The book provides the reader with an understanding of the importance of research design and its place in the research process; describes the main types of research designs in ...

Abridged Contents PART ONE: HOW TO PREPARE DATA FOR ANALYSIS\PART TWO: HOW TO PREPARE VARIABLE FOR ANALYSIS\PART THREE: HOW TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF DATA TO ANALYZE\PART FOUR ...

Surveys are undisputedly a core method of social research. This work provides information about survey research and enables researchers to make better informed judgements about ...

The use of psychoanalytic ideas to explore social and political questions is not new. Freud began this work himself and social research has consistently drawn on his ideas ...

Research Methods for Public Administrators introduces students to the methodological tools public administrators and policy analysts use to conduct research in the twenty-first ...

The significantly updated third edition of this short, practical book prepares students to write a questionnaire, generate a sample, conduct their own survey research, analyse ...