Research & Measurement

What makes good people do bad things? How can moral people be seduced to act immorally? Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger o...

A Black Swan Is A Highly Improbable Event With Three Principal Characteristics: It Is Unpredictable; It Carries A Massive Impact; And, After The Fact, We Co...

Which Is More Dangerous, A Gun Or A Swimming Pool? What Do Schoolteachers And Sumo Wrestlers Have In Common? Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms?...

Social Scientist Brené Brown, Phd, Lmsw, Has Sparked A Global Conversation About The Experiences That Bring Meaning To Our Lives -- Experiences Of Courage,...

An Incendiary Examination Of Burnout In Millennials--the Cultural Shifts That Got Us Here, The Pressures That Sustain It, And The Need For Drastic ChangeCat...

The New York Times Bestselling Freakonomics Was A Worldwide Sensation. Now, Steven D. Levitt And Stephen J. Dubner Return With Superfreakonomics, And Fans A...

Internationally renowned Egyptologist Barbara Mertz transports us back thousands of years and immerses us in the sights and sounds of day-to-day life in a...

They were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and housewives; a singer at the Paris Opera, a midwife, a dental surgeon. They distributed anti-Nazi leafl...

Hot On The Heels Of The Award-winning And Best Selling Discovering Statistics Using Spss Third Edition, Andy Field Has Teamed Up With Jeremy Miles (co-autho...

1. Comparative-historical analysis: achievements and agendas / James Mahoney and Dietrich Rueschemeyer. - 2. Comparative-historical analysis and knowledge a...

The Second Edition of Practical Program Evaluation shows readers how to systematically identify stakeholders’ needs in order to select the evaluation opti...

Since Peter H. Rossi, Mark W. Lipsey, and Howard E. Freeman first published Evaluation: A Systematic Approach, more than 90,000 readers have considered it ...

In This Third Edition Of His Bestselling Text, John W. Creswell Explores The Philosophical Underpinnings, History, And Key Elements Of Each Of Five Qualitat...

The Practice of Qualitative Research guides readers step by step through the process of collecting, analyzing, designing, and interpreting qualitative resea...

In this book, the author, a physician and writer employs his wide-ranging and interdisciplinary approach to science and medicine, explaining how art, histor...

Doing a research project or dissertation can be daunting. This practical book will help you dive straight in, driving each step of the process with confiden...

the Cultural Creatives Illuminates An Emerging, Pervasive Movement Whose New Worldview Is Deeply Affecting Not Only Their Own Lives But Our Larger Society ...

The efficient use of statistics can transform excellent research into dynamic, persuasive scholarship. To demystify the process of calculating data, Simpl...

Most social research texts are written from an empiricist/positivist perspective, emphasizing the scientific method and the value of objectivity in research...

Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement: An Introduction to Practice, Second Edition offers an accessible, practical introduction to program evaluati...

Intended as a guide to the terms and phrases that partially shape the origins, purpose, logic, meaning, and methods of the practices known as qualitative i...

This Book Addresses The Challenges Of Conducting Program Evaluations In Real-world Contexts Where Evaluators And Their Clients Face Budget And Time Constrai...

Intended As A Senior Undergraduate And Graduate Text, Research As Resistance Brings Together The Theory And Practice Of Critical, Indigenous, And Anti-oppre...

Place is one of the most fundamental concepts in human geography. This short introduction marries familiar everyday uses of the term with the more complex t...

The book that has been a benchmark in evaluation has been further improved and updated. Relied on by over 90,000 readers as the text on how to design, imple...

Looking for a textbook to help you motivate your students? Sullivan/Mizrahi's Mathematics: An Applied Approach 8/e continues its rich tradition of engaging ...

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Qualitative research encompasses a growing set of methods that eschew strictly empirical, quantitative data in favor of information gathered through ethno...

Unique in both its scope and its focus, Qualitative Research Methods is a comprehensive introduction to designing, collecting, analyzing, and reporting rese...

Accessible And Illuminating, This Text Is Both A Map And Toolkit For Successfully Navigating The Maze Of Social Statistics. A Five-step Learning Model, Appl...

Posavac And Carey Provide A Comprehensive, But Accessible, Introduction To The Field Of Program Evaluation. By Adopting A Flexible Philosophy Of Evaluation,...

In the fourth edition of his best-selling textbook, David Silverman provides a step-by-step guide to planning and conducting qualitative research. Using re...

This successful introduction to behavioral research methods—written by two leaders in the field—provides step-by-step guidance through the processes of...