Teaching students the basics of communication research in an accessible manner, this fourth edition demystifies the theories and applications through its focus on methods in practice.

The sixth volume in SAGE's Mixed Methods Research Series provides an introduction and practical applications for using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as part of a mixed methods approach to research and evaluation.

Focusing on the up-and-coming method of Necessary Condition Analysis, this text offers a practical guide to successfully using NCA in a business and management dissertation or project.

This text is an introduction to learning and teaching in the post compulsory sector, going further than other texts in its exploration of the sector.

Clinical Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies traces 14 ground-breaking studies by researchers such as Leo Kanner, David T. Lykken and Aaron T. Beck to re-examine and reflect on their findings and engage in a lively discussion of the subsequent work that they have inspired.

The sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front, one of the most powerful novels of the First World War and a twentieth-century classic.

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Solving complex problems and selling their solutions is critical for personal and organizational success. For most of us, however, it doesn't come naturally and we haven't been taught how to do it well. Research shows a host of pitfalls trips us up when we try: We're quick to believe we understand a situation and jump to a flawed solution.

We seek to confirm our hypotheses and ignore conflicting evidence. We view challenges incompletely through the frameworks we know instead of with a fresh p...

An illustrated celebration of how wood is used in modern architecture as a thermal and acoustic insulator and to bring warmth and texture to buildings.