Simulation modelling involves the development of models that imitate real-world operations, and statistical analysis of their performance with a view to improving efficiency and effectiveness. This…
A concise introduction to the fundamental concepts of social scientific thinking, this classic text--a favorite with students for over 30 years--makes scientific thinking, research methods and stat…
The research methods course that most psychology majors are required to take is a challenge for both students and the instructor. The challenge for students is to deal with concepts that are alien …
This long awaited successor of the original Cook/Campbell Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings represents updates in the field over the last two decades. The book co…
Content analysis is one of the most important but complex research methodologies in the social sciences. In The Content Analysis Guidebookauthor Kimberly Neuendorf provides an accessible core text …
`This book can provide an excellent framework for bolstering what is often an experiential process - doing a literature review. It is best seen alongside the supervisor, as a guide, through the mul…
This publication has a very specific and clear goal, which is, to focus on the needs of a variety of readers, including students, researchers, and teachers of qualitative research methods. This boo…
Multimethod Research explains how a planned synthesis of different research techniques can be purposely used to improve social science knowledge and avoid vulnerability to error. The authors examin…
For the graduate level course in research methods that can be found in either psychology or education departments. This text examines the fundamentals of solving a scientific research problem, focu…
Drawing from their combined 50-plus years of conducting and supervising research, the authors successfully mentor graduate students by advising them, answering questions, and breaking down what may…