Data archives provide rich and expansive sources of information for researchers. Part of the SAGE Qualitative Research Kit, this book highlights the utility of secondary data analyses whilst showing you how to select the right datasets for your study, and in turn get the most out of your research.

If you're a first-time researcher, this book covers everything you need to successfully complete your business research project, increase your employability and develop transferable skills.

Explores the field of research ethics and presents a distinctive perspective; one that is at odds with the assumptions underpinning ethical regulation, but also with the views of many qualitative researchers today.

Secondary Data in Mixed Methods Research by Daphne C. Watkins, is the latest contribution to the Mixed Methods Research Series. This brief text offers step-by-step procedures for incorporating existing data into mixed methods research designs, as well as identifying characteristics of datasets that make them good candidates for mixed methods projects.

A practical, up-to-date, step-by-step guidance on causal analysis; which features worked example datasets throughout to see methods in action. McBee clearly demonstrates techniques such as Rubin causal model, direct acyclic graphs and propensity score analysis.

Evaluating Research 3e provides students with the skills to read and evaluate research studies. Aimed at courses where it will be more important for students to read than conduct research, this book covers all aspects social, behavioral, and health science research from the ground up, as well as main types of research methods.

This bestselling guide offers students and researchers the key skills they need to complete a visual methods research project, with a clear step-by-step approach and examples to demonstrate how methods can be applied in practice.

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.

This book provides an adaptable, step-by-step framework for using and analysing video data in social science research in an ethical, effective way.