so you understand how Bayesian solutions are implemented. Features include an introduction to each chapter and a chapter summary to help you check your learning. All the examples and data used in the book are also available in the online resources so you can practice at your own pace. For readers with some understanding of basic mathematical functions and notation, this book will get you up and running so you can do Bayesian statistics with confidence.Trade ReviewA concise and engaging introduction to Bayesian statistics for newcomers in the social sciences, using real world data to highlight these powerful methods of statistical inference. -- Alex JonesTable of ContentsChapter 1: Probability Chapter 2: Probability distributions Chapter 3: Models and inference Chapter 4: Relationships between variables Chapter 5: General models Chapter 6: Questionnaires and non-quantitative responses Chapter 7: Multiple issues

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Book SynopsisWritten in an accessible, practical and jargon-free style, this useful book informs and inspires researchers by showing readers why, when, and how to use creative methods in their research.Trade Review“Inviting the researcher to make the research process attractively creative, Kara extends the scope of the western research tradition, while simultaneously demonstrating rapid growth in the creative research sphere.” Chats Devroop, University of KwaZulu-Natal"Thank goodness for Helen Kara's work. Written in an easily accessible style, Kara tells it like it is and guides her readers beyond her own text to further reading and exploration. In terms of getting bang for one's buck, this is exactly what a second edition should be - substantively re-worked from the first edition, with considerable new content and chapters." Sharon Inglis, Staffordshire University"A really insightful book with broad coverage of creative methods, an excellent 'go to' text for students who are considering using creative research methods. I find particularly valuable the inclusion of reflective questions at the end of each chapter, this will encourage students to think about the applications of what they are reading in their own project contexts." Louise Gascoine, Durham UniversityTable of ContentsIntroducing Creative Research Creative Research Methods in Practice Transformative Research Frameworks and Indigenous Research Creative Research Methods and Ethics Creative Thinking Arts-Based and Embodied Data Gathering Using Technology and Mixing Methods in Data Gathering Arts-Based and Embodied Data Analysis Using Technology and Mixing Methods in Data Analysis Arts-Based and Embodied Research Reporting Using Technology and Mixing Methods in Research Reporting Arts-Based and Embodied Presentation Using Technology and Mixing Methods in Presentation Research Into Practice Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe main themes of these thirteen articles are individual and corporate learning and multi-cultural education.

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Book SynopsisRevised and updated in its sixth edition, Social Research: Approachs and Fundamentals is a rigorous yet clear and engaging introduction to research methods. Covering all of the fundamentals in a straightforward, student-friendly manner, it is ideal for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses across the social sciences and also serves as an indispensable guide for researchers. Striking a balance between specific techniques and the underlying logic of scientific inquiry, this book provides a lucid treatment of the four major approaches to research: experimentation, survey research, field research, and the use of available data. Richly developed examples of empirical research and an emphasis on the research process enable students to better understand the real-world application of research methods. The authors also offer a unique chapter (13) advocating a multiple-methods strategy.Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionWhy Study Research Methods?Methodological Approaches to the Social WorldChapter 2: The Nature of Science The Aim of Science Science as Product Science as Process Critiques of Scientific Inquiry SummaryPART I: RESEARCH DESIGN Chapter 3: Elements of Research Design Origins of Research Topics Units of Analysis Variables Relationships Formulating Questions and Hypotheses Research Purposes and Research Design Stages of Social Research SummaryChapter 4: Measurement The Measurement Process Operational Definitions in Social Research Levels of Measurement Reliability and Validity Reliability Assessment Validity Assessment A Final Note on Reliability and Validity SummaryChapter 5: Sampling Why Sample? Population Definition Sampling Designs Probability Sampling Nonprobability