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.

Structured as a series of probing questions, and covering a range of methods, this book reflects on the challenge posed by the idea that social research should serve evidence-based practice.

Part of The SAGE Quantitative Research Kit, this book is an ideal companion for those looking to undertake survey research. Anchored by lots of case studies of real research and expert interviews to strengthen your understanding, it provides guidance on the range of skills needed for watertight survey research and sampling.

An up to date, topical book which explores how society and politics are being shaped by the rise of technology, for good and for bad. Written for both an academic and general audience, this book examines how technology has the power to reshape our civic participation, our economic and political governance, and our entire existence.

This book provides guidance on how to set up mentorship programmes in your institutions, and the skills of an effective mentor.

Material Methods brings introduces students and researchers to the wide range of cross-disciplinary methods which help us to approach and interpret material culture and materials.

This book boldly pursues the challenge to teach researchers not just how to collect and analyze data but how to actively think about them.

This book provides an introduction to community-based ethnography and other applied approaches to conducting qualitative research. It offers both a background in related theory and research, as well as hands-on activities and step-by-step guidelines.

Offers an introduction to the study of consumerism and consumption from a sociological perspective. The author examines what we buy, how and where we consume, the meanings attached to the things we purchase, and the social forces that enable and constrain consumer behavior.