1. Book Title:- Essentials of Research Methods-A Guide to Social Science Research
Edition:- 2006
Author:- Janet M. Ruane
Publisher:- Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Size:- 14.1 MB
Page:- 252 Page
Price:- $ 40.44
ISBN:- 0-631-23048-3(hardback: alk. paper) - 0-631-23049-1 (pbk.-. alk. paper)
Price:- $ 40.44
ISBN:- 0-631-23048-3(hardback: alk. paper) - 0-631-23049-1 (pbk.-. alk. paper)
Features:- When Should We Trust What We Know? Why Research Methods?, Ethics: It's the Right Thing To Do, Some Perfectly Valid Points: Measurement, Internal, and External Validity, Measure By Measure: Making the Abstract Concrete, If It Glitters Is It Gold? Assessing Measures, One Thing Leads to Another: Causal Analysis, Designing Ideas: Research Strategies.
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Edition:- 2005
Editor:- Geoffrey Marczyk,
David DeMatteo,
David Festinger
Publisher:- John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Size:- 2.56 MB
Page:- 305 Page
Price:- $ 31.78
ISBN:- 0-471-47053-8 (pbk.)
Features:- Planning and Designing a Research Study, General Approaches for Controlling Artifact and Bias, Data Collection, Assessment Methods, and Measurement Strategies, General Types of Research Designs and Approaches, Validity, Data Preparation, Analyses, and Interpretation, Ethical Considerations in Research, Disseminating Research Results and Distilling Principles of Research Design and Methodology.
3. Book Title:- Basics of Social Research - Qualitative and Quanftative Approaches
Edition:- SECOND EDITION
Writer:- w. Lawrence Neuman
Publisher:- Pearson Education, Inc.
Size:- 22.3 MB
Page:- 365 Page
Price:- US$ 74.35
ISBN:- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Features:- Foundations Knowledge, Conducting Quantitative Research, Conducting Qualitative Research, Writing a Research Report
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Edition:- First Edition
Writer:- John Adams,
Hafiz T.A. Khan,
Robert Raeside,
David White
Publisher:- Sage Publications Ltd
Size:- 2.87 MB
Page:- 271 Page
Price:- US$ 42.95
ISBN:- 978-0-7619-3589-6
Features:- Research Methodology, The Research Cycle, Literature Review and Critical Reading, Research Design, Data Collection, Secondary Data Collection, Surveys, Interviews, Dara Analysis, Data Quality & Verification, Involvement During Research
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5. Book Title:- Qualitative Research in Sociology
Edition:- 2004
Writer:- Amir B. Marvasti
Publisher:- SAGE Publications Ltd.
Size:- 1.2 MB
Page:- 169 Page
Price:- US$ 46.76
ISBN:- 0 7619 4860 0
Features:- What is Qualitative Research?, Interviews, Ethnography, Visual Sociology, Data Analysis, Writing, Ethics In Qualitative Research
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Edition:- 2007
Author:- Frank Bechhofer and
Lindsay Paterson
Publisher:- Routledge
Size:- 1.65 MB
Page:- 181 page
Price:- US$ 53.95
ISBN:- 0-415-21442-4
Features:- Fundamentals: comparison and control, Experiments , Representativeness , The choice of locale and group, To interview or not to interview, Structured questionnaires , Fieldwork, Time, Policy research, Journalism and literature
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7. Book Title:- A Handbook for Social Science Field Research: Essays & Bibliographic Sources on Research Design and Methods
Edition:- 2006
Author:- Ellen Perecman,
Sara R. Curran
Sara R. Curran
Publisher:- Sage Publications, Inc
Size:- 2.36 MB
Page:- 280 pages
Price:- US$84.95
ISBN:- 141291681X, 1412916801
Features:- A Handbook for Social Science Field Research: Essays & Bibliographic Sources on Research Design and Methods provides both novice and experienced scholars with valuable insights to a select list of critical texts pertaining to a wide array of social science methods useful when doing fieldwork. Through essays on ethnography to case study, archival research, oral history, surveys, secondary data analysis, and ethics, this refreshing new collection offers "tales from the field" by renowned scholars across various disciplines.
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8. Book Title:- The Sage Dictionary of Social Research Methods
Edition:- 2006
Editor:- Victor Jupp
Publisher:- SAGE Publications Ltd
Size:- 2.17 MB
Page:- 348 Page
Price:- US$ 44.53
ISBN:- 0 7619 6297 2
Features:- The Sage Dictionary of Social Research Methods(A-Z)
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Edition:- 2006
Editor:- Victor Jupp
Publisher:- SAGE Publications Ltd
Size:- 2.17 MB
Page:- 348 Page
Price:- US$ 44.53
ISBN:- 0 7619 6297 2
Features:- The Sage Dictionary of Social Research Methods(A-Z)
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9. Book Title:- Quality Research in Literacy & Science Education - International Perspective & Gold Standards.
Edition:- 2009
Editors :- Mack C. Shelley II,
Larry D. Yore,
Brian Hand
Publisher:- Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
Size:- 8.35 MB
Page:- 661 page
Price:- $269.00
ISBN:- 978-1-4020-8426-3
Edition:- 2009
Editors :- Mack C. Shelley II,
Larry D. Yore,
Brian Hand
Publisher:- Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
Size:- 8.35 MB
Page:- 661 page
Price:- $269.00
ISBN:- 978-1-4020-8426-3
Features:- Evaluation, Research Methods, and Statistics, Literacy Education Research Conference, Research and Practice: A Complex Relationship, Epistemological and Ontological Considerations of Research in Science Literacy, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Statistics, Research Methods, and Science Literacy, Public Policy and “Gold Standard(s)” Research, Epilogue: New Standards, New Directions, and New Realities.
