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Methodology eBooks

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  • SAGE Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social & Behavioral Research

    by Abbas Tashakkori, Charles B. Teddlie ...
    Surveying the differing viewpoints and disciplinary approaches to using mixed methods, this volume helps readers explore the answers to a wide range of key questions in the field, including "Can using mixed methods offset the disadvantages that certain methods have by themselves?" "What criteria can a researcher use to select the best mixed methods design for his or her project?" and "What are the ... Read more

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  • Research Methods

    The Key Concepts

    by Michael Hammond, Jerry Wellington ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    This book provides an overview of ninety key concepts which often trouble those who are new to researching within the social sciences. It covers theories of knowledge, methodologies and methods. Each entry offers a definition of a concept, shows how researchers have used that concept in their research and discusses difficulties that the concept presents. The book supports those undertaking their ... Read more

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  • Research Design

    Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches

    by John W. Creswell, J. David Creswell ...
    The Sixth Edition of the bestselling Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches provides clear and concise instruction for designing research projects or developing research proposals. This user-friendly text walks readers through research methods, from reviewing the literature to writing a research question and stating a hypothesis to designing the study. At each ... Read more

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  • News Framing Effects

    by Sophie Lecheler, Claes H. de Vreese ...
    News Framing Effects is a guide to framing effects theory, one of the most prominent theories in media and communication science. Rooted in both psychology and sociology, framing effects theory describes the ability of news media to influence people’s attitudes and behaviors by subtle changes to how they report on an issue. The book gives expert commentary on this complex theoretical notion ... Read more

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  • Doing Computational Social Science

    A Practical Introduction

    by John McLevey ...
    Computational approaches offer exciting opportunities for us to do social science differently. This beginner’s guide discusses a range of computational methods and how to use them to study the problems and questions you want to research.It assumes no knowledge of programming, offering step-by-step guidance for coding in Python and drawing on examples of real data analysis to demonstrate how you ... Read more

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  • Doing Action Research in Your Own Organization

    by David Coghlan ...
    Concise and unintimidating, the fifth edition of this bestselling book is the only pragmatic, quick-start guide to the main theories, issues, and approaches to insider action research.With an encouraging and approachable tone, David is the perfect mentor for anyone conducting action research in their own organization. Calming nerves at the same time as building confidence, he helps readers devise ... Read more

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  • Text as Data

    A New Framework for Machine Learning and the Social Sciences

    by Justin Grimmer, Margaret E. Roberts, Brandon M. Stewart ...
    A guide for using computational text analysis to learn about the social worldFrom social media posts and text messages to digital government documents and archives, researchers are bombarded with a deluge of text reflecting the social world. This textual data gives unprecedented insights into fundamental questions in the social sciences, humanities, and industry. Meanwhile new machine learning ... Read more

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  • Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

    by Elizabeth Ellicott Lea ...
    Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers is a comprehensive and practical guide to home management and culinary arts, first published in the early 19th century by Elizabeth E. Lea. Designed especially for young and inexperienced housekeepers, this classic volume offers a wealth of tried-and-true recipes, household tips, and invaluable advice for running an efficient and ... Read more

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  • The Limitations of Household Surveys: Methodological Considerations in the Selection of the Unit of Analysis

    by Rodolfo Tello ...
    One of the most widely used methods of socioeconomic data collection employed by international development and environmental conservation organizations is household surveys. The information gathered in such surveys is frequently used to support a variety of arguments, but the methodological aspects of these surveys are rarely discussed. The anthropological literature on households, however, has ... Read more

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  • Design-Based Research in Education

    Theory and Applications

    Edited by Zoi A. Philippakos, PhD, Emily Howell, PhD, Anthony Pellegrino, PhD ...
    Effective research in educational settings requires collaboration between researchers and school-based practitioners to codesign instruction and assessment, analyze findings to inform subsequent iterations, and make thoughtful revisions. This innovative reference and course text examines the theory and practice of design-based research (DBR), an important methodology for conducting studies in ... Read more

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  • Empirical Political Analysis

    Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods

    by Richard C. Rich ...
    Empirical Political Analysis introduces readers to the foundations of social science research. Organized around the stages of the research process, this textbook prepares readers to conduct both quantitative and qualitative research, from the formation of theory through the design of research projects, to the collection of data and the analysis of results. It offers a clear and concise ... Read more

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  • Using Participatory Methods to Explore Freedom of Religion and Belief

    Whose Reality Counts?

    by Fatima Suleiman Abdullahi, Henry Mang, Jaffer Abbas Mirza, Plangsat Bitrus Dayil, Yusra Mahdi, Zeri Khairi Gadi, Rebecca Shah, Timothy Shah, Sofya Shahab, Asad Shoaib, Maryam Kanwer, M.K. Nasir ...
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Examining countries where religious pluralism is in decline, including Iraq, India, Pakistan and Nigeria, this book brings together reflections, knowledge and learning about the daily experiences of religiously marginalized groups, generated using participatory research methods. It also showcases the participatory methodologies ... Read more

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  • Rethinking Anthropological Perspectives on Migration

    Edited by Graciela S. Cabana, Jeffery J. Clark ...
    "Cabana and Clark have chosen to base their research into migration on careful study of how real people actually behave over time and space. We are well served by this rugged empiricism and by the multidisciplinary breadth of their approach."—Dean R. Snow, Pennsylvania State University"A thorough survey of the ways in which anthropologists across the four subfields have defined and analyzed human ... Read more

