A new research project guide for social science students used to hybrid teaching and research; it comes from two young, energetic methods experts who map the individual’s journey through a contained project.

Approaches to Mixed Methods Research focuses on the choices social scientists make when designing a study that mixes quantitative and qualitative data. Authors Lisa D. Pearce and Jessica Halliday Hardie explore ways to weave together strands of research using qualitative and quantitative data to speak to and enhance each other; a strand being a series of steps involved in collecting and analyzing a single type of data.

The result, they show, is a more holistic body of evidence that emerges, a...

A step-by-step guide to understanding the concepts of research and gathering data to writing it all up and sharing knowledge, this book enables readers to learn the research process with confidence, build practical knowledge, and make the necessary connections between research and professional practice.

An undergraduate introduction to the research process and research methods in media studies. Uniquely student-centred, and built around first year teaching at the world’s #1 ranked media studies department.

This book explores the flesh and breath of African feminist politics as embodied in activism over the past thirty years against sexism, militarism, homophobia and transphobia, global economic inequality, and religious fundamentalism, and towards freedoms that can be felt by African women and gender non-conforming people in the everyday.

This is an important and timely scholarly contribution that will appeal to academics, students, activists, and advocates in the fields of eugenics, sociology, reproductive health, reproductive rights, social justice, and policy making.

The seventh edition of How to Conduct Surveys: A Step-by-Step Guide by Arlene Fink provides a concise and reliable resource for developing and running surveys. The seventh edition includes new information on the use of AI in surveys, social media, videoconference platforms, cultural validity, and research ethics, along with updated data and citations throughout.

Need to tackle your research project? This practical, straightforward book covers every step along the way so you can confidently take the leap into the research world.