Sampling Other Sampling Designs Factors Affecting Choice of Sampling Design Factors Determining Sample Size Final Notes on Sampling Errors and Generalizability SummaryPART II: METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION Chapter 6: Experimentation The Logic of Experimentation Staging Experiments The Experiment as a Social Occasion Experimentation Outside the Laboratory SummaryChapter 7: Experimental Designs Threats to Internal Validity Pre-experimental Designs True Experimental Designs Factorial Experimental Designs Quasi-experimental Designs SummaryChapter 8: Survey Research General Features of Survey Research Survey Research Designs Steps in Survey Research: Planning Face-to-Face and Telephone Interviewing Paper-and-Pencil Questionnaires Computer-Assisted Self-Interviews Mixed-Mode Surveys Field Administration Strengths and Limitations of SurveysSummaryChapter 9: Survey Instrumentation The Survey as a Social Occasion Materials Available to the Survey Designer "Sketches" or Preliminaries Filling in the Sketch: Writing the Items Pretesting SummaryChapter 10: Field Research General Features of Field Research Stages of Field Research Strengths and Limitations of Field ResearchSummaryChapter 11: Research Using Available Data Sources of Available Data General Methodological Issues in Available-Data Research Historical Analysis Content Analysis Strengths and Limitations of Research Using Available DataSummaryChapter 12: Multiple Methods Triangulation Multiple Measures of Concepts within the Same Study Multiple Tests of Hypotheses across Different Studies A Comparison of the Four Basic Approaches to Social Research Meta-Analysis SummaryChapter 13: Evaluation Research Framework and Sample Studies Types of Evaluation Research Methodological Issues in Evaluation Research The Social and Political Context of Evaluation Research SummaryPART III: DATA PROCESSING, ANALYSIS, AND INTERPRETATIONChapter 14: Data Processing and Elementary Data Analysis Preview of Analysis Steps Data Processing Data Matrices and Documentation The Functions of Statistics in Social Research Inspecting and Modifying the Data Preliminary Hypothesis Testing SummaryChapter 15: Multivariate Analysis Modeling Relationships Elaboration: Tables and Beyond Multiple-Regression Analysis Other Modeling Techniques SummaryChapter 16: Research Ethics Data Collection and Analysis Treatment of Human Subjects Making Ethical Decisions Values in Social Research: Science and Society SummaryChapter 17: Writing Research Reports Searching the Literature Outlining and Preparing to Write Major Headings Revision and Other Considerations Publishing a Research PaperSummaryGlossary References Name Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDavid Schleicher is the ideal legal scholar of cities. Anyone who is worried about the fiscal future of our states and local governments should read his insightful new book. It is remarkably deep given how much fun it is to read, and it is remarkably fun to read given the seriousness of the topic. * Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics, Harvard University *Faced with mounting Medicaid costs, footloose taxpayers, powerful public employees, and a nationalized political climate that rewards ideological grandstanding over basic competence, America's state governments have become fiscal basket cases. Confident that they'll be bailed out by the federal government at the first sign of economic distress, elected officials in state after state are choosing budget gimmickry over spending discipline, reaping political dividends all the while. But what happens when the bailout doesn't materialize, or isn't quite as generous as expected? Drawing on the history of federal responses to state fiscal disasters from the 1790s to the Covid pandemic, David Schleicher's In a Bad State offers a brilliant and engaging exposition of exactly why these fiscal reckonings have proven so painful in the past, and why the inevitable next one will be no exception. * Reihan Salam, Manhattan Institute *David Schleicher, the leading lawyer on state and city governments, has written an extraordinary book that describes with incredible clarity the complexity of the fiscal decisions that lie ahead for cities and states. It is well worth reading. * Richard Ravitch, Former Lt. Governor of New York and Chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authority *David Schleicher, one of the most brilliant and far-ranging political thinkers of his generation, here takes on a very specific question: How federal governments should respond when state and local governments default. Schleicher's timely insight is that overspending is inextricable from the question of growth, and In a Bad State's deft history channels all the ways in which federalism has