Provides a very practical and step-by-step guide to collecting and managing qualitative data

Now featuring a total of 21 case study applications and six completely new chapters, this third edition helps students and researchers to improve upon their own research techniques, and provides them with the basis to critique other case studies.

This edited book guides students and researchers through the processes of researching everyday stories about families.

Practical, focused and jargon-free this book shows you the power and potential of NVivo software across a wide range of research questions, data types, perspectives and methodologies.

With over 200 images and extensive how-to and how-not-to examples, the new edition of the book The Financial Times voted one of the 'six best books for data geeks' has everything students and scholars need to understand and create effective data visualisations.

Takes the panic out of sampling designs and helps students understand what sampling is, how it applies to different types of situations, and how to decide what approach works best for their project so they can maximize the impact of their research.

Demonstrating the use of spatial analysis in the social sciences within a regression framework, the second edition of this text employs examples based on real data to illustrate the concepts discussed. The authors also provide relevant code to enable the users to work through the examples in the text.

Acrucial guide for anyone beginning their research on racism, exploring the meaning of racism, key studies in the field, core methods and an agenda of research for the future.