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Edition:-
Author:- Tony Tripodi,
Miriam Potocky-Tripodi
Miriam Potocky-Tripodi
Publisher:- Oxford University Press, USA
Size:- 5.42 MB
Page:- 272 pages
Price:- US$29.95
ISBN:- 0195187253
Features:- With the constant exchange of international information now a permanent condition in the world, social work scholars and students must be sensitive to the need for knowledge sharing between countries as well as to issues involved in obtaining and utilizing international knowledge. Yet until now, no book has juxtaposed these two growing streams of emphasis. In this clearly written volume, Tony Tripodi and Miriam Potocky-Tripodi fill that gap, presenting readers with the many prospects and great potential for international social work research.
The authors establish three discrete varieties of research supra-national, intra-national, and trans-national and explore a wealth of issues and examples within each. The easy-to-follow format helps readers learn how to define and distinguish each kind of research, then provides actual applications of all three. Examples draw on research from the world over, and range from microcredit programs in India to migrant aid in Nicaragua to adoptees in Romania. These unique features make it an ideal sequel to basic research texts in social work and supplement to texts on international social work, but also an attractive addition to any faculty researchers bookshelf.
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Edition:- 2004
Edited by:- Stanley Presser,
Jennifer M. Rothgeb,
Mick P. Couper,
Judith T. Lessler,
Elizabeth Martin,
Jean Martin, &
Eleanor Singer.
Publisher:- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Size:- 4 MB
Page:- 624 Pages
Price:- US$ 48.00
ISBN:- 0471458414
Features:- Written and painstakingly edited by leading experts, this volume offers a state-of-the-art overview of and solid foundation in up-to-date survey questionnaire issues, concerns, and responses. Like several other books in the Wiley Series in Survey Methodology, this work has been prepared in conjunction with an international conference on the topic (in November 2002) by the Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association, the American Association for Public Opinion Research, the International Association of Survey Statisticians, the Council of American Survey Research Organizations, and the Council of Marketing and Opinion Research.
The book covers cognitive interviewing, interaction analysis, response latency, respondent debriefings, vignette analysis, split-sample comparisons, statistical modeling, mode of administration, and special populations. It also considers these topics in light of emerging techniques and technologies. The book's authors include more than two-dozen eminent professionals in a variety of fields related to survey methodology and questionnaire development, including names such as Gordon Willis of the National Cancer Insitute; Paul Beatty of the National Center for Health Statistics; Paul Biemerof the Research Triangle Institute; Don Dillman of the University of Washington; and Natacha Borgers, Edith de Leuuw, and Astrid Smits of Statistics Netherlands. Copious tables, figures, and references, as well as an extensive glossary, supplement the high quality discussion throughout the text.
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12. Book Title:- Designing & Constructing Instruments for Social Research & Evaluation.
Edition:- 2007
Writer:- David Colton and
Robert W. Covert
Publisher:- Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint
Size:- 2.55MB
Page:- 414 Page
Price:- US$ 51.35
ISBN:- : 9780787987848
Features:- Purposeful Creativity, Pretesting, Guidelines for Constructing Multi-Item Scales, Computers and Instrument Construction.
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13. Book Title:- Understanding the Link Between Research and Policy
Edition:- 2002
Editors:- Steven Dukeshire &
Jennifer Thurlow
Publisher:- Rural Communities Impacting Policy
Size:- 355 KB
Page:- 22 page
Price:- US$29.95
ISBN:- 0-9780913-1-0
Features:- The Research to Policy Climate, What is Policy Research?, Focused Synthesis/Review of Existing Research, Major Sources of Information in Policy Research, Ways Research Can Be Used In the Policy-Making Process
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Edition:- -N/A
Writer:- Peter M. Nardi
Publisher:- N/A
Size:- 536 KB
Page:-77 Page
Price:- US$ 0.00
ISBN:- N/A
Features:- Purpose of Research, Cause & effect, questionnaires, questionnaire types, ANOVA
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15. Book Title:- Qualitative Research from Start to Finish
Edition:- 2010
Author:- Robert K. Yin
Publisher:- The G.ilford Press
Size:- 6.91 MB
Page:- 348 pages
Price:- US$70.00
ISBN:- 1606237012
Features:- This lively, practical text presents a fresh and comprehensive approach to doing qualitative research. The book offers a unique balance of theory and clear-cut choices for customizing every phase of a qualitative study. A scholarly mix of classic and contemporary studies from multiple disciplines provides compelling, field-based examples of the full range of qualitative approaches. Readers learn about adaptive ways of designing studies, collecting data, analyzing data, and reporting findings. Key aspects of the researcher's craft are addressed, such as fieldwork options, the five phases of data analysis (with and without using computer-based software), and how to incorporate the researcher's “declarative” and “reflective” selves into a final report.
Ideal for graduate-level courses, the text includes:
* Discussions of ethnography, grounded theory, phenomenology, feminist research, and other approaches.
* Instructions for creating a study bank to get a new study started.
* End-of-chapter exercises and a semester-long, field-based project.
* Quick study boxes, research vignettes, sample studies, and a glossary.
* Previews for sections within chapters, and chapter recaps.
* Discussion of the place of qualitative research among other social science methods, including mixed methods research.
Ideal for graduate-level courses, the text includes:
* Discussions of ethnography, grounded theory, phenomenology, feminist research, and other approaches.
* Instructions for creating a study bank to get a new study started.
* End-of-chapter exercises and a semester-long, field-based project.
* Quick study boxes, research vignettes, sample studies, and a glossary.
* Previews for sections within chapters, and chapter recaps.
* Discussion of the place of qualitative research among other social science methods, including mixed methods research.
