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

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

Updated to reflect current developments and trends in internet research, this book presents a state-of-the-art review of the Internet as a tool for conducting research in the social and behavioural sciences.

This book outlines and explains, in detail, the necessary steps in designing, conducting, implementing, and reporting an action research study with a solid mixed-methods foundation.

Through a series of examples of statistics in the media, this book shows you how to critically assess the presentation of data in the media, to identify what is significant and to sort verifiable conclusions from misleading claims.

Focusing on the methods that are commonly used by social scientists, this text introduces the regression methods for analysing spatial data.

From research preparations to post-research debriefing, this book covers every stage of the social research process, outlining how to undertake fieldwork as safely as possible.