Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
Students across social science, behavioral science, and health and nursing fields are now expected to be proficient in mixed methods research. This text begins with an introduction to and overview of the development of mixed methodology, and then takes students through all aspects of working with mixed methods, from research design and data collection through to analysis and conclusions. Authors Abbas Tashakkori, R. Burke Johnson, and Charles Teddlie have thoroughly updated the text to reflect the many advances in mixed methods in recent years. The new edition includes additional information on writing, publishing, and disseminating results, as well as information on policy impact and annotated examples of mixed methods research studies.
This affordable student study guide and workbook to accompany Wendy J. Steinberg and Matthew Price's Statistics Alive!, Third Edition, helps students get the added review and practice they need to improve their skills and master their Introduction to Statistics course.
Unlike other texts that overwhelm students with technical information and jargon, this revised Fifth Edition offers a balanced approach to dealing with HR issues and IT/IS issues by drawing from experts in both areas. It includes the latest research and developments in the areas of information security, privacy, cloud computing, social media, and HR analytics. Numerous examples, best practices, discussion questions, and case studies make this book the most student-friendly and current text on the market.
Latin American Politics reflects just how much the region has changed in the last two decades by drawing on contemporary research in comparative studies to highlight the big questions that political scientists seek to answer today.
Sociology of Sexualities takes a unique sociological approach to the study of sexualities and explores the ways sexuality operates in and through institutions.
This application-oriented text focuses on only what the reader needs to know to research and answer business and social science questions with Python. The authors walk the reader through each step of the python installation and analysis process, including exercises throughout so they can immediately try out the functions they have learnt.
The text takes the reader through the behavioural science research process, from generating ideas for research to writing and presenting findings. With its practical emphasis and supporting pedagogy, the text helps students absorb and apply the material so they can successfully design and execute a research project. The latest technological tools, such as SurveyMonkey (R), Qualtrics (R), and Amazon Mechanical Turk (R), are included to show the increasing influence of the Internet to conduct studies and to demonstrate how research is conducted in the world today.
Politics, the News, and Citizenship in the 21st Century
Mediated Democracy: Politics, the News, and Citizenship in the 21st Century takes a contemporary, communications-oriented perspective on the central questions pertaining to the health of democracies and relationships between citizens, journalists, and political elites. The approach marries clear syntheses of cutting-edge research with practical advice explaining why the insights of scholarship affects students' lives. With active, engaging writing, the text will thoroughly explain why things are the way they are, how they got that way, and how students can use the insights of political communication research to do something about it as citizens.
