This is a core research design text for courses in experimental design aimed at social scientists, focusing on the methodological and design issues in planning an experiment.

This applied text combines clear explanations of intermediate-level statistics with a rich set of exercises to develop students' skills in selecting, performing and evaluating statistical tests. Each exercise involves writing a brief abstract so that students can translate results into a cohesive and concise story about their data.

The revision of this innovative, bestselling book provides reader with a clear, interactive road map for leadership as a personal journey.

What Does Your Data Team Sound Like? provides an approach that gets teams talking about and applying data effectively in a variety of setting and scenarios.

Now available in paperback: With a particular focus on the utility of scholarly theory and the extent to which government practices inform the development of this theory, this second edition provides a complete review and guide to past and present knowledge in the field

Social Work Research in Practice

An accessible guidebook to the different approaches taken by ethnographers studying education. Part of our brand new series on Education Research published in association with BERA.

A state of the art guide to the issues and debates surrounding feminist theory, mapping both the present and the future of this broad, interdisciplinary field.

An accessible guide for all teachers and trainee teachers in FE. It considers what is means to teach Higher Education courses in Further Education and how an HE environment can be created in an FE setting.

Providing a retrospective and prospective overview of organization studies, the Handbook continues to challenge and inspire readers with its synthesis of knowledge and literature.