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.

Provides readers with effective methods for evaluating health programs and offers expert guidance for collaborating with stakeholders involved in the process.

Offers a fresh and creative approach to the research process based on author James V. Spickard's decades of teaching experience.

Addressing the immensely important topic of research credibility, Raymond Hubbard's work proposes that we must treat such information with a healthy dose of scepticism.

The Logic Model Guidebook offers clear, step-by-step support for creating logic models and the modeling process in a range of contexts.

Strategies of Qualitative Inquiry 4e isolates the major strategies-historically, the research methods-that researchers can use in conducting concrete qualitative studies.

Approaching the topic from the perspective of the social scientist interested in hypothesis-testing, this volume is an introduction to time-series methods and their application in social science research.

This text looks closely at interdisciplinary research, covering topics such as applying theory and practice to problems, the importance of finding a common ground and suggests new solutions to problems that cover multiple disciplines.

This book presents a method for bringing data analysis and statistical technique into line with theory.

This interdisciplinary text examines five different components of family health--biology, behavior, social-cultural circumstances, the environment, and health care--and the ways they affect the abilities of family members to perform well in their homes, workplaces, and communities.