This book summarizes the most important questions about basic statistics from the simple understanding of summary statistics to more sophisticated inferential statistics

An accomplished and thought provoking study of everyday 'reality' and how we represent, perceive and experience it. With examples throughout, it offers readers an exciting new way of understanding identity, perception and culture.

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

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.

Eminent researchers share their expertise, not 'telling' users what to do, but 'showing' what different methods look like in action, using 'stories from the field' and explaining the key issues involved in reflecting on research.

This is a compact, yet comprehensive, title that clarifies and explains the main concepts within sociology. It is useful both for new students and for students who wants to refresh their memory and come up with new ideas for essay topics.

The Know Your Numbers Little Quick Fix teaches students easy ways to nail the basic numbers, but also why it's important. Relationships between numbers are what underpins all quantitative research. This LQF teaches them why it's fun, and powerful, and definitely not scary, to see the world in numbers.

Built around interviews and personal field notes of authorities and researchers, which really help readers to see what actually happens during fieldwork, this exciting new book gives practical advice on the key aspects of doing developmental fieldwork.