Michael Quinn Patton's Facilitating Evaluation: Principles in Practice is the first book of its kind to explain in depth and detail how to facilitate evaluation processes with stakeholders, using the author's own stories of his experiences as an evaluation facilitator.

A concise, introductory text on propensity score methods that is easy to comprehend by those who have a limited background in statistics, and is practical enough for researchers to quickly generalize and apply the methods.

A collection of 13 original essays exploring the connection between sociological theory and the realities of contemporary issues such as the Internet, alcohol use, body building, shopping malls, the working world and fast-food restaurants.

This text covers the consequences of violating one of the key assumptions of Ordinary Least Squares regression (equal error variances), diagnostic tools to assess the existence of the problem of heteroskedasticity, and statistical techniques to analyse the data correctly.

In this volume, evaluators from a wide range of backgrounds assess how empowerment evaluation has been used in practice since the publication of the first edition in 1996, looking at theories and concepts, as well as evaluation principles.

Extensively updated and with eight new chapters, this remains the definitive resource on Grounded Theory for advanced students and researchers across the social sciences.

Packed with illustrations from the health sciences literature, the book shows students how to design, conduct, review, and use mixed methods research findings. Throughout the book, real-world examples and insights from mixed methods researchers provide unique perspectives on every aspect of mixed methods research.

Putting an emphasis on using in-depth interviews in qualitative research, this book shows readers how to expand the scope of their research

Continually praised for its conversational tone, personal examples, and helpful pedagogical tools, this book is organized around the modern ideas of progress, knowledge, and democracy.

Uses dance, yoga, and meditation metaphors to help researchers tap into the intuitive and creative side of their research.