This approachable introduction to doing data science in R provides step-by-step advice on using data science tools and statistical methods to carry out data analysis. Introducing the fundamentals of data science and R before moving into more advanced topics like Multilevel Models and Probabilistic Modelling with Stan, it builds knowledge and skills gradually.

Presented in a unique and easy-to-use dictionary format, this practical guide will help students and practitioners understand and apply the principles of effective communication.

A step-by-step guide to the underpinning theoretical knowledge in social work helping your students to confidently apply theory in practice.

Fully up-to-date and with a range of online tools and resources to support both lecturers and students, this book covers the essential skills needed by business and management students throughout their university career and on their journey into the working world.

This book focussed on doing research with young children through play, with clear guidance on how to engage in appropriate methods.

A guide to the study and practice of the music industries in the 21st century. Tying academic research to industry insight, it helps students understand the range of roles and institutions they need to know in order to manage artists and to promote and sell music.

This guide aims to help both supervisors and supervisees use supervision to maximise learning, and to support best practice.

This book is a systematic, eight-step guide to qualitative content analysis, supporting you through each stage of your research project, no matter the type or amount of data.

In this latest edition of her classic text, Lisa Spiller takes an insightful, in-depth look at contemporary marketing concepts, tactics, and techniques and the dynamic innovations that continue to drive and shape this multi-faceted, multi-dimensional field.

With contributions from over 30 experts, and dispelling common myths, this is a practical and evidence-based guide into the benefits of social media and how it can be used beneficially by both children and adolescents.