Documentary Research: In Education, History and the Social Sciences
ISBN: 9780415272865 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Documentary sources have become increasingly neglected in education and the social sciences. This book seeks to emphasise their potential value and importance for an understanding of modern societies, while also recognising their limitations, and explores their relationship with other research strategies.
This up-to-date examination of how to research and use documents analyzes texts from the past and present, considering sources ranging from personal archives to online documents and including books, reports, official documents, works of fiction and printed media. This comprehensive... Documentary sources have become increasingly neglected in education and the social sciences. This book seeks to emphasise their potential value and im...
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741,99 zł |
Qualitative Analysis
ISBN: 9780415281263 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offering a detailed introduction to the practice of data analysis, this book is both user-friendly and theoretically grounded. Drawing on his extensive experience of qualitative research, Douglas Ezzy reviews approaches to data analysis in established research traditions including ethnography, phenomenology and symbolic interactionism, alongside the newer approaches informed by cultural studies and feminism. He explains the difference between inductive, deductive and abductive theory building, provides a guide to computer-assisted analysis and outlines techniques such as journal writing,... Offering a detailed introduction to the practice of data analysis, this book is both user-friendly and theoretically grounded. Drawing on his exten... |
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895,50 zł |
Researching Life Stories: Method, Theory and Analyses in a Biographical Age
ISBN: 9780415306881 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Researching Life Stories critically and pragmatically reflects upon the use of life stories in social and educational research. Using four life stories as examples, the authors apply four different, practical approaches to demonstrate effective research and analysis.
As well as examining in detail the four life stories around which the book is written, areas covered include: * Method and methodology in life story research * Analysis * Reflections on analyses * Craft and ethics in researching life * Policy, practice and theory in life story research. Throughout... Researching Life Stories critically and pragmatically reflects upon the use of life stories in social and educational research. Using four li...
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741,99 zł |
Researching Life Stories: Method, Theory and Analyses in a Biographical Age
ISBN: 9780415306898 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Researching Life Stories critically and pragmatically reflects upon the use of life stories in social and educational research. Using four life stories as examples, the authors apply four different, practical approaches to demonstrate effective research and analysis.
As well as examining in detail the four life stories around which the book is written, areas covered include: * Method and methodology in life story research * Analysis * Reflections on analyses * Craft and ethics in researching life * Policy, practice and theory in life story research. Throughout... Researching Life Stories critically and pragmatically reflects upon the use of life stories in social and educational research. Using four li...
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271,16 zł |
Research Methods
ISBN: 9780415340755 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since its first edition in 1985, Patrick McNeill's Research Methods has become a classic introductory text for students of sociology at A level and in undergraduate courses as well as for a range of specialists in education, business, social care and medicine who need a brief but authoritative account of how sociologists set about conducting research. After a brief overview of the history of sociological research which introduces key concepts, this new edition, co-authored with Steve Chapman, describes the main sociological research methods, and includes sections on... Since its first edition in 1985, Patrick McNeill's Research Methods has become a classic introductory text for students of sociology at A ... |
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972,27 zł |
After Method: Mess in Social Science Research
ISBN: 9780415341745 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a startling, controversial and original manifesto for a complete review of research methods and methodology in the social sciences and a must read for anyone involved in this area.
This book is a startling, controversial and original manifesto for a complete review of research methods and methodology in the social sciences and a ...
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767,58 zł |
Managing Social Research : A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780415355162 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This well structured text, offers a comprehensive introduction to a range of important areas in project management, including: commissioning research; preparing a tender or grant application; risk and stake holder analysis; managing the field work and data analysis; financial management; ethics, confidentiality, and copyright.
"Managing Social Research" provides a unique source of guidance for anyone seeking to commission, manage, or carry out social research. This well structured text, offers a comprehensive introduction to a range of important areas in project management, including: commissioning research;...
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665,24 zł |
Managing Social Research: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780415355179 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An essential tool for those planning to undertake social research, this exceptional book tackles many of the specific concerns and issues that arise. A well structured text, it offers a comprehensive introduction to a range of important areas in project management, including:
This book provides a unique source of guidance... An essential tool for those planning to undertake social research, this exceptional book tackles many of the specific concerns and issues that aris... |
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306,98 zł |
Geographies of the New Economy: Critical Reflections
ISBN: 9780415357838 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the 'new economy'? Where is it? How does it differ from the 'old economy'? How does the 'new economy' relate to issues such as the nature of work, social inclusion and exclusion? Geographies of the New Economy explores the meaning of the 'new economy' at the global scale from the perspective of advanced post-socialist and emerging economies. Drawing on evidence from regions around the world, the book debates the efficacy of the widely used concept of the new economy and examines its socio-spatial consequences. This book is important reading for policy-makers, academics and... What is the 'new economy'? Where is it? How does it differ from the 'old economy'? How does the 'new economy' relate to issues such as the nature o... |
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342,29 zł |
Nonsexist Research Methods: A Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780415906050 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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276,28 zł |
Culturally Diverse Mental Health: The Challenges of Research and Resistance
ISBN: 9780415933575 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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665,24 zł |
How to Conduct Your Own Survey
ISBN: 9780471012672 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A nuts-and-bolts guide to conducting your own professional-quality surveys without paying professional fees. How can you gauge public support for a cause or test the market for a product or service? What are the best methods for validating opinions for use in a paper or dissertation? A well-documented survey is the answer. But what if you don't have thousands of dollars to commission one? No problem. How to Conduct Your Own Survey gives you everything you need to do it yourself Without any prior training, you can learn expert techniques for conducting accurate, low-cost surveys. In...
