Extensively updated and with eight new chapters, this remains the definitive resource on Grounded Theory for advanced students and researchers across the social sciences.

An essential guide for students transitioning from undergraduate to registered nurse. The book covers all topics included on a final year transition module, is suitable for all fields of nursing, and is mapped to the latest NMC standards.

A guide to understanding digital research from both a conceptual and practical perspective, helping the reader to make sense of the issues, challenges and opportunities of social science research in the digital age.

It is essential that social work students have a clear grasp of the history and the evolution of social work practice and this classic text explores the fundamental questions: What is social work? How has social work been defined over the years? What does social work look like now? And what is to come?

Combining social and political theory, Media Solidarities explores social change, social justice and how the media shapes our understanding of ourselves. Using relevant and rich examples, this text investigates emerging forms of media solidarities in the digital era.

This latest book in the bestselling Mathematics Recovery series gives mathematics educators a complete research-based framework for assessment, instruction and intervention in whole number arithmetic over the first 5-6 years of school.

Balancing theoretical foundations with practical strategies, this book helps you develop an approach to your qualitative data analysis that is both systematic and insightful.

Not quite sure how to raise your standards from undergrad level to post-grad level? This book suggests strategies and methods for making sure you meet the standards expected of postgraduate study.

In a new textbook designed for students new to statistics and social data, Gorard focuses on non-inferential statistics as a basis to provide readers with fundamental statistical literacy. Assuming no previous statistical knowledge, the author demystifies the subject in an engaging and approachable style.

A practical and step-by-step guide to the basics of CBT updated to include new content on the difficulties and drawbacks of CBT; the differences between formal CBT and informal CBT; the therapeutic relationship; further discussion of specific formulations and compassionate interventions with negative thoughts.