Using concise and direct language, Betsy McCoach's book imparts a wide range of modeling techniques for use with quantitative data, including: From 2-level multilevel models to longitudinal modeling using multilevel and stuctural equation modeling (SEM) techniques. Part of The SAGE Quantitative Research Kit, this book offers the know-how and confidence needed to succeed on your quantitative research journey.

This edited volume explores significant themes in modern, global sociology, including inequality, structures of power, conceptions of justice and sustainable futures.

Doing the job of a Microsoft Office manual, a graphic design text, and a data visualization book in one, this book covers the full range of tasks, from procuring data to presenting a report and provides step-by-step instructions for creating visual data displays

This book provides guidance on how to set up mentorship programmes in your institutions, and the skills of an effective mentor.

Packed with checklists, this is the foolproof solution to getting interview data quickly and effectively.

After interviews, the most common data collection instrument undergraduates turn to is a short survey. This requires them to write a questionnaire. Sounds easy - it's not! This LQF shows them how to do it right.

This quick guide will help students be prepared for and avoid the unique and complex issues that can arise when working with online data, enabling them to decide what online data is best suited to their research question.

De wereld verandert razendsnel. Het zwaartepunt van de economie verschuift van West naar Oost, we staan voor ecologische uitdagingen, de vergrijzing en ontgroening doen de welvaartsstaat kraken, jongens en meisjes volgen massaal hoger onderwijs, de kerken lopen leeg en wellnesscentra vol, het huwelijk maakt plaats voor een verscheidenheid aan samenleefvormen, depressie lijkt alomtegenwoordig, maar we leven langer dan ooit tevoren ... Het is niet eenvoudig om de betekenis, de oorzaken en de ge...

The fifth volume in the cutting edge Cultures and Globalization Series, this volume explores a city's cultural dynamics and its impact on policy including alternative economies, creativity, migration, diversity, sustainability, education and urban planning.

Against the common assumption that identity 'always mattered', Marie Moran shows that what we now think of routinely as 'personal identity' actually only emerged with the explosion of consumption in the late 20th Century.