A nuts-and-bolts guide to conducting your own professional-quality surveys without paying professional fees. How can you gauge public support for a ca...
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228,93 zł |
Standardization and Tacit Knowledge: Interaction and Practice in the Survey Interview
ISBN: 9780471358299 / Angielski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An interdisciplinary look at interaction in the standardized survey interview
This volume presents a theoretical and empirical inquiry into the interaction between interviewers and respondents in standardized research interviews. The editors include a range of articles that showcase the perspectives of conversation analysts, ethnomethodologists, and survey methodologists, to gain a more complete picture of interaction in the standardized survey interview than was previously available. This book is the first to focus solely on the interactional substrate or... An interdisciplinary look at interaction in the standardized survey interview
This volume presents a theoretical and empirical inquiry in... |
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910,05 zł |
Cross-Cultural Survey Methods
ISBN: 9780471385264 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. PRACTICAL METHODOLOGIES FOR CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH
Since all research is in a sense comparative, it is sometimes argued that methods and requirements remain the same, no matter what country or nationality is involved. The editors of this volume contend that this philosophy is an oversimplification. Although comparative survey research builds on and benefits from best practices established in monocultural research, cross-cultural research requires methodologies which address the central issues of equivalence of measurement and comparability of findings. The literature dealing... PRACTICAL METHODOLOGIES FOR CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH
Since all research is in a sense comparative, it is sometimes argued that methods and... |
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791,54 zł |
Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questionnaires
ISBN: 9780471458418 / Angielski / Miękka / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The definitive resource for survey questionnaire testing and evaluation
Over the past two decades, methods for the development, evaluation, and testing of survey questionnaires have undergone radical change. Research has now begun to identify the strengths and weaknesses of various testing and evaluation methods, as well as to estimate the methods' reliability and validity. Expanding and adding to the research presented at the International Conference on Questionnaire Development, Evaluation and Testing Methods, this title presents the most up-to-date knowledge in this burgeoning... The definitive resource for survey questionnaire testing and evaluation
Over the past two decades, methods for the development, evaluation, and test... |
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Measuring the Real World: A Textbook of Applied Statistical Methods
ISBN: 9780471968740 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers an introduction in Applied Statistics focusing on some of the statistics of today's society--world wide population growth, economic developments, international trade and energy consumption, global maldistribution of income and absorption of resources, depletion of species and resources, environmental changes, and human problems.
Offers an introduction in Applied Statistics focusing on some of the statistics of today's society--world wide population growth, economic development...
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624,56 zł |
A Telescope on Society: Survey Research and Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond
ISBN: 9780472068487 / Angielski / Miękka / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Telescope on Society seeks to convey the development of social science in the twentieth century through its interaction with a major new instrument for gathering data about society-survey research. The story of survey research and social science is largely told by social scientists affiliated with the Survey Research Center (SRC) and Institute for Social Research (IRS) at the University of Michigan about work done there. But the book also places this story in the broader context of survey-based social science in the United States and the world, to which many individuals and...
A Telescope on Society seeks to convey the development of social science in the twentieth century through its interaction with a major new inst...
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182,87 zł |
The Well-being of Children and Families : Research and Data Needs
ISBN: 9780472097586 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book addresses the well-being of families and children in America today. The volume is primarily motivated by the number of scientific and policy questions being raised about the level of well-being among America's children and families, the factors influencing today's children and families, and what interventions might improve the prospects for current and future generations of parents and children. Although much is currently known about family and child well-being, the book focuses mainly on the limitations and gaps in our understanding and, most importantly, addresses unanswered...
This book addresses the well-being of families and children in America today. The volume is primarily motivated by the number of scientific and policy...
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436,31 zł |
A Telescope on Society : Survey Research and Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond
ISBN: 9780472098484 / Angielski / Twarda / 520 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Telescope on Society seeks to convey the development of social science in the twentieth century through its interaction with a major new instrument for gathering data about society-survey research. The story of survey research and social science is largely told by social scientists affiliated with the Survey Research Center (SRC) and Institute for Social Research (IRS) at the University of Michigan about work done there. But the book also places this story in the broader context of survey-based social science in the United States and the world, to which many individuals and...
A Telescope on Society seeks to convey the development of social science in the twentieth century through its interaction with a major new inst...
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Algebraic Models for Social Networks
ISBN: 9780521031417 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the analysis of social networks, or networks of interpersonal and social relationships among social groups, has become an increasingly important method of research in several of the social and behavioral sciences, the gathering of network data has outpaced the development of new methods for its analysis. Addressing the need for new analytical tools, Philippa Pattison presents a number of new algebraic models for the analysis of network data, explaining in the process the rationale for an algebraic approach. Models are developed for both complete networks, meaning those representing the...
As the analysis of social networks, or networks of interpersonal and social relationships among social groups, has become an increasingly important me...
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209,75 zł |