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Interpreting Qualitative Data
SAGE Publications 2011; US$ 56.00In this exciting and major update of his bestselling, benchmark text, David Silverman takes the reader through the basics of gathering and analysing qualitative data. more...
Zygmunt Bauman
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 49.95This timely book provides the definitive concise introduction to the phenomenon of Zygmunt Bauman. After introducing the man, his major influences and his special way of 'thinking sociologically', author Blackshaw traces the development of Bauman's project by identifying and explaining the major shifts of emphasis in his work ? the break with Marxism... more...
IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 36.95Designed to help students analyze and interpret research data using IBM SPSS, this book describes the use of statistics in user-friendly, non-technical language to show readers how to choose the appropriate statistic based on the design, interpret output, and write about the results. The authors prepare readers for all of the steps in the research... more...
Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00University rankings have gained popularity around the world, and are now a significant factor shaping reputation. This book is the first comprehensive study of rankings from a global perspective, making an important contribution to our understanding of the rankings phenomenon. more...
Data Analysis
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 68.95This completely rewritten classic text features many new examples, insights and topics including mediational, categorical, and multilevel models. Substantially reorganized, this edition provides a briefer, more streamlined examination of data analysis. Noted for its model-comparison approach and unified framework based on the general linear model,... more...
Modeling and Simulation for Analyzing Global Events
Wiley 2009; US$ 110.00one-of-a-kind introduction to the theory and application of modeling and simulation techniques in the realm of international studies Modeling and Simulation for Analyzing Global Events provides an orientation to the theory and application of modeling and simulation techniques in social science disciplines. This book guides readers in developing... more...
Applying Social Statistics
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2010; US$ 54.99This book on introductory social statistics focuses on how statistical techniques are applied in sociological research. In addition to the usual range of topics in descriptive and inductive statistics (frequency, central tendency, dispersion, confidence intervals, significance testing, and correlation and regression), it includes essays and exercises... more...
Sequential Analysis
Cambridge University Press 1990; US$ 49.00In the observational study of social systems, the major conceptual innovation of the last century was General Systems Theory. more...
Population-Based Survey Experiments
Princeton University Press 2011; US$ 49.50Population-based survey experiments have become an invaluable tool for social scientists struggling to generalize laboratory-based results, and for survey researchers besieged by uncertainties about causality. Thanks to technological advances in recent years, experiments can now be administered to random samples of the population to which a theory... more...
Making Sense of Statistical Methods in Social Research
SAGE Publications 2010; US$ 55.00This book discusses the conceptual foundation of statistical methods and specifies what questions they can, or cannot, answer when we study social phenomena. It also helps students understand the logic of statistical methods and the appropriate ways of using them. more...









