Through case studies and a review of contemporary literature, this book sets out a clear framework for conducting participatory research with children and young people.

Tackling all the obstacles that are associated with presenting research, this handy guide will help students successfully and productively present relevant and engaging material.

Building on the authors' experience with their own doctoral students, this easy-to-read guide, helps and encourages students to write and complete their thesis faster.

This book summarizes the most important questions about basic statistics from the simple understanding of summary statistics to more sophisticated inferential statistics

This edited book guides students and researchers through the processes of researching everyday stories about families.

Takes the panic out of sampling designs and helps students understand what sampling is, how it applies to different types of situations, and how to decide what approach works best for their project so they can maximize the impact of their research.

Updates to this new edition include: more coverage of regression assumptions and model fit; additional material on residual analysis; more examples of transformations; and the inclusion of the measures of tolerance and VIF within the discussion about collinearity.

Eminent researchers share their expertise, not 'telling' users what to do, but 'showing' what different methods look like in action, using 'stories from the field' and explaining the key issues involved in reflecting on research.

This is a compact, yet comprehensive, title that clarifies and explains the main concepts within sociology. It is useful both for new students and for students who wants to refresh their memory and come up with new ideas for essay topics.