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Edition:- Third Edition
Author:- R. (Robert) Burke Johnson and
Larry B. Christensen
Larry B. Christensen
Publisher:- Sage Publications
Size:- 1.24 MB
Page:- 664 pages
Price:- US$104.68
ISBN:- 978-1412954563
Features:- Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches, Third Edition introduces readers to the fundamental logic of empirical research and the sources of research ideas. Detailed descriptions guide students through the design and implementation of actual research studies with a balanced examination of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research.
Key Features
Provides detailed, step-by-step coverage of the key elements of research, including sampling techniques, ethical considerations, data collection methods, measurement, judging validity, experimental and non-experimental methods, descriptive and inferential statistics, qualitative data analysis, and report preparation.
Describes the essential skills of conducting and evaluating research, using strong sampling designs, writing proposals and questionnaires, understanding quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research, and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data.
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17. Book Title:- Applied Multivariate Research "Design and Interpretation
Edition:- 2005
Author:- Lawerence Meyers,
Glenn Gamst,
A.J.Guarino
Glenn Gamst,
A.J.Guarino
Publisher:- Sage Publications
Size:- 54.75 MB
Page:- 680 Pages
Price:- US$87.16
ISBN:- 1412904129
Features:- Multivariate designs were once the province of the very few exalted researchers who understood the underlying advanced mathematics. Today, through the sophistication of statistical software packages such as SPSS, virtually all graduate students across the social and behavioral sciences are exposed to the complex multivariate statistical techniques without having to learn the mathematical computations needed to acquire the data output.
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18. Book Title:- Handbook of Longitudinal Research: Design, Measurement, and Analysis across the Social Sciences
Edition:- 2007
Author:- Scott Menard
Publisher:- Academic Press
Size:- 5.57 MB
Page:- 696 pages
Price:- US$200.00
ISBN:- 0123704812
Features:- Longitudinal research is a broad field in which substantial advances have been made over the past decade. Unlike many of the existing books that only address the analysis of information. The Handbook of Longitudinal Research covers design and measurement as well as the data analysis. Designed for use by a wide-ranging audience, this Handbook not only includes perspective on the methodological and data analysis problems in longitudinal research but it also includes contributors’ data sets that enable readers who lack sophisticated statistics skills to move from theories about longitudinal data into practice.
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Edition:- 2006
Edited by:- Douglas M. Teti
Publisher:- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Size:- 2.04 MB
Page:- 582 Page
Price:- US$68.64
ISBN:- 0631222618
Features:- Developmental Designs, General Issues in Developmental Measurement, Developmental Intervention: Traditional and Emergent Approaches in Enhancing Development, Analytic Issues and Methods in Developmental Psychology, New Directions in Developmental Research.
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20. Book Title:- Becoming a Researcher: A Research Companion for the Social Sciences
Edition:- 2005
Author:- Mairead Dunne,
John Pryor,
Paul Yates
John Pryor,
Paul Yates
Publisher:- Open University Press
Size:- 1.11 MB
Page:- 208 pages
Price:- US$66.00
ISBN:- 0335213944, 0335213952, 0335224911
Features:- This innovative book combines what most books separate: research as practical activity and research as intellectual engagement. It clarifies and makes explicit the methodological issues that underlie the journey from initial research idea to the finished report and beyond.
The text moves the researcher logically through the research process and provides insights into methodology through an in-depth discussion of methods. It presents the research process as an engagement with text. This theme moves through the construction of text in the form of data and the deconstruction of text in analysis. Finally the focus moves to the reconstruction of text through the re-presentation of the research in the report. Following through each of these stages in turn, the chapters consider either a practical issue or a group of methods and interrogate the associated methodological concerns. In addition, the book also addresses the rarely explored issues of the researcher as writer and researcher identity as core elements of the research process.
The book provides a range of insights and original perspectives. These successfully combine practical guidance with the invitation to consider the problematic nature of research as social practice. It is an ideal reference for those embarking on research for the first time and provides a new methodological agenda for established researchers.
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Edition:- 1998
Author:- Elinor Scarbrough,
Eric Tanenbaum
Eric Tanenbaum
Publisher:- Oxford University Press, USA
Size:- 14.6 MB
Page:- 336 pages
Price:- US$85.00
ISBN:- 0198292376
Features:- In this single, accessible volume, a team of international experts sets out a range of analytic tools available to social scientists from the cutting edge of social science methodology. In contrast to much existing literature, which is often of daunting complexity, this volume presents social scientists with some experience with a guide through the maze of advanced techniques applicable across the range of the social sciences.
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Edition:- 1st Edition
Author:- Scott W VanderStoep;
Deirdre D Johnston
Deirdre D Johnston
Publisher:- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, ©2009.
Size:- 3.18 MB
Page:- 351 Pages
Price:- US$64.99
ISBN:- 978-0-470-34353-1
Features:- This book offers an innovative introduction to social research. The book explores all stages of the research process and it features both quantitative and qualitative methods. Research design topics include sampling techniques, choosing a research design, and determining research question that inform public opinion and direct future studies.
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23. Book Title:- International Cooperation in Research and Development: An Update to an Inventory of U.S. Government Spending
Edition:- 2001
Author:- Wagner/Yezril/Hassell
Publisher:- RAND Corporation
Size:- 3.46 MB
Page:- 66 pages
Price:- US$12.00
ISBN:- 0833029258
Features:- Scientific research is becoming increasingly more globalized and more collaborative. At the same time, there is growing pressure within the United States to justify government funding for science and technology (S&T). The potential conflict between these developments raises questions of whether U.S. investment in S&T benefits U.S. taxpayers and whether investment in scientific capacity building overseas has created competition rather than mere assistance. To understand the answers to these questions,this report describes the scope and nature of U.S. spending on international cooperative research and development (ICRD) in fiscal year (FY) 1997. Most spending (over 90 percent) is for collaboration on common research problems among scientists from different countries.Aerospace S&T dominated spending, with biomedical science a distant second. This book finds that the federal government spent $4.4 billion on ICRD in FY 1997, an increase of $1.1 billion over FY 1995. However, this figure may reflect better data collection and increased reporting, rather than an actual increase in spending. The only notable change inthe two-year period involves a substantial increase in cooperative activity with Russia, tied heavily to space-related projects.
