In this engaging and well-illustrated volume of the SAGE Quantitative Research Kit, Peter Martin helps you make the crucial steps towards mastering multivariate analysis of social science data, introducing the fundamental linear and non-linear regression models used in quantitative research. The author covers both the theory and application of statistical models, with the help of illuminating graphs.

This book gives you the tools to conduct your own documentary research and celebrates the importance of documentary analysis across the social sciences.

Being able to read and interpret tables and graphs is a skill that is frequently tested and where students often lose marks in tests. This Little Quick Fix prepares students to read, interpret and produce tables and graphs with confidence and succeed in their exams.

Now with a new companion website! Using IBM (R) SPSS (R) Statistics: An Interactive Hands-On Approach, Third Edition gives readers an accessible and comprehensive guide to walking through SPSS (R), providing them with step-by-step knowledge for effectively analyzing their data. From entering data to working with existing databases, and working with the help menu through performing factor analysis, Using IBM (R) SPSS (R) Statistics covers every aspect of SPSS (R) from introductory through inte...

The willingness to migrate in search of employment is in itself insufficient to compel anyone to move. The dynamics of labour mobility are heavily influenced by the opportunities perceived and the imaginaries held by both employers and regulating authorities in relation to migrant labour. This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the structures and imaginaries underlying various forms of mobility. Based on research conducted in different geographical contexts, including ...

This book helps bridge the gap between the theory of evaluation and its practice, giving students the specific skills they need to use in different evaluation settings.

Nigel Ford provides readers with the strategies they need when using the internet as part of their research and guides them through the necessary skills needed to independently conduct and evaluate research.

A seminal study from a major name in sociology. Ulrich Brockling explores how the contemporary call for entrepreneurship leads to permanent 'over-challenging', exacerbates feelings of powerlessness and generates unbounded anger. We are promised that the most capable will reap the most success, but no amount of effort can remove the risk of failure.

Packed with global, interdisciplinary examples that ground statistical theory and concepts in real-world situations, it shows students not only how to apply newfound knowledge using IBM SPSS Statistics, but also why they would want to - all supported by lots of visuals, interactive demonstrations, author videos, and practice datasets.