This book offers a comprehensive and rounded view of research as a tool for logical problem-solving.

This book is a starter ′DIY′ text for practitioners who are looking to conduct evaluation studies and research as part of their own professional practice.

This lively, innovative text helps students connect technique and substance, appreciate the value of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and make ethical research decisions.

Overall, the author offers an engaging contribution to the field of social research and this book is a reminder of the solid foundations upon which most social research is conducted today.

Always accessible and engaging, this comprehensive text covers both quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis in social research, considering both the structure and logic of research projects and the ethics and ...

Interviewing for Social Scientists provides a comprehensive and authoritative introduction to interviewing. It covers all the issues that arise in interview work: theories of interviewing; design; application; and interpretation.

Social Research Methods provides student readers with essential help with their research project, with revising for their course exams, preparing and writing course assessment materials, and enhancing and progressing their knowledge and ...

Packed with features to promote learning this text is ideal for use on an introductory methods course or for readers carrying out their own research project.

In this volume, philosophers and social scientists shed new light on the ethical issues confronted by educational researchers. Offers fresh insights into the conflicts and dilemmas emerging from educational research practices.

This book provides a provocative but carefully argued addition to the theory and practice of education in developing countries.