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24. Book Title:- Confirmatory Factor Analysis for Applied Research (Methodology In The Social Sciences)
Edition:- 2006
Author:- Timothy A. Brown PsyD
Publisher:- The Guilford Press
Size:- 2.36 MB
Page:- 475 pages
Price:- US$43.75
ISBN:- 1593852746
Features:- Emphasizing practical and theoretical aspects of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) rather than mathematics or formulas, Timothy A. Brown uses rich examples derived from the psychology, management, and sociology literatures to provide in-depth treatment of the concepts, procedures, pitfalls, and extensions of CFA methodology. Chock full of useful advice and tables that outline the procedures, the text shows readers how to conduct exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and understand similarities to and differences from CFA; formulate, program, and interpret CFA models using popular latent variable software packages such as LISREL, Mplus, Amos, EQS, and SAS/CALIS; and report results from a CFA study. Also covered are extensions of CFA to traditional IRT analysis, methods for determining necessary sample sizes, and new CFA modeling possibilities, including multilevel factor models and factor mixture models. Special features include a Web page offering data and program syntax files for many of the research examples so that readers can practice the procedures described in the book with real data. The Web page also includes links to additional CFA-related resources.
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25. Book Title:- Data Quality and High-Dimensional Data Analysis
Edition:- 2009
Author:- Chee-yong Chan,
Sanjay Chawla,
Shazia Sadiq,
Xiaofang Zhou,
Vikram Pudi
Sanjay Chawla,
Shazia Sadiq,
Xiaofang Zhou,
Vikram Pudi
Publisher:- World Scientific Publishing Company
Size:- 2.1 MB
Page:- 106 pages
Price:- US$53.00
ISBN:- 9814273481
Features:- Poor data quality is known to compromise the credibility and efficiency of commercial and public endeavours. Also, the importance of managing data quality has increased manifold as the diversity of sources, formats and volume of data grows. This volume targets the data quality in the light of collaborative information systems where data creation and ownership is increasingly difficult to establish.
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Edition:- 2004
Writer:- SUBHASH C. RAY, University of Connect
Publisher:- Cambridge University Press, New York
Size:- 2.37 MB
Page:- 367 Page
Price:- US$69.60
ISBN:- 0-511-21272-0
Features:- Productivity, Efficiency, and Data Envelopment Analysis , Variable Returns to Scale: Separating Technical and Scale Efficiencies, Extensions to the Basic DEA Models, Nonradial Models and Pareto–Koopmans Measures of Technical Efficiency, Efficiency Measurement without Convexity Assumption: Free Disposal Hull Analysis, Dealing with Slacks: Assurance Region/Cone Ratio Analysis, Weak Disposability, and Congestion Efficiency of Merger and Breakup of Firms Efficiency Analysis with Market Prices, Nonparametric Approaches in Production, Economics Measuring Total Productivity Change over Time, Stochastic Approaches to Data Envelopment Analysis ,
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27. Book Title:- Constructing Questions for Interviews and Questionnaires: Theory and Practice in Social Research
Edition:- 1993
Author:- William Foddy
Publisher:- Cambridge University Press
Size:- 5.6 MB
Page:- 244 pages
Price:- US$53.00
ISBN:- 0521420091, 0521467330
Features:- This practical book presents a coherent, theoretical basis for the construction of valid and reliable questions for interviews and questionnaires. It integrates the empirical findings on question design reported in the social science literature and develops these insights. William Foddy outlines the problems that can arise when framing questions. He has written a broadly useful book for student and professional survey practitioners, particularly academic, government, and market researchers.
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Edition:- 2009
Writer:- Saul Becker, Alan Bryman and Joe Sempik
Publisher:- First published in Great Britain in July 2006 by the Social Policy Association in conjunction with the Joint University Council Social Policy Committee
Size:- 2.80 MB
Page:- 24 Page
Price:- Currently unavailable
ISBN:- 0 907274 50 1
Features:- Study design, methods and samples, Indicators and rankings of quality in published social policy research, Quality criteria in quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research, Research methods and designs as indicators of quality, ‘Originality’, ‘Significance’ and ‘Rigour’ as criteria of quality, User involvement in social policy research, Moving Forward: A framework for discussion
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29. Book Title:- Taking Social Research to the Larger World
Edition:- 2005
Author:- Edward B Harvey
Publisher:- Canadian Scholars Press
Size:- 2.29 MB
Page:- 200 pages
Price:- US$29.95
ISBN:- 1551302551
Features:- Taking Social Research to the Larger World is the remarkable story of Professor Edward Harvey’s twin track career as a university professor and consultant specializing in social policy issues – a forty year journey that blossomed with the dynamic Trudeau era and the search for ‘The Just Society.’ In Prime Minister Trudeau’s words: "Until Canada is given the opportunity of utilizing to the full the offerings of all Canadians, the country and the people who live in it will not gain fulfillment." With its richly detailed accounts of early life at Princeton, royal commissions, government task forces, and private sector assignments, this book will be a compelling read for anyone interested in policy, organizational change, equality issues, and the recent history of Canada’s sometimes fragile confederation. Dr. Harvey’s journey is impeccably written and tremendously engaging. The author’s abilities as a story teller are finely tuned. Although biographical, this book is, in large part, a history of Canada too. Context is everything and the author has woven his life together with Canada’s recent past quite beautifully. The author leads us through the strong post-war economic growth and the demographic explosion that came to be known as the baby boom, and on to the resulting dramatic social policy developments. Details of behind-the-scenes events and conversations add humour and realism to the ‘characters’ in a highly entertaining fashion. The author captures the era remarkably well. He intertwines personal interests in jazz, chess, and abstract art with the pursuit of university education and developing an understanding of political and social issues. The author very clearly describes the optimism of the 1950s and early 1960s; the tremendous social revolution of the 1960s; the JFK assassination; and the Marxist 1970s. Canadian society was transformed in many, many ways – health care, education, employment, immigration, urban development, and the quest for equality of opportunity. Themes of intellectual curiosity, a genuine love of learning, brainstorming, camaraderie, and teamwork are evident at every turn. Challenge and innovation have indeed directed Dr. Harvey’s twin track career and unique vision.