complicated and shaped the efforts to build a bigger and more modern country. The pragmatic question with which this gem-like policy book begins opens into a literary one: Of how existing legal and policy regimes might be bent in order to account for the future. * Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker *Highly recommended for public finance professionals, scholars, attorneys, elected officials, and legislative staff. * Choice *Table of ContentsPart I: Why Is It So Hard To Get Out of a Bad State? An Introduction to the Problem of State and Local Fiscal Crisis Introduction: Why It Is So Hard to Get Out of a Bad State Part II: When We've Been in a Bad State: The Theory and History of Federal Responses to State and Local Fiscal Crises Chapter 1: What Has Already Been Said About Federal Responses to State and Local Budget Crises? What Has Been Left Out? Chapter 2: State Debt Crises Through the 1840s Chapter 3: The Dual Debt Crises of the Post-Civil War Period Chapter 4: State and Local Debt Crises in The Twentieth Century Chapter 5: The Great Recession and State and Local Fiscal Crises Chapter 6: COVID-19, the CARES Act, the MLF, and the ARP Part III: Tools for Getting Out of a Bad State Chapter 7: Introduction to the Principles for Responding to State and Local Fiscal Crises Chapter 8: Building Better Bailouts Chapter 9: Building Better Defaults Chapter 10: Building Better Forms of State and Local Austerity Chapter 11: Resilience, or Building a Better Federal System Part IV: The Conclusion, Or Why States Are Often Bad Chapter 12: Why States Are Often Bad Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Important. . . We live in an era in which scholarly debates, inside and outside the classroom, are increasingly viewed through a moral or political lens. As Dromi and Stabler quite rightly maintain, we must navigate through a scholarly landscape strewn with moral land mines." * Inside Higher Ed *"This book makes a significant contribution to sociology with its well-supported thesis that explains how sociologists can engage in heated debate about their research. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *“Moral Minefields offers an explosion of insight into how to approach the seemingly always politically charged project of conducting sociological research. Throughout its history, the discipline has stood between commitments to scientific inquiry and the pursuit of truth, and commitments to addressing social inequality, socio-economic disadvantage, and other moral concerns. Rather than try to resolve the push and pull emanating from both sides of this divide, readers are guided to think more critically and carefully about what constitutes the pursuit of good research that is indelibly tied to visions—either by the sociologists producing their work or the audiences receiving it—of morally sound research. Dromi and Stabler seek not to resolve the tension, but rather expose readers to sociology’s courageous embracing of it and, therefore, guide readers to think more effectively about how it can be managed going forward.” -- Alford Young, Jr., University of Michigan“Dromi and Stabler skillfully puncture a stalled debate between the value-free and deliberately activist camps of contemporary sociology, showing how scholars within our methodologically and substantively diverse field form judgments about what counts as ‘good research.’ Weaving together a range of powerful examples—from secularism to breastfeeding, cosmopolitanism, and racial inequality—their framework of moral repertoires shines new light on the field. Equally valuable to both the seasoned sociologist and the young researcher.” -- Jenny Trinitapoli, University of ChicagoTable of ContentsPreface: Eternity in Cincinnati Introduction: Rules of the Road 1: Navigating in a Minefield Moral Repertoires and Sociological Research 2: Academic No-Go Zones On Social-Gene Interactions, Cultures of Poverty, and Forbidden Knowledge Claims in Sociology 3: Moral Highways and Byways Connecting New Critiques with Old Insights in the Study of Nationalism 4: Chartered Trips Remapping Controversy and the Renewal of Research on the Family Conclusion: On Moral Grounds Afterword: Researching the Good in Research Justifications Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFocusing on the underlying themes that run through most multivariate methods, in this fully updated 3rd edition of The Essence of Multivariate Thinking Dr. Harlow shares the similarities and differences among multiple multivariate methods to help ease the understanding of the basic concepts. The book continues to highlight the main themes that run through just about every quantitative method, describing the statistical features in clear language. Analyzed examples are presented in 12 of the 15 