Providing readers with the introduction to doing research into digital cultures and technologies, this book considers the methodological, practical and theoretical elements of digital ethnography and demonstrates how to research experiences and relationships as well as objects and events

This text presents students, researchers and policy makers in the social sciences with the tools for undertaking mixed-methods research for policy research and programme evaluation, from design, through data collection and dissemination.

An exciting new introduction to digital social research tools and methods, this book helps readers to manage the huge amounts of data available, and feel confident if they are attempting this sort of research for the first time.

Provides readers with effective methods for evaluating health programs and offers expert guidance for collaborating with stakeholders involved in the process.

Addressing the immensely important topic of research credibility, Raymond Hubbard's work proposes that we must treat such information with a healthy dose of scepticism.

This manageable guide provides students with not only the nuts and bolts needed to get started, but also guidance on ethics, preparation strategies and advice for tackling the unexpected - making it the ideal companion for all students starting out on their research project

Helping researchers progress to doing more complex qualitative research, this book is grounded in theory and takes the reader beyond a 'tick box' approach to methods

Providing readers with non-technical and applied explanations of both conceptual and practical aspects of sampling, this book covers the changing technology landscape of survey research and big data.

In covering both traditional and newer approaches, and presenting them alongside each other, and by consistently referring to two data sets throughout, this book provides students with a brand-new way of understanding methods and a tool with which they can think about their own research.