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  • Doing Secondary Analysis

    by Angela Dale, Sara Arber, Michael Procter ...
    Series series Contemporary Social Research
    Originally published in 1988 Doing Secondary Analysis is a practical guide to the secondary analysis of large-scale survey data.At a time when funding for primary data collection was increasingly constrained, the secondary analysis of high-quality government surveys offered the social scientist an unrivalled opportunity. This volume provided a guide which moves through every stage of ‘doing ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Manual of Archival Description

    by Margaret Procter, Michael Cook ...
    ’MAD3’ is the third and latest edition of the influential Manual of Archival Description, revised to take account of a decade of developments in national and international descriptive practice. Many improvements have been made as a result of wide consultation with archive professionals. The Manual remains the only comprehensive British guide to the theory and practice of listing archives held in ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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  • History by Numbers

    An Introduction to Quantitative Approaches

    by Mina Ishizu, Prof. Pat Hudson ...
    Fully updated and carefully revised, this new 2nd edition ofHistory by Numbers stands alone as the only textbook on quantitative methods suitable for students of history. Even the numerically challenged will find inspiration.Taking a problem-solving approach and using authentic historical data, it describes each method in turn, including its origin, purpose, usefulness and associated pitfalls. The ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Doing Surveys Online

    by Vera Toepoel ...
    Vera Toepoel’s practical, how-to guide to doing surveys online takes you through the entire process of using surveys, from systematically recruiting respondents, to designing the internet survey, to processing the survey data and writing it up.This book helps students and researchers in identifying possible strategies to make the best use of online surveys, providing pro’s and con’s, and do’s and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Surveys In Social Research

    by David De Vaus, David De Vaus ...
    Series series Social Research Today
    David de Vaus' classic text Surveys in Social Research provides clear advice on how to plan, conduct and analyse social surveys. It emphasises the links between theory and research, the logic and interpretation of statistics and the practices of social research. This sixth edition has been completely revised and updated, and contains new examples, data and extensive lists of web resources.As well ... Read more

    $85.99 USD

  • A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition

    Chicago Style for Students and Researchers

    by Kate L. Turabian, Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald, The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff ...
    Series series Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing
    When Kate L. Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today’s students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, the fundamentals remain the same: writers need to have a strong research question, construct an evidence-based argument, cite their sources, and structure their ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Big Data

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Dawn E. Holmes ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Since long before computers were even thought of, data has been collected and organized by diverse cultures across the world. Once access to the Internet became a reality for large swathes of the world's population, the amount of data generated each day became huge, and continues to grow exponentially. It includes all our uploaded documents, video, and photos, all our social media traffic, our ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Editor's Companion

    by Janet Mackenzie ...
    As the knowledge economy takes shape, editors face many challenges. Technology is transforming publishing, text is losing out to graphics, and writing is distorted by cliché, hype and spin. More than ever, editors are needed to add value to information and to rescue readers from boredom and confusion. The Editor's Companion explains the traditional skills of editing for publication and how to ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Privacy, Big Data, and the Public Good

    Frameworks for Engagement

    Edited by Julia Lane, Victoria Stodden, Stefan Bender, Helen Nissenbaum ...
    Massive amounts of data on human beings can now be analyzed. Pragmatic purposes abound, including selling goods and services, winning political campaigns, and identifying possible terrorists. Yet 'big data' can also be harnessed to serve the public good: scientists can use big data to do research that improves the lives of human beings, improves government services, and reduces taxpayer costs. In ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Social Research

    An Introduction

    by Matthew David, Carole Sutton ...
    The perfect book for any student taking a research methods course for the first time!The new edition of David and Sutton′s text provides those new to social research with a comprehensive introduction to the theory, logic and practical methods of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research. Covering all aspects of research design, data collection, data analysis and writing up, Social ... Read more

    $100.79 USD

  • Presenting Data: How to Communicate Your Message Effectively

    by Ed Swires-Hennessy ...
    A clear easy-to-read guide to presenting your message using statistical dataPoor presentation of data is everywhere; basic principles are forgotten or ignored. As a result, audiences are presented with confusing tables and charts that do not make immediate sense. This book is intended to be read by all who present data in any form.The author, a chartered statistician who has run many courses on ... Read more

    $28.00 USD

  • Social Network Analysis for Ego-Nets

    Social Network Analysis for Actor-Centred Networks

    by Elisa Bellotti, Nick Crossley, Gemma Edwards, Mark Tranmer, Martin G. Everett, Johan Henrik Koskinen ...
    The ego-net approach to social network analysis, which takes discrete individual actors and their contacts as its starting point, is one of the most widely used approaches in the field. This is the first textbook to take readers through each stage of ego-net research, from conception, through research design and data gathering to analysis.It starts with the basics, assuming no prior knowledge of ... Read more

    $70.99 USD