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30. Book Title:- Research for Social Workers: An Introduction to Methods
Edition:- 2 Ed (2003)
Author:- Margaret Alston and
Wendy Bowles
Wendy Bowles
Publisher:- Routledge
Size:- 1.84 MB
Page:- 344 pages
Price:- US$40.95
ISBN:- 1865088943, 0415307228
Features:- Research for Social Workers is an accessible introduction to research methods specifically needed in social work and social welfare. It outlines the major stages of research projects step by step, covering both quantitative and qualitative methods. It offers explanations of how to combine these two traditions in practice, as well as guidelines to analyzing results and reporting. It also includes chapters on needs assessment and program evaluation, both skills essential for human service workers.
As social work practice has become increasingly sophisticated, the role of research in social work has become more critical. Today research is relevant to just about every area of social work practice, from determining needs in the initial stages of an intervention, to planning a course of action, and finally evaluating practice. Springing from the research traditions of sociology and psychology, social work is now developing its own research orientation and knowledge base.
Research for Social Workers is written for researchers without a strong maths background. Illustrated with examples, and accompanied by exercises and questions, it is an ideal introduction for newcomers to research, and a reference for more experienced social work researchers who would like to improve their skills.
As social work practice has become increasingly sophisticated, the role of research in social work has become more critical. Today research is relevant to just about every area of social work practice, from determining needs in the initial stages of an intervention, to planning a course of action, and finally evaluating practice. Springing from the research traditions of sociology and psychology, social work is now developing its own research orientation and knowledge base.
Research for Social Workers is written for researchers without a strong maths background. Illustrated with examples, and accompanied by exercises and questions, it is an ideal introduction for newcomers to research, and a reference for more experienced social work researchers who would like to improve their skills.
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31. Book Title:- Research Design and Methods for Studying Cultures
Edition:- 2009
Author:- Victor De Munck
Publisher:- AltaMira Press
Size:- 5.36 MB
Page:- 221 pages
Price:- US$75.00
ISBN:- 075911143X
Features:- A concise methods book, Research Design and Methods for Studying Cultures emphasizes that all methods are related as parts of a research design and must be chosen with respect to the larger research objective of anthropology.
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32. Book Title:- Counterfactuals and Causal Inference: Methods and Principles for Social Research
Edition:- 2007
Author:- Morgan, Stephen L. and
Christopher Winship
Christopher Winship
Publisher:- Cambridge University Press
Size:- 2.78 MB
Page:- 334 pages
Price:- US$86.00
ISBN:- 0521856159
Features:- Did mandatory busing programs in the 1970s increase the school achievement of disadvantaged minority youth? Does obtaining a college degree increase an individual's labor market earnings? Did the use of a butterfly ballot in some Florida counties in the 2000 presidential election cost Al Gore votes? Simple cause-and-effect questions such as these are the motivation for much empirical work in the social sciences. In this book, the counterfactual model of causality for observational data analysis is presented, and methods for causal effect estimation are demonstrated using examples from sociology, political science, and economics.
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33. Book Title:- How to Write a Thesis
Edition:- SECOND EDITION
Writer:- Rowena Murray
Publisher:- Open University Press, London
Size:- 0.97 MB
Page:- 320 page
Price:- US$ 18.71
ISBN:- 0 335 21968 3
Features:- How to write 1000 words an hour, Thinking about writing a thesis, Starting to write, Seeking structure, The first milestone, Becoming a serial writer, Creating closure, Fear and loathing: revising, It is never too late to start, The last 385 yards
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34. Book Title:- Research Design for Social Work and the Human Services
Edition:- 2000
Author:- Jeane W. Anastas
Publisher:- Columbia University Press
Size:- 7.48 MB
Page:- 608 pages
Price:- US$74.00
ISBN:- 0231118902
Features:- Research Design for Social Work and the Human Services integrates a range of research techniques into a single epistemological framework and presents a balanced approach to the teaching of research methods in the "helping professions." Jeane W. Anastas begins with a discussion of the different philosophical perspectives within which social research occurs and continues with problem formulation, research design, and methodological issues influencing data collection, analysis, and dissemination. She presents both fixed (quantitative) and flexible (qualitative) methods of research, granting legitimacy, value, utility, and relevance to both styles of inquiry.
Utilizing complete case studies to illustrate different methodological approaches, Research Design for Social Work and the Human Services integrates material on women and people of color, and draws attention to the ways racism, heterosexism, sexism, and classism affect the conceptualization and conduct of research. Anastas not only exposes these biases but actively addresses the experiences, needs, and concerns of clients of both genders and different races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, cultures, and classes.
