A guide for internal and external quality assurers in the FE and skills sector by best-selling author Ann Gravells.

Ideal for those new to teaching Research Methods, as well as more experienced instructors looking for new ways to engage their students, this applied resource places 100 activities - each accompanied by tutor notes and students handouts (also downloadable) - right at the instructor's fingertips.

With a strong focus on using less traditional forms of data, the Third Edition provides a new perspective on issues such as the role of the researcher and the impact they have on data, and also considers the impact of social, cultural and political complexities across a range of disciplines.

This practical book uses a step-by-step analysis of realistic examples to help students understand the theory and code for implementing propensity score analysis with the R statistical language.

With a new discussion on the philosophy of science and an expanded focus on research ethics and sampling, this second edition continues to give readers an interdisciplinary account of the logic of social science research

A long awaited new edition of Dan Goodley's acclaimed introduction to disability studies. A critical, multidisciplinary text used by students and researchers across the social sciences.

'A clear, concise and eminently accessible guide to existential practice that just got better' - Mick Cooper????, University of Roehampton?????

Examines the efforts and failures of economic experts to make government and public life amenable to measurement, and to re-model society and state in terms of competition. This book explores the practical use of economic techniques and conventions by policy-makers, politicians, regulators and judges and more.

Including nine new entries, this thoroughly revised edition provides an authoritative account of gender studies, reflecting on the complex and multi-faceted character of the field in a way that is accessible to students across the social sciences and humanities.

Covers essential skills of working with this client group in detail - communicating, listening and understanding children's behaviour.