Mary Holmes shows how an optimistic sociology can help us think about and understand social problems and positive social change. The perfect companion and/or antidote to studying sociology.

The only student focused, applied primer for Geocomputation in the social sciences. With example code and data sets provided as add-ons, it enables readers to work through all the examples themselves. An accessible text, specifically designed for readers who are new to Geocomputation as an area of research.

Written by an experienced team of authors, this is a creative and practical guide to evaluation for those working with young people. Accompanied by a companion website complete with downloadable worksheets, templates and author videos, it provides the tools needed to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and applied practice.

The chapters in this book develop a working framework and contain worked examples and exercises to make sure that readers get the best results from their research and are fully versed in all the practical aspects of doing action research.

Detailing the steps involved in planning and carrying out a comprehensive approach to monitoring a process or new programme, policy or practice implementation in an organization, this book will develop students' skills in program evaluation, specifically in implementation monitoring.

Containing numerous step-by-step examples throughout, this new edition introduces readers to how to use IBM SPSS to plan a study, prepare data for analysis, perform the analysis and interpret the output.

Addressing a common question posed by researchers, this book introduces readers to power analysis and sample size determination and clearly illustrates why sample sizes need to be sufficiently large to give good power properties and low error rates.

This comprehensive book provides guidelines for applying mixed-methods research in the development of culturally specific intervention programs and the subsequent evaluation.

Focussing on applied knowledge and providing straightforward coverage of R objects and functions, this introduction helps students with little or no background in statistics or programming to develop real-world R skills.

With step-by-step instructions covering the entire research process, and with an emphasis on meaningful analysis to encourage good judgement, this book provides that ideal stepping stone between learning about research and actually doing it