Emphasizing the theory and methods that social scientists employ to study globalization, this undergraduate text explores how macro globalization processes impact individual lives.

Introduces students to statistics using SPSS by using engaging subject matter and subjective and objective data.

Designed to help students understand difficult terms in their research courses, this pocket guide is in an ideal supplement to the many discipline specific texts on research methods and statistics.

The author demonstrates basic statistical concepts from two different perspectives, giving the reader a conceptual understanding of how to interpret statistics and their use

Working with social media data requires a specific set of knowledge and skills which this Little Quick Fix provides!

Sociologies in Dialogue brings together expert contributions from international scholars, who reflect on the importance of collaboration between diverse sociological perspectives to enhance our understanding of the role of sociology as an academic discipline, and as a vehicle for social change.

This is an essential guide for graduate students and researchers in the social and behavioural sciences, identifying and answering the essential questions from assessing risks to protecting privacy and vulnerable populations. It is also a very useful resource for students developing their thesis and dissertation proposals.

The Sixth Edition of Making Sense of the Social World offers students an introduction to the variety of social research methods, and helps the reader to understand research in their roles as consumers and novice producers of social science.

This handy reference provides students, either new to methods or in need of a refresher, with the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about qualitative research.