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Communication Research Measures: A Sourcebook
by Rebecca B. (edt) Rubin  Publisher Comments This volume provides a summary of current measures used in quantitative communication research. It is appropriate for researchers and graduate students in the communication field....
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Becoming a Behavioral Science Researcher: A Guide to Producing Research That Matters
by Rex B. Kline Publisher Comments Students and beginning researchers often discover that their introductory statistics and methods courses have not fully equipped them to plan and execute their own behavioral research studies. This indispensable book bridges the gap between coursework...
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Qualitative Research Methods #37: The Active Interview
by James A. Holstein Synopsis The book provides an academic basis for discussion and development of active interviewing methods. . . . The ideas raised. . . will be interesting and valuable to those involved in developing new methodologies in qualitative research and interviewing...
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Finding Philosophy in Social Science
by Mario Bunge Publisher Comments This book takes a fresh, unorthodox look at the key philosophical concepts and assumptions of the social sciences. Eminent philosopher of science Mario Bunge argues that none of the best known philosophies helps to advance or even understand social...
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Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics: The Excel Edition
by Neil J. Salkind Publisher Comments Derived from his bestselling text <EM>Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics</EM>, author Neil J. Salkind presents readers with The Excel Edition! Using the same personable and clear style that made previous editions so...
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Qualitative Analysis: Practice and Innovation (Social Research Today)
by Douglas Ezzy Publisher Comments Qualitative Analysis offers a detailed introduction to the practice of data analysis that is both user-friendly and theoretically grounded. Drawing on his extensive experience of qualitative research, Douglas Ezzy reviews approaches to data analysis in...
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Qualitative Research Methods #28: Emotions and Fieldwork
by Sherryl Kleinman Synopsis What is the place of emotions in fieldwork? Do emotions hinder research, or do they help the researcher to understand better those they are studying? Qualitative researchers have mixed feelings about emotions and the effects on their research...
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The Scientific Study of Society
by Max Steuer Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-443) and indexes....
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Contemporary Philosophy of Social Science (Contemporary Philosophy)
by Brian Fay Publisher Comments This volume provides a lucid and distinct introduction to multiculturalism and the philosophy of social science....
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Doing Research on Sensitive Topics
by Raymond M. Lee Publisher Comments This book is a comprehensive guide to the methodological, ethical and practical issues involved in undertaking research on sensitive topics. Raymond M Lee explores the reasons why social research may be politically or socially contentious: its relation...
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The Data Game: Controversies in Social Science Statistics
by Mark H Maier Publisher Comments Now updated for web-based research, the third edition of The Data Game introduces students to the collection, use, and interpretation of statistical data in the social sciences. Separate chapters are devoted to data in the fields of demography, housing...
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Danger in the Field: Ethics and Risk in Social Research
by Geraldine Lee-treweek Publisher Comments This book is an innovative and lively analysis of the experience of different forms of danger in various qualitative research settings. Made up of researchers' reflective accounts of their own encounters with 'danger' while carrying out research....
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Explaining Society: An Introduction to Critical Realism in the Social Sciences (Critical Realism: Interventions)
by Mats Ekstrom Publisher Comments This book will be immensely valuable for students and researchers in social science, sociology and philosophy in that it connects methodology, theory and empirical research. It provides an innovative picture of what society and social science is, with...
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Narratives and Fictions in Educational Research (UK Edition)
by Peter Clough Publisher Comments "In this bold and very important work, Peter Clough shows how the truths about educational issues can be told using fictional devices. This work legitimates the narrative turn in the human disciplines. He shows educational researchers how narrative...
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Linear Probability, Logit, and Probit Models (84 Edition)
by John H. Aldrich Synopsis After showing why ordinary regression analysis is not appropriate in investigating dichotomous or otherwise "limited" dependent variables, this volume examines three techniques-linear probability, probit, and logit models-well-suited for such data. It...
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Conducting Online Surveys
by Valerie M. Sue Publisher Comments Serving as a comprehensive guide for anyone wishing to conduct online survey research, this book fills a considerable niche in the methodological literature. While other research methods texts contain chapters covering online administration of surveys...
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A Companion to Digital Humanities (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)
by Susan (edt) Schreibman Publisher Comments This Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field of humanities computing....
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Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using SPSS 11.0/11.5 for Windows, with SPSS CD-ROM
by Earl R Babbie Publisher Comments Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using SPSS 11.0/11.5(TM) for Windows(R), Fifth Edition is the only book that guides students step-by-step through the process of data analysis using current General Social Survey data and versions 11.0/11.5 of...
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Measuring Disease: a Review of Disease-specific Quality of Life Measurement Scales (UK Edition)
by Ann Bowling Publisher Comments "Anyone seeking to identify potentially useful disease-specific measures for their study will find this a good starting point." Quality of Life Research Praise for the first edition: "...text that is remarkably detailed and comprehensive in its coverage...
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Ground Rules for Good Research: a 10 Point Guide for Social Researchers (UK Edition)
by Martyn Denscombe Publisher Comments "A 10 Point Guide For Social Researchers". Undergraduate / postgraduate textbook....
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