What Does Your Data Team Sound Like? provides an approach that gets teams talking about and applying data effectively in a variety of setting and scenarios.

This provocative book discusses a new turn in mixed methods research: merged methods. Moving beyond the binary quantitative-qualitative distinction, it shows you how to integrate methods in social research.

Conducting Research with Human Participants is the only guidebook readers will need to navigate the IRB process and secure swift approval of research protocols. This text walks readers through the history of IRBs, strategies for drafting and revising protocols, and guidance on working with an approved protocol in the field.

In this confrontational text Martyn Hammersley looks at the key issues in current social research methodology, it is a must-read for those interested in the state of this field.

The third edition of Research Methods, Statistics, and Applications integrates research methods and statistics to show that the research process requires a combination of these two elements. This text uses examples and applications from across the social and behavioral sciences. This edition includes a new chapter on measurement and updates for the 7th edition of the APA Manual.

This book provides you with clear guidance on how to balance grounded theory and practice effectively by presenting multidisciplinary studies explained step-by-step.

This book takes the guesswork out of writing your literature review, providing a step-by-step process that works with any data.

This invaluable manual from world-renowned expert Johnny Saldana illuminates the process of qualitative coding and provides clear, insightful guidance for qualitative researchers at all levels.

"It is refreshing to see a book such as this which is both broad in its conceptualization of the field of child research and deep in its focus. The volume's editors are paragons of awareness when it comes to the need for interdisciplinary research and theory to illuminate the lives and experience of children" - Professor James Garbarino, Loyola University Chicago