To make meaningful contributions and to drive innovation, designers first need to learn to ask the right questions so that they can identify what the real problems are. They also need to learn how to conduct research to resolve these problems. Research for Designers is a guide to this new, evidence-based creative process.

This seminal, bestselling book by Gjoko Muratovski is unique in the way it bridges academia and industry, as well as research and practice. The book also expands the notion ...

Een praktisch naslagwerk voor het maken van een risico-inventarisatie en -evaluatie (RI&E). Het boek beschrijft alle ins en outs met betrekking tot de RI&E, zoals de eisen waaraan een RI&E moet voldoen, inzichten in de achtergronden en een duidelijk stappenplan voor de uitvoering.

Ruim aandacht is besteed aan de weging van de grootte van de risico’s, waarbij verschil gemaakt wordt tussen concrete werkplekrisico’s, beleidszaken en wettelijke verplichtingen.

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Agenda setting, practical guide to a popular new interview technique from a world class name in the field. It is the first step-by-step introduction to Dyadic interviews from the perspective of both the interviewer and the interviewee.

This book demonstrates how to estimate and interpret fixed-effects models in a variety of different modeling contexts.

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

Successful Dissertation Writing guides students through the involved process of writing an academic dissertation, developing their ability to communicate ideas and research fluently and successfully. From conducting research, working with a supervisor, understanding and avoiding plagiarism, right through to using feedback and editing to improve the written piece, it will help students master the more technical elements of producing well-written academic work.

Introduction to Research Methods contains everything from developing an initial idea into a proposal, through to analysing data and reporting results. Whether you have to undertake a project as part of your coursework, or as part of your employment, or simply because you are fascinated by something you have observed and want to find out more, this book offers you advice on how to turn your ideas into a workable project.

Specifically it will show you how to:

*Choose your research methods

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Longman dictionaries are compiled using the Longman Corpus Network - a huge database of 430 million words of spoken and written English - collected from both British and American English sources. They are easy to use and easy to understand: they are written using a limited vocabulary of just 2000 words - the Longman Defining Vocabulary - ensuring that they all have clear and understandable definitions.

Clear, comprehensive, and trusted, Bryman's Social Research Methods has supported over a quarter of a million students through their research methods course and research project. Spanning theory and practice and covering quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, this bestselling text offers unrivalled coverage of the whole research process. The authors have worked closely with lecturers and students in thoroughly updating the sixth edition to reflect the current social science landscape, ...

This text brings together in one volume the range of methods available for undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis in organizations.