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  • Thiruvalluvar Talks to You

    by PALANISWAAMY VELASWAMY ...
    The Thirukkural is one of the greatest treasures of Tamil literature; a timeless guide to virtue, wealth, and love. In this book, the wisdom of Thiruvalluvar is brought alive in simple, direct language for today's reader.Instead of presenting the couplets as ancient maxims alone, this work interprets their meaning in everyday terms, as if Thiruvalluvar himself were speaking to us. Each section ... Read more

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  • The SAGE Encyclopedia of Communication Research Methods

    Edited by Mike Allen ...
    Communication research is evolving and changing in a world of online journals, open-access, and new ways of obtaining data and conducting experiments via the Internet. Although there are generic encyclopedias describing basic social science research methodologies in general, until now there has been no comprehensive A-to-Z reference work exploring methods specific to communication and media ... Read more

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  • Subjectivism and Interpretative Methodology in Theory and Practice

    by Fu-Lai Tony Yu ...
    Contemporary social science in general and economics in particular are dominated by the method of logical positivism in the British tradition. In contrast to the British philosophy, Subjectivism and Interpretative Methodology in Theory and Practice adopts subjectivism and interpretation methodology to understand human behavior and social action. Unlike positivism, this subjectivist approach, with ... Read more

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  • Using Social Research for Social Justice

    An Introduction for Social Work and Human Services

    by Margot Rawsthorne, Emma Tseris, Amanda Howard, Mareese Terare, Alankaar Sharma ...
    This book will inspire the next generation of social work and human service practitioners to integrate research into their everyday social justice practice. Through highlighting the centrality of values to the task of research and the possibilities for enacting social justice through our research practice, it argues for respectful, meaningful, and just relationships with the people with whom we do ... Read more

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  • ADMINISTRAÇÃO DE UMA NOVA IGREJA

    by Escriba de Cristo ...
    Que seja maldito todo aquele que lê este livro querendo abrir uma igreja como se fosse um negócio lucrativo e com interesses financeiros. Que seja bendito todo aquele que lê este livro querendo instrução e/ou inspiração para abrir um trabalho apostólico de levar a mensagem cristã aos homens. Procurei nestas páginas idealizar uma organização cristã, ou organização eclesiástica que vise o bem-estar ... Read more

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  • Les sociologues chinois de la première moitié du XXème siècle

    Traduit par Sun Xuefen

    Translated by Xuefen Sun ...
    by Peilin Li, Yabin Yang, Jingdong Qu ...
    La Chine de la première moitié du 20ème siècle a connu de nombreux bouleversements dont la fin des dynasties, les mouvements pour la république, les Seigneurs de guerre, de multiples invasions … Elle a aussi vu son milieu culturel et académique s’épanouir. Pendant cette période, la sociologie chinoise contemporaine a pris forme, s’est développée, et a exercé une influence non négligeable dans le ... Read more

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  • STANDFEST Band 4 - Selektionsarchitektur moderner Systeme

    by Fidelius Knox ...
    Band 4 — Institutionelle Selbsterhaltung Moderne Gesellschaften gelten als hochentwickelt, reformfähig und steuerbar. Gleichzeitig entsteht ein wiederkehrender Eindruck struktureller Schwerfälligkeit. STANDFEST analysiert diese Diskrepanz nüchtern und systemisch. Die 10teilige Reihe untersucht institutionelle Logiken, Anreizarchitekturen und Machtverteilungen moderner Systeme. Sie trennt ... Read more

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  • Linear Regression

    A Mathematical Introduction

    by Damodar N. Gujarati ...
    Series series Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences
    Damodar N. Gujarati’s Linear Regression: A Mathematical Introduction presents linear regression theory in a rigorous, but approachable manner that is accessible to students in all social sciences. This concise title goes step-by-step through the intricacies, and theory and practice of regression analysis. The technical discussion is provided in a clear style that doesn’t overwhelm the reader with ... Read more

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  • Anthropology and Ethnography are Not Equivalent

    Reorienting Anthropology for the Future

    Edited by Irfan Ahmad ...
    Series Book 41 - Methodology & History in Anthropology
    In recent years, crucial questions have been raised about anthropology as a discipline, such as whether ethnography is central to the subject, and how imagination, reality and truth are joined in anthropological enterprises. These interventions have impacted anthropologists and scholars at large. This volume contributes to the debate about the interrelationships between ethnography and ... Read more

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  • The Computational Content Analyst

    Using Machine Learning to Classify Media Messages

    by Chris J. Vargo ...
    Most digital content, whether it be thousands of news articles or millions of social media posts, is too large for the naked eye alone. Often, the advent of immense datasets requires a more productive approach to labeling media beyond a team of researchers. This book offers practical guidance and Python code to traverse the vast expanses of data—significantly enhancing productivity without ... Read more

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  • Faire des sciences sociales. Comparer

    Edited by Olivier Remaud, Jean-Frédéric Schaub, Isabelle Thireau ...
    Series series Cas de figure
    Que signifie l’acte de comparer pour les sciences sociales ? Dans ce volume, la démarche comparative est vue comme un éloge de la pluralité : aucune science sociale ne peut se borner à l’étude d’un seul cas. Dès lors, chaque nouveau savoir, chaque nouvel échange entre disciplines se trouvent confrontés aux fausses évidences de leur irréflexion. On tend à décréter le comparable, à stipuler l ... Read more

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