Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches by Sage Publications, Inc $71.00
The Bestselling Text is Completely Updated and Better than Ever!Praise for the Third Edition:“I have used the older edition with great success. The new one is even better.” -Kathleen Duncan, University of La Verne The Third Edition of the bestselling text Research Design by John W. Creswell enables readers to compare three approaches to research-qualitative,...
You May Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking Like a Sociologist by W. W. Norton & Company $36.00
Make the familiar strange with Dalton Conley's "untextbook."Dalton Conley’s groundbreaking “non-textbook” teaches students how to think like sociologists. Students learn how to use their sociological imaginations to debunk conventional wisdom. With a strong emphasis on concepts, You May Ask Yourself challenges students to use sociological methods to evaluate facts about their social...
Cartoon Guide to Statistics by Collins Reference $17.99
If you have ever looked for P-values by shopping at P mart, tried to watch the Bernoulli Trails on "People's Court," or think that the standard deviation is a criminal offense in six states, then you need The Cartoon Guide to Statistics to put you on the road to statistical literacy. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics covers all the central ideas of modern statistics: the summary and display of...
Discovering Statistics Using SPSS (Introducing Statistical Methods) by Sage Publications Ltd $162.00
Written in his vivid and entertaining style, Andy Field provides students with everything they need to understand, use and report statistics-at every level-in the Third Edition of Discovering Statistics Using SPSS. Retaining the strong pedagogy from previous editions, he makes statistics meaningful by including playful examples from everyday student life (among other places), creating a gateway...
Case Study Research: Design and Methods (Applied Social Research Methods) by Sage Publications, Inc $50.00
Providing a complete portal to the world of case study research, the Fourth Edition of Robert K. Yin’s bestselling text Case Study Research offers comprehensive coverage of the design and use of the case study method as a valid research tool. This thoroughly revised text now covers more than 50 case studies (approximately 25% new), gives fresh attention to quantitative analyses, discusses more...
Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing among Five Approaches by Sage Publications, Inc $75.95
"Creswell does an excellent job categorizing the various qualitative methods into five approaches: narrative research, phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, and case study...The author has expanded on and updated the information he presented in the first edition of the book (Creswell, 1998), including discussion of the various schools of thought that have developed among qualitative...
Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences by Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics by Sage Publications, Inc $62.00
"Your book has changed my perception and attitude towards statistics. It is very well written, the language is completely user friendly and the progression of new concepts within each chapter is fantastic. Although my class is only on chapter 5 at this point, I have found my interest in the concepts and order in which you introduce them becoming greater. I thank you with very much appreciation as...
Methods in Behavioral Research by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages $60.00
This concise introduction to research methods and design for psychology and behavioral science courses offers the core strengths of direct, clear writing and interesting, illustrative examples. Reviewers have consistently praised the text for helping students conceptualize and critique research and research design effectively.
When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions) by Norman R. Yetman $2.50
More than 2,000 interviews with former slaves, who, in blunt, simple language, provide often-startling first-person accounts of their lives in bondage. Includes some of the most detailed, compelling, and engrossing life histories in the Slave Narrative Collection, a project funded by the U.S. Government. An illuminating source of information.