This book engages with key intellectual challenges facing social science today, at a time when it is under considerable pressure to demonstrate its value. It addresses questions that carry implications for research practice, quantitative or qualitative, by making use of contemporary examples, such as the London riots.

Approaching the topic from the perspective of the social scientist interested in hypothesis-testing, this volume is an introduction to time-series methods and their application in social science research.

Over senioren horen we gelukkig tal van optimistische, zelfs vrolijke berichten. En inderdaad, vandaag genieten vele ouderen van een gelukkige en wijze tweede levenshelft. Helaas is dit niet voor iedereen weggelegd. De ouderdom heeft ook zijn onmiskenbaar minder fraaie kanten: het overlijden van een geliefde, onzekerheid en angst, gezondheidsproblemen, depressieve klachten, moeilijk oplosbare familiale conflicten; sommigen worden getroffen door dementie. Dan heeft men troost nodig. Vanuit de ...

Packed with illustrations from the health sciences literature, the book shows students how to design, conduct, review, and use mixed methods research findings. Throughout the book, real-world examples and insights from mixed methods researchers provide unique perspectives on every aspect of mixed methods research.

Putting an emphasis on using in-depth interviews in qualitative research, this book shows readers how to expand the scope of their research

Now available in paperback: This book brings together the most innovative contemporary ideas in method and methodology from global experts

This book presents an overview of common SPSS commands and contains a collection of more or less independent sections to help readers find the specific information they need.

Designed to equip those doing research with the knowledge and tools they need to inform their methodological decisions when planning and conducting studies, this book describes both commonly used methods for health intervention research and outlines the theoretical reasoning underlying these different approaches.

Addressing the practicalities of research, and embracing the complexity and variety of written forms of language, this book helps readers with practical and conceptual tools to ask questions about written discourse, and to analyse the huge variety of texts that make up our linguistic landscape.