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Edition:- 2002-03
Author:- Margarita Limón,
L. Mason
L. Mason
Publisher:- Springer
Size:- 7.88 MB
Page:- 440 pages
Price:- US269.00
ISBN:- 140200494X
Features:- This book is an important account of the state of the art of both theoretical and practical issues in the present-day research on conceptual change. It is divided into four parts and each of them is commented on by an invited discussant. The two first parts deal with theoretical perspectives on conceptual change. The last two focus more on implications that can be drawn from research and practical aspects to foster knowledge construction and re-construction in the classroom.
Compared with the few other books in the field, the outstanding feature of this volume is its complete treatment of the questions that should be considered to further current understanding of knowledge construction and change. The book highlights the fact that not only purely cognitive aspects are involved in conceptual change processes. It indicates that for students to be able to achieve deep revision of their prior knowledge, it is crucial that they also modify other aspects such as their beliefs about knowledge and knowing, their motivation, affect and achievement goals. Moreover, this book indicates that the social and cultural nature of the contexts in which the change of individuals' conceptions is desired to occur plays an essential role. Complete and informative, this book is useful for psychologists, cognitive scientists, educational researchers, curriculum developers, teachers and educators at all levels and in all disciplines.
Compared with the few other books in the field, the outstanding feature of this volume is its complete treatment of the questions that should be considered to further current understanding of knowledge construction and change. The book highlights the fact that not only purely cognitive aspects are involved in conceptual change processes. It indicates that for students to be able to achieve deep revision of their prior knowledge, it is crucial that they also modify other aspects such as their beliefs about knowledge and knowing, their motivation, affect and achievement goals. Moreover, this book indicates that the social and cultural nature of the contexts in which the change of individuals' conceptions is desired to occur plays an essential role. Complete and informative, this book is useful for psychologists, cognitive scientists, educational researchers, curriculum developers, teachers and educators at all levels and in all disciplines.
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Edition:- 2004
Author:- Professor Bridget Somekh (Editor),
Dr Cathy Lewin (Editor)
Dr Cathy Lewin (Editor)
Publisher:- Sage Publications Ltd
Size:- 3.08 MB
Page:- 376 pages
Price:- US$217.18
ISBN:- 076194401X
Features:- "This book provides an excellent balance between theory and practical application in social research. The book works well to develop students' understanding of particular methods of inquiry, embedding them within "real world" settings. I envisage that it will help students to understand the nuances of particular approaches, the complimentarity of certain methods, and the areas of conflict/contention within social research in a way that overcomes the sometimes abstract nature of these discussions" - Dr Jon Tan, School of Education and Professional Training, Leeds Metropolitan University
"This book unlocks all of the important areas of social science research in an easily digestible and stimulating style. Both students and supervisors in a range of disciplines will find this an excellent resource" - Fazal Rizvi, Professor in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rather than being written by one or two `generalists', this innovative book is written by a large number of active researchers about their specialisms in methods/methodologies.
The book introduces all the key qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods and seeks to draw readers into a community of researchers engaged in reflection on the research process. Included are narrative accounts of carrying out a research study that explore the way in which the research design and methods are shaped by the methodology, discussing problematic issues, and reflecting on the way in which knowledge and understanding develop. Aimed at researchers and postgraduate students, it will also be invaluable for students at masters level.
Click on the companion website logo above to access additional resources and links to accompany each chapter in the book.
"Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a valuable pedagogical tool. It is organized as a dialogue between theory and key concepts, and practice - stories from the field allowing novices and scholars alike to see how critical interpretive research is actually conducted" - Norman K Denzin, University of Illinois
"This book unlocks all of the important areas of social science research in an easily digestible and stimulating style. Both students and supervisors in a range of disciplines will find this an excellent resource" - Fazal Rizvi, Professor in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rather than being written by one or two `generalists', this innovative book is written by a large number of active researchers about their specialisms in methods/methodologies.
The book introduces all the key qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and methods and seeks to draw readers into a community of researchers engaged in reflection on the research process. Included are narrative accounts of carrying out a research study that explore the way in which the research design and methods are shaped by the methodology, discussing problematic issues, and reflecting on the way in which knowledge and understanding develop. Aimed at researchers and postgraduate students, it will also be invaluable for students at masters level.
Click on the companion website logo above to access additional resources and links to accompany each chapter in the book.
"Research Methods in the Social Sciences is a valuable pedagogical tool. It is organized as a dialogue between theory and key concepts, and practice - stories from the field allowing novices and scholars alike to see how critical interpretive research is actually conducted" - Norman K Denzin, University of Illinois
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Edition:- 2007
Author:-
Publisher:- Cambridge University Press
Size:- 1.34 MB
Page:- 256 pages
Price:- US$104.00
ISBN:- 0521613094
Features:- This book examines several contentious and under-studied criminal career issues using one of the world's most important longitudinal studies, the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (CSDD), a longitudinal study of 411 South London boys followed in criminal records to age 40. The analysis reported in the book explores issues related to prevalence, offending frequency, specialization, onset sequences, co-offending, chronicity, career length, and trajectory estimation. The results of the study are considered in the context of developmental/life-course theories, and the authors outline an agenda for criminal career research generally, and within the context of the CSDD specifically.
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Edition:- 2007
Author:- I. B. Tauris
Publisher:-
Size:- 2.4 MB
Page:- 224 pages
Page:- 224 pages
Price:- US$85.00
ISBN:- 1845114329
Features:- Practice-led research is a burgeoning area across the creative arts, with studio-based doctorates frequently favoured over traditional research. Yet until now there has been little published guidance for students embarking on such research. This is the first book designed specifically as a pedagogical tool and is structured on the model used by most research programmes. A comprehensive introduction lays out the book's framework and individual chapters provide concrete examples of studio-based research in art, film and video, creative writing and dance, each contextualised by a theoretical essay and complete with references. More than a handbook, the volume draws on thinkers including Deleuze, Bourdieu and Heidegger in its examination of the relationship between practice and theory, demonstrating how practice can operate as a valid alternative mode of enquiry to traditional scholarly research. Taking pains to elaborate methodologies, contexts and outcomes, and emphasising the process of enquiry and its relationship to the research write-up or exegesis, this is an indispensable tool for educators and students.
