With a clear focus on the importance and prevalence of new and digital technologies, this book presents students with a practical guide to understanding the process of qualitative research in the social sciences

An encyclopedic introduction to research, showing students how to think about every stage of their project and equipping them with the tools they need to understand different research processes.

Introduction to Power Analysis: Two-Group Studies provides readers with the background, examples, and explanation they need to read technical papers and materials that include complex power analyses. This clear and accessible guide explains the components of test statistics and their sampling distributions, and author Eric Hedberg walks the reader through the simple and complex considerations of this research question.

This is a core research design text for courses in experimental design aimed at social scientists, focusing on the methodological and design issues in planning an experiment.

This applied text combines clear explanations of intermediate-level statistics with a rich set of exercises to develop students' skills in selecting, performing and evaluating statistical tests. Each exercise involves writing a brief abstract so that students can translate results into a cohesive and concise story about their data.

A self-help DIY book for doing research - tells the reader everything they need to know to do research, and to understand others' research.

This popular and critically acclaimed Handbook is now available in paperback.

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of qualitative research methods, specifically compiled for this market.

Kompakte Einführung in Deutschlands Sozialstruktur

- Eine systematische und kompakte Einführung in die Begriffe und Konzepte der Sozialstrukturanalyse.

- Der Band vermittelt die theoretischen Grundlagen der Sozialstrukturforschung und der Erklärung sozialer Ungleichheit.

- Die Autoren stellen hierfür ausgewählte, aktuelle Daten zu grundlegenden Bereichen der Sozialstruktur Deutschlands und Europas vor.

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De sociologische theorie helpt de zorgverlener om meer inzicht te krijgen in het eigen gedrag, dat van cliënten en hun problemen. De theorie maakt ook duidelijk hoe belangrijk het is om de omgeving te betrekken bij de aanpak van die problemen, want juist daar liggen veel kansen. Het Praktijkboek sociologie maakt de praktische kant van de theorie inzichtelijk aan de hand van uiteenlopende en aansprekende praktijksituaties. Het laat zien hoe zorgverleners hun kennis van de sociologische theori...