chapters, showing when and how to use relevant multivariate methods, and how to interpret the findings both from an overarching macro- and more specific micro-level approach that includes focus on statistical tests, effect sizes and confidence intervals. This revised 3rd edition offers thoroughly revised and updated chapters to bring them in line with current information in the field, the addition of R code for all examples, continued SAS and SPSS code for seven chapters, two new chapteTrade Review"Harlow breaks down concepts in simple terms and draws insightful comparisons across different statistical techniques. The text is an excellent resource for all who conduct statistical analyses, from undergraduates to professionals, and everywhere in between."A. Nayena Blankson, Full Professor of Psychology, Spelman College, USA"Once again, Harlow writes with authority and great clarity. There’s discussion of estimation, replication, and reproducibility, and all through there’s R code and guidance. This shrewdly revised new edition is a wonderfully future-oriented guide to the multivariate world."Geoff Cumming, Professor Emeritus, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia "The Essence of Multivariate Thinking provides a gentle introduction to an expansive toolkit of methods with a through line focused on aptly applying them to research questions. Dr. Harlow seamlessly ties together several modeling frameworks (e.g., multiple regression, MANOVA, discriminant function analysis, logistic regression, SEM, and latent growth modeling) by emphasizing commonalities in their underlying assumptions, statistical tests, and effect size interpretations. All this was done with a clear and accessible writing style accompanied by a unifying data example using R, SAS, and SPSS."Jolynn Pek, Associate Professor of Quantitative Psychology, Ohio State University, USA "In this third edition of her landmark text on multivariate methods, readers are furnished with ways to think about a variety of multivariate techniques from start to finish: preliminary considerations, testing assumptions, conducting analyses, and writing up and interpreting the results. They will learn how the various multivariate methods are related, and when each should be used. Readers can pattern their own analyses after those used as examples in the book. Her example analyses are easy to follow and emulate.Every chapter ends by summarizing a topic around a set of core themes to help researchers understand and select appropriate multivariate methods. Professor Harlow is known for her didactic style and ability to communicate complex topics in clear, approachable language. In this third edition she adds new material on multi-sample SEM and latent growth curve models. The provision of R code for all analyses is a welcome addition. Readers will emerge knowing about a variety of multivariate methods—how they are related and distinct, when to use them, how to conduct them, and how to communicate the results to readers. Harlow has a knack for explaining complicated methods in clear, approachable language. In this revised third edition of her landmark text, she provides readers with all the tools they need to become expert users and consumers of multivariate techniques."Kristopher J. Preacher, Lois Autrey Betts Chair in Education & Human Development, Vanderbilt University, USA "Lisa Harlow's third edition of The Essence of Multivariate Thinking is the perfect textbook for introductory graduate statistics or a multivariate statistics course. Each chapter provides readers with the foundational knowledge and relevant software code to start implementing the analyses in their own work right away. Harlow's accessible chapters strike the right balance of unique information and related themes." Alyssa Counsell, Assistant Professor in Quantitative Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Ontario, CanadaTable of ContentsI. OVERVIEWChapter 1: Introduction and Multivariate ThemesChapter 2: Background ThemesII. INTERMEDIATE MULTIVARIATE METHODS WITH ONE CONTINUOUS OUTCOMEChapter 3: Multiple RegressionChapter 4: Analysis of CovarianceIII. MULTIVARIATE GROUP METHODS WITH CATEGORICAL VARIABLE(S)Chapter 5. Multivariate Analysis of VarianceChapter 6: Discriminant Function AnalysisChapter 7: Logistic RegressionIV. MULTIVARIATE DIMENSIONAL METHODS WITH CONTINUOUS VARIABLESChapter 8: Principal Components and Factor AnalysisV: STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELINGChapter 9: Structural Equation ModelingChapter 10: Path AnalysisChapter 11: Confirmatory Factor AnalysisChapter 12: Latent Variable ModelingChapter 13: Multiple Sample AnalysisChapter 14: Latent Growth ModelingVI: SUMMARYChapter 15: Integration of Multivariate Methods

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