A practical guide for people who commission, implement and use evaluations of complex development interventions.

This book challenges simplified notions of research, providing examples of how students can carry out qualitative research that avoids the trap of methodological reductionism.

A new edition of this popular student exploration of contemporary social change.

With original contributions by leading specialists from around the world, this is a cutting edge exploration of a major social science sub-discipline.

With a clear focus on the importance and prevalence of new and digital technologies, this book presents students with a practical guide to understanding the process of qualitative research in the social sciences

This Second Edition of The Tao of Statistics: A Path to Understanding (With No Math) provides a reader-friendly approach to statistics in plain English. Unlike other statistics books, this text explains what statistics mean and how they are used, rather than how to calculate them. The book walks readers through basic concepts as well as some of the most complex statistical models in use.

The Second Edition adds coverage of big data to better address its impact on p-values and other key concep...

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

Helping students to successfully visualise SEM by drawing on the graphical interface of EQS and providing plenty of screenshots throughout, this book assumes no prior statistical knowledge and includes practical assistance to encourage students to feel confident about using SEM for their research project.

A guide to the terms and phrases that partially shape the origins, purpose, logic, meaning and methods of the practices known as qualitative inquiry, this Fourth Edition has 20 additional terms as well as a Readers' Guide.

This book is ideal for looking at research undertaken with limited funds, using a small sample of convenience, in a health care setting with the primary objective of improving client care and obtaining better client outcomes.