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Edition:- 2004
Author:-
Publisher:- Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Size:- 16.06 MB
Page:- 240 pages
Price:- US$90.00
ISBN:- 0805847286
Features:- Almost all research in the social and behavioral sciences, and also in economic and marketing research, criminological research, and social medical research deals with the analysis of categorical data. Categorical data are quantified as either nominal or ordinal variables. This volume is a collection of up-to-date studies on modern categorical data analysis methods, emphasizing their application to relevant and interesting data sets.
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40. Book Title:- Secondary Data Analysis Edition:- 2010
Author:- Thomas P. Vartanian
Publisher:- Ox-ord Un-ersity Pr-ss
Size:- 2.37 MB
Page:- 224 pages
Price:- US$29.95
ISBN:- 019538881X
Features:- In recent decades, social work and other social science research disciplines have become increasingly reliant on large secondary data sets, which have increased in both number and accessibility. When starting a new research project, how does one determine whether to use a secondary data set? Which of the thousands available should be used? This invaluable and expertly written guide provides an in-depth introduction to 29 of the most widely used data sets in social work, such as the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, and the U.S. Census. This book also examines the years covered by these cross-sectional and longitudinal data sets, the units of analysis, and the sample sizes.
Readers will learn where to find the data and the key variables contained within, and how to use them in SAS and Stata. Screen shots guide researchers through data sets in a step-by-step process: how to download the data, how to merge it with other data sets, and how to program it when necessary. Each section also profiles studies that have used the respective data sets, giving researchers a clear feel for the depth and range of questions that a given data source can be used to answer, like the use of government data to explore issues ranging from pathways out of poverty to the relationship between marital dissolution and women's health and well-being.
Exceptionally well calibrated and filled with real-world examples, this pocket guide will give beginning and advanced researchers a comprehensive understanding of these data sets that they can use in their research on clinical, policy, and other types studies.
Readers will learn where to find the data and the key variables contained within, and how to use them in SAS and Stata. Screen shots guide researchers through data sets in a step-by-step process: how to download the data, how to merge it with other data sets, and how to program it when necessary. Each section also profiles studies that have used the respective data sets, giving researchers a clear feel for the depth and range of questions that a given data source can be used to answer, like the use of government data to explore issues ranging from pathways out of poverty to the relationship between marital dissolution and women's health and well-being.
Exceptionally well calibrated and filled with real-world examples, this pocket guide will give beginning and advanced researchers a comprehensive understanding of these data sets that they can use in their research on clinical, policy, and other types studies.
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Edition:- 2010
Author:- OECD
Publisher:- OECD
Size:- 1.49 MB
Page:- 146 pages
Price:- US$50.00
ISBN:- 9264097490
Features:- This book seeks to increase understanding of the links between skills and innovation. It explores the wide range of skills required, ranging from technical to "soft", and the ability to learn; it presents data and evidence on countries' stocks and flows of skills and the links between skill inputs and innovation outputs. Given the importance of meeting the demands of knowledge-based economic activity, the book investigates the issues of skill supply, education, workplace training and work organisation. It highlights the importance of enabling individuals to acquire appropriate skills and of optimising these at work.
Table of contents
Executive summary
Chapter 1. Skills and innovation – Links, questions and challenges
The links between human capital and innovation
Policy questions and methodological challenges
Summary and approach
Chapter 2. What are the skills needed for innovation?
Skills for innovation – insights from the literature
Looking ahead
Chapter 3. What the data and evidence say about skills and innovation
Skills and innovation at the country level
Skills and innovation at the industry level
Skills at work
Chapter 4. Developing and using skills for innovation – Policy issues
Supply of skills
Education and skills for innovation
Workplace training
Work organisation
Policy coherence
Table of contents
Executive summary
Chapter 1. Skills and innovation – Links, questions and challenges
The links between human capital and innovation
Policy questions and methodological challenges
Summary and approach
Chapter 2. What are the skills needed for innovation?
Skills for innovation – insights from the literature
Looking ahead
Chapter 3. What the data and evidence say about skills and innovation
Skills and innovation at the country level
Skills and innovation at the industry level
Skills at work
Chapter 4. Developing and using skills for innovation – Policy issues
Supply of skills
Education and skills for innovation
Workplace training
Work organisation
Policy coherence
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Edition:- 7th edition
Author:- W. Phillips Shively
Publisher:- Prеntice Hаll
Size:- 1.59 MB
Page:- 112 pages
Price:- US$ $38.69
ISBN:- 0205677746
Features:- MySearchLab provides students with a complete understanding of the research process so they can complete research projects confidently and efficiently. Students and instructors with an internet connection can visit www.MySearchLab.com and receive immediate access to thousands of full articles from the EBSCO ContentSelect database. In addition, MySearchLab offers extensive content on the research process itself—including tips on how to navigate and maximize time in the campus library, a step-by-step guide on writing a research paper, and instructions on how to finish an academic assignment with endnotes and bibliography.
This highly accessible book provides a basic introduction to the nature of research questions and methods of empirical research in political science. It describes the cooperative process, as well as the logic of empirical measurement and analysis of observations, in the conception and pursuit of a research project. Emphasizing the design of interesting research questions and basic problems of measurement and data analysis, the book relies more on intuitive understanding than on formal development. Chapter topics cover political theories and research topics, the importance of dimensional thinking, problems of measurement: accuracy and precision, causal thinking and the design of research, selecting what observations to study, and an introduction to statistics. For individuals interested in political science and research methods.
