Building on the acclaimed and successful previous editions, the Third Edition provides further critical updates and illustrations of the applications of reflexive methodology in formulating research strategies.

Placing into perspective the meaning of evidence for evaluation professionals and applied researchers, the contributors to this book - a veritable 'who's who' in evaluation - provide observations about the diversity and changing nature of credible evidence.

Provides a unified framework for both single-level and multilevel modeling of ordinal categorical data

This book provides practical step-by-step guidance for doing grounded theory (GT) using the classic approach articulated by Barney Glaser.

Taking a "bi-level" approach, this book gives readers a complete picture of focus groups with coverage of both the "how-to" and the why, and argues against there being any one right way to do the research.

Through developing a decomposition analysis of the inequality measures and promoting their effective use in research, this book provides readers with a step-by-step understanding of the inequality measures that are currently used.

Provides an authoritative and informed analysis of key issues in international migration, including its crucial significance far beyond the more traditional questions of immigrant settlement and incorporation in particular countries.

This book presents a research model which can be used in the community in order to tackle problems and grow.

Provides instruction and guidance on preparing quantitative data sets prior to answering a study's research questions

Provides an introduction to the major theories, methods and findings of social network analysis research and the applications from that research.