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Understanding Social Work Research
by Hugh Mclaughlin  Publisher Comments `An excellent introductory textbook for social work students that effectively links social work theories and concepts to research' - Vivienne Barnes, Coventry University</p> <p></p> <p>This excellent new textbook offers a...
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Applied Social Research #18: Standardized Survey Interviewing: Minimizing Interviewer-Related Error
by Floyd J Fowler Synopsis Accuracy, reliability, verifiable and error-free results - these are the goals that anyone involved in survey interviewing desires. A practical guide to producing standardized - and reliable - interviews, this volume represents a blending of social...
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Ways of Knowing: Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research
by Jonathon W. Moses Publisher Comments This major new textbook on methodology in social and political science focuses centrally on the debate between positivist and constructivist approaches. It introduces in a lively and accessible way a range of key issues--from the nature of knowledge to...
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Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article: Second Edition (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, & Publishing)
by Howard S. Becker Publisher Comments Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures—most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them—often lead to pretentious prose, academic posturing, and, not infrequently...
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Readme First for a User's Guide To Qualitative Methods (2ND 07 Edition)
by Lyn Richards Publisher Comments Providing beginning researchers with the tools that they need to differentiate between approaches to fieldwork, this book guides readers on how different types of qualitative research fit different purposes and produce varied research experiences and...
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Feminist Methodologies for Critical Researchers: Bridging Differences (Gender Lens)
by Joey Sprague Publisher Comments This text teaches students how standard methods can be adapted toward critical ends by thinking about the links between epistemology and methodology. Joey Sprague's treatment of qualitative and quantitative methods shows how both can be used effectively...
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Amazing Social Studies Activities: Participatory Learning Models
by Mercedes M. Fisher Publisher Comments Offers hundreds of classroom-tested activities that builds learner support and interest in Social Studies content that is quick and low-cost to implement. Many of the lessons and activities can be easily adapted to existing lessons and may serve as a...
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Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #486: Agent-Based Models
by Nigel Gilbert Publisher Comments Agent-based modeling (ABM) is a technique increasingly used in a broad range of social sciences. It involves building a computational model consisting of ???agents, ??? each of which represents an actor in the social world, and an environment in which...
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Geojournal Library #45: The Urban University and Its Identity: Roots, Locations, Roles
by Herman Van Der Wusten Publisher Comments This volume explores the history of the urban university and its political and cultural traditions. In case studies, situated in different parts of the Western World and China, two basic aspects of the modern urban university's identity are analyzed: the...
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The Mixed Methods Reader
by John W. Creswell Vicki L. Plano Clark Publisher Comments In recent years, researchers have begun to combine quantitative and qualitative approaches within single study research designs. As such, the literature on mixed methods research has grown at a rapid pace. While more methodological books addressing mixed...
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Research in Human Social Conflict #2: Explorations in Methodology
by Alexander Massey Publisher Comments The series as a whole recognises that the nature of ethnography is contested, and takes this to be a sign of its strength and vitality. This second volume in the series focuses on debates and developments in methodology and the many ways in which...
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Methods of Discovery: Heuristics for the Social Sciences (Contemporary Societies)
by Andrew Abbott Publisher Comments "Methods of Discovery is organized around strategies for deepening arguments in order to find the best ways to study social phenomena. This exciting book is not about the mechanics of doing social science research, but about habits of thinking that...
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Simsoc
by William A. Gamson Publisher Comments SIMSOC (which is pronounced sim-sock and stands for simulated society) is the most versatile role-playing game in the world. It has been used by hundreds of thousands of people and tens of thousands of groups, in introductory sociology courses and...
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Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #24: Unidimensional Scaling
by John P Mciver Synopsis Provides an introduction to the fundamentals of scaling theory and construction. The authors present an overview and comparative analysis of such techniques as Thurstone scaling, Likert scaling, Guttman scaling, and unfolding theory....
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Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #78: Data Theory and Dimensional Analysis
by William G. Jacoby Synopsis For many readers, data theory is probably unfamiliar. Data isn't usually the subject matter of theory in and of itself. However, in this volume, William Jacoby introduces a theory of data idea. It examines how real world observations are transformed into...
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Do It Yourself Social Research
by Yoland Wadsworth Publisher Comments This introduction to social research methods became a bestseller when it was first published. For fifteen years it has been used by students and professionals in sociology, social work, community development, education, health, welfare, psychology...
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Learning to Theorize: A Four-Step Strategy
by Dennis E. Mithaug Publisher Comments `The book is illuminatory; it operationalizes or provides keys to operationalizing a process that is shrouded in mystery and mythology. It extends existing models of dealing with complexity and making sense of that complexity. It contains useful...
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Qualitative Research Methods #38: Qualitative Media Analysis
by David L. Altheide Synopsis In order to prepare a successful research project, a qualitative researcher often must consult media documents of various types. How to obtain, categorize, and analyze these different media documents is the subject of this entry in the Qualitative...
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Your Neighbor's Secret Life Online: Protecting Families from Internet Conmen, Scammers and Predators
by Stephen Dean Publisher Comments As computer technology becomes more powerful and pervasive, the Internet has emerged as an invaluable tool for information, research, and entertainment, but there is an unsavory, sometimes lethal side to the computer revolution as well. Investigative...
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Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences #30: Test Item Bias
by Steven J Osterlind Synopsis Steven J. Osterlind discusses five strategies for detecting bias: analysis of variance, transformed item difficulties, chi square, item characteristic curve, and distractor response....
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