By concentrating on the nature of terminology used in research, this book helps students better understand, and learn how to use, the specialist vocabulary of educational and social science research.

Written in a clear, accessible way, drawing on exciting up-to-date examples and providing a reflective perspective on research as a human process, this book makes for a crucial companion to conducting small-scale research.

This innovative new text provides a sophisticated theoretical and practical understanding of research design in the social sciences.

The March 2010 issue considers the Internet, its effect on free speech and how it has reinvented free speech.

Leading contributors combine practical pieces with overviews of the state of the art in the field, making this handbook essential reading for any student or researcher looking to apply multilevel techniques in their own research

A guide to how participatory visual methods and arts-based methods can influence social change and make a significant contribution to policy dialogue.

This book reflects recent attention in both the press and peer-reviewed research on learning through online engagement, whether formally through online classes and MOOCs or informally within game environments and popular culture discussion boards.

Paul Stoneman and Nigel Gilbert breathe new energy into this classic bestselling textbook providing clear, relevant advice and extensive coverage of all the research methods you need to understand today's society.

This book explores the fun things researchers can do with logistic regression, explicates and simplifies the confounding complexities of understanding what logistic regression is, and provides evidence-based guidance as to what the best practices in performing logistic regression are.

Building on the authors' experience with their own doctoral students, this easy-to-read guide, helps and encourages students to write and complete their thesis faster.