社会研究

At a time of contested realities and a renewed focus on the power of personal stories, narrative research is as relevant as ever. But while it has been praised for ‘giving voice’ to individuals and h …

Evaluation Management: How to Commission and Conduct Evaluations that Matter  helps evaluation teams and commissioners achieve results that meet utilization and organizational learning goals and …

This book invites the reader to think about collaborative research differently. Using the concepts of ‘letting go’ (the recognition that research is always in a state of becoming) and ‘poetics’ (usin …

Are you struggling with introductory statistics? Are you trying to get ahead in your course, but feel like you’re going around in circles? This short and down-to-earth textbook will give you the know …

Leaving the field gathers various accounts of ethnographers leaving their field sites. In doing so, the book offers original insights into an often-overlooked aspect of the research process; the ethn …

This engaging introduction to all aspects of qualitative research challenges students to consider how their research can be culturally responsive. The first part of the book introduces the foundation …

This book explores the ways in which mindfulness can enhance the role of the researcher in qualitative inquiry. Many qualitative method texts discuss honing self-reflexivity, developing awareness, or …

In the Fifth Edition of the bestselling text Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches , John W. Creswell and Cheryl N. Poth guide researchers in selecting the best opti …

Achieve your survey goals by empowering your survey respondents.  Too often, surveys are designed for the analyst, rather than the respondent. This book challenges the status quo by putting resp …

Creative research methods for data generation have expanded over recent decades and researchers are eager to take a creative approach to data analysis. It is challenging to bring creativity into data …