Plenty of books tell you how to do research. This book helps you figure out WHAT to research in the first place, and why it matters. The hardest part of research isn't answering a question.

It's knowing what to do before you know what your question is. Where Research Begins tackles the two challenges every researcher faces with every new project: How do I find a compelling problem to investigate-one that truly matters to me, deeply and personally? How do I then design my research project so t...

An alphabetical listing of English-language words, with over seventy-five thousand definitions, pronunciation guides, usage examples, and reference materials.

This inspiring, encouraging guide will show every reader--from the author facing a bad case of writer's block, to the business person looking to secure a deal--how to achieve his or her fullest creative potential.

Explaining the theoretical underpinning of generalized linear models, this text enables researchers to decide how to select the best way to adapt their data for this type of analysis, with examples to illustrate the application of GLM.

Written specifically for students from a range of educational disciplines, including teacher training, early childhood and education studies, Your Dissertation in Education is a straight-forward, plain English guide to doing and writing your project or dissertation.

Easy to use, understand and put into practice, this book will answer all your students' questions on the nursing research process.

Flora provides a comprehensive survey of the major statistical procedures, along with an innovative model-based approach, teaching researchers how to understand and choose the best model to fit their data.

Visual methods are becoming more popular across many subject areas in the social sciences, since the technology necessary is now so accessible. Mitchell is a big name in visual methods, and this book is an easy intro for anyone new to using visual methods.

Embodied Research Methods engages with research approaches that exploit the body's capacity to generate knowledge, craft lively accounts, and create fleshy concepts which enrich our understanding of how people live, work, and interact with their bodies in the social world.