This highly accessible book provides a basic introduction to the nature of research questions and methods of empirical research in political science. It describes the cooperative process, as well as the logic of empirical measurement and analysis of observations, in the conception and pursuit of a research project. Emphasizing the design of interesting research questions and basic problems of measurement and data analysis, the book relies more on intuitive understanding than on formal development. Chapter topics cover political theories and research topics, the importance of dimensional thinking, problems of measurement: accuracy and precision, causal thinking and the design of research, selecting what observations to study, and an introduction to statistics. For individuals interested in political science and research methods.
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Edition:- 2009
Author:- James Jaccard & Jacob Jacoby
Publisher:- The Guilford Press
Size:- 2.03 MB
Page:- 391 pages
Price:- US$60.00
ISBN:- 1606233394
Features:- Meeting a crucial need for graduate students and newly minted researchers, this innovative text provides hands-on tools for generating ideas and translating them into formal theories. It is illustrated with numerous practical examples drawn from multiple social science disciplines and research settings. The authors offer clear guidance for defining constructs, thinking through relationships and processes that link constructs, and deriving new theoretical models (or building on existing ones) based on those relationships. Step by step, they show readers how to use causal analysis, mathematical modeling, simulations, and grounded and emergent approaches to theory construction. A chapter on writing about theories contains invaluable advice on crafting effective papers and grant applications.
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Edition:- 1 edition
Author:- Vijay K. Vaishnavi
Publisher:- Auerbach Publications
Size:- 3.72 MB
Page:- 248 pages
Price:- US$ $98.03
ISBN:- 1420059327
Features:- Design research promotes understanding of advanced, cutting-edge information systems through the construction and evaluation of these systems and their components. Since this method of research can produce rigorous, meaningful results in the absence of a strong theory base, it excels in investigating new and even speculative technologies, offering the potential to advance accepted practice. Design Science Research Methods and Patterns presents innovative research methods that help break new ground by applying patterns, reuse, and design science to research. The book relies on familiar patterns to provide the solid fundamentals of various research philosophies and techniques as touchstones that demonstrate how to innovate research methods. Filled with practical examples of applying patterns to IT research with an emphasis on reusing research activities to save time and money, this book describes design science research in relation to other information systems research paradigms such as positivist and interpretivist research.
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Edition:- 2000
Author:- Ivan Valiela
Publisher:- Oxford University Press
Size:- 18.7 MB
Page:- 294 pages
Price:- US$36.36
ISBN:- 0195134133
Features:- Doing Science offers a rare compendium of practical advice based on how working scientists pursue their craft. It covers each stage of research, from formulating questions and gathering data to developing experiments and analyzing results and finally to the many ways for presenting results. Drawing on his extensive experience both as a researcher and a research mentor, Ivan Valiela has written a lively and concise survey of everything a beginning scientist needs to know to succeed in the field. He includes chapters on scientific data, statistical methods, and experimental designs, and much of the book is devoted to presenting final results. He gives valuable suggestions for improving scientific writing, for preparing scientific talks, and devotes three chapters to hands-on advice for presenting data in charts, tables, and graphs. Anyone beginning a scientific career, or anyone who advises students in research, will find Doing Science an invaluable source of advice.
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Edition:- 5th Edition ( 1998)
Author:- Robert A. Day
Publisher:- Oryx Press
Size:- 13.63 MB
Page:- 296 Pages
Price:- US$ $55.00
ISBN:- 1573561657
Features:- This book, in 30 chapters, five appendices and one glossary, instructs in a didactic and very clear style the guidelines authors should follow, in order to improve the quality of their scientific papers, theses and article reviews, among other topics.
This witty and practical guide to organizing, writing, and submitting scientific research for publication in a scholarly scientific journal is designed to help good scientists become good writers. Each edition of this popular work has quickly become an Oryx bestseller, and the new fifth edition has been extensively revised to reflect the significant impact of the Internet and other electronic resources on the writing and publishing of scientific papers.This new edition presents seven new chapters that cover the topics of equipment and software; electronic publishing formats; the Internet and the World Wide Web; publishing on the World Wide Web; electronic journals; e-mail and newsgroups; and searching for information on the Web. Many chapters from the previous edition have also been revised and updated.
This witty and practical guide to organizing, writing, and submitting scientific research for publication in a scholarly scientific journal is designed to help good scientists become good writers. Each edition of this popular work has quickly become an Oryx bestseller, and the new fifth edition has been extensively revised to reflect the significant impact of the Internet and other electronic resources on the writing and publishing of scientific papers.This new edition presents seven new chapters that cover the topics of equipment and software; electronic publishing formats; the Internet and the World Wide Web; publishing on the World Wide Web; electronic journals; e-mail and newsgroups; and searching for information on the Web. Many chapters from the previous edition have also been revised and updated.
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Edition:- 2008
Author:- Ian Brace
Publisher:- Kogan Page
Size:- 1.91 MB
Page:- 304 pages
Price:- US$ $26.37
ISBN:- 0749450282
Features:- Questionnaires are vital for the market researcher: they draw accurate information from respondents; give structure to interviews; provide a standard form on which facts, comments and attitudes can be recorded; and facilitate data processing.
Questionnaire Design explains the role of questionnaires in market research and looks at how and when certain kinds of questionnaires should be used. It explains how to compose the right questionnaire for the research.
The new edition includes information about online questionnaires and interviews, their problems and potential, and other useful advice about avoiding common errors.
Questionnaire Design explains the role of questionnaires in market research and looks at how and when certain kinds of questionnaires should be used. It explains how to compose the right questionnaire for the research.
The new edition includes information about online questionnaires and interviews, their problems and potential, and other useful advice about avoiding common errors.
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