One of the "six best books for data geeks" - Financial TimesWith over 200 images and extensive how-to and how-not-to examples, this new edition has everything students and scholars need to understand and create effective data visualisations. Combining 'how to think' instruction with a 'how to produce' mentality, this book takes readers step-by-step through analysing, designing, and curating information into useful, impactful tools of communication. With this book and its extensive collection ...

Focused on the needs of the new classroom researcher and those studying education on Masters-level courses, this is a thorough and thoughtful guide to the research process, covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed research methods.

Exploring Lifespan Development, Fourth Edition , the shorter, essentials version of Development Through the Lifespan , Seventh Edition, covers the same topics and contains the same number of chapters, but presents only the essential information, with an exceptionally strong emphasis on applications. Exploring Lifespan Development also includes all the great features Berk's texts are known for - an engaging writing style, exceptional multicultural and cross-cultural focus, rich examples, the m...

An easy-to-use guide to the intuition behind statistical methods in politics and IR research. Packed with examples from the UK and Europe, this text features a suite of examples and exercises and, new for the second edition, is supplemented with online workbooks and code to help you use the techniques in the book using R, SPSS, Stata and Python.

Our world is becoming ever more data-driven, transforming how business is conducted, governance enacted, and knowledge produced. Yet, the nature of data and the scope and implications of the changes taking place are not always clear. The Data Revolution is a must read for anyone interested in why data have become so important in the contemporary era.

Thoroughly updated, including ten new chapters, the book provides an accessible and comprehensive: introduction to thinking conceptually about t...

The Fifth Edition of the bestseller Research Methodology has reimagined, redesigned (now in landscape format), and fully renovated how a textbook can help students achieve success in their methods course or research project.

A succinct, no-frills introduction to social science data and statistics. It uses visual maps and prompts to communicate the potential of social data and to introduce the basic statistical tools available to beginners.

Everything students need to plan, deliver, and communicate their real world research.

Learning to Change provides a comprehensive overview of organizational change theories and practices developed by both European and North American change theorists. The authors compare and contrast different theories or approaches to planned change and discuss in detail the activities or steps change agents take - diagnosis, change strategy, the intervention plan, and interventions. In addition, the authors explore what makes someone a successful change agent and provide advice for career and...

This is your practical step-by-step guide to implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage in any early years setting, offering guidance on each of the seven areas of learning and development in the updated 2024 EYFS statutory framework.