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Featuring a timely presentation of total survey error (TSE), this edited volume introduces valuable tools for understanding and improving survey data quality in the context of evolving large-scale d……続きを見る

This book provides a comprehensive account of the methods used in social surveys. All the stages of a survey are covered, from the original planning to the drafting of the final report. Throughout, ……続きを見る

Selecting from the wide range of research methodologies remains a dilemma for all scholars, not least those looking to study the world of accounting. Both established and emerging research methods a……続きを見る

Alla ricerca del senso del lavoro di operatori sociali: è questo l'intento del presente saggio, edito in formato bilingue (inglese e italiano). L'occasione è stata fornita dal processo di revisione ……続きを見る

Life writing projects have become part of the expanding field of qualitative research methods in recent years and advances in critical approaches are reshaping methodological pathways. Critical Appr……続きを見る

Learning how to formulate questions that examine the power relations between the researcher and participants is at the heart of critical approaches. This book provides a comprehensive overview and t……続きを見る

Critical Methods in Political and Cultural Economy offers students and scholars the first methods book for the critical school of International Political Economy (IPE). What does it mean to ‘do’ cri……続きを見る

Evaluating Communication for Development presents a comprehensive framework for evaluating communication for development (C4D). This framework combines the latest thinking from a number of fields in……続きを見る

This latest edition has been fully updated to accommodate the needs of users of SPSS Releases 17, 18 and 19 while still being applicable to users of SPSS Releases 15 and 16. As with previous edition……続きを見る

Interpreting human stories, whether those told by individuals, groups, organizations, nations, or even civilizations, opens a wide scope of research options for understanding how people construct, s……続きを見る

Contemporary critical theory’s methodology is currently taking shape under the impact both of transformative internal develops within the discipline, and of external pressures and incentives arising……続きを見る

The advent of social media offers anthropologists exciting opportunities to extend their research to communities in fresh ways. At the same time, these technological developments open up anthropolog……続きを見る

Max Weber is a magisterial figure in the social sciences. His fundamental contributions to the methodological and conceptual apparatus of sociology remain of continuing relevance to contemporary deb……続きを見る

Social research practitioners and others working in the public and voluntary sectors, in academia and consultancy are increasingly under pressure to provide policy-related evidence with limited reso……続きを見る

First published in 2004. This text is an essential guide to current research approaches in human geography, covering all aspects of undertaking a geography research project, from the selection of an……続きを見る

In The Adapted Mind, Jerome Barkow, along with Leda Cosmides and John Tooby, set out to redefine evolutionary psychology for the social sciences and to create a new agenda for the next generation of……続きを見る

This volume seeks to address the emerging relationships between qualitative research and digital data. At the present time, ubiquitous digital data is altering the foci of research, the contexts in ……続きを見る

Autobiography of a Disease documents, in experimental form, the experience of extended life-threatening illness in contemporary US hospitals and clinics. The narrative is based primarily on the auth……続きを見る

Reflexivity – the critical examination of how we see the world – is integral to good research practice. From this state-of-the-art, accessible tour of its history and contemporary relevance, readers……続きを見る

Desde una mirada multidisciplinaria, el autor se propone comprender la relación de los sistemas de representación externos y las prácticas culturales del conocer, pensar y representar el conocimient……続きを見る

El tercer libro de la colección. Las discusiones sobre la filosofía de las ciencias sociales han estado tradicionalmente ligadas a las que se han suscitado en las ciencias naturales y en tiempos más……続きを見る

La investigación en Ciencias Sociales: estrategias de investigación presenta de forma comprensiva las aproximaciones metodológicas más comunes de las que se valen los investigadores de las ciencias ……続きを見る

Este libro le propone al lector un conjunto clave de consideraciones conceptuales, metodológicas y prácticas en torno al uso de métodos experimentales en ciencias sociales. Así mismo, ofrece una ric……続きを見る

SUMÁRIO PREFÁCIO À EDIÇÃO BRASILEIRA Por Alfredo Naffah Neto PREFÁCIO À EDIÇÃO CHILENA Por Lucrecia Rovalleti INTRODUÇÃO PARTE I OS LIMITES DA ABORDAGEM CENTRADA NA PESSOA CAPÍTULO 1 DA TEORIA NÃO-D……続きを見る

Current mathematical models are notoriously unreliable in describing the time evolution of unexpected social phenomena, from financial crashes to revolution. Can such events be forecast? Can we comp……続きを見る

Offering a deep look into the moral uncertainty in the contemporary social sciences and American society, this book explores an in-depth solution. This solution, as articulated by Pitirim A. Sorokin……続きを見る

Teaching the skills necessary to play sport depends partly on transmitting knowledge verbally, yet non-verbal or tacit knowledge also has an important role. A coach may tell a young athlete to 'move……続きを見る

This book provides an overview of qualitative research models and their applications in organization and management studies. Focusing on the philosophical underpinnings and practical implications of……続きを見る

Dans ce livre, nous partageons avec vous la synthèse de notre propre expérience de vingt ans de pratique quotidienne du coaching.  soit cette approche originale du coaching par l’énergie et……続きを見る

In this book, the authors provide a much-needed general theory of interdisciplinarity and relate it to health/wellbeing research and professional practice. In so doing they make it possible for prac……続きを見る