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Adding Value to Root and Tuber Crops: A Manual on Product Development
by Christopher Wheatley

ISBN 9589439144 (958-9439-14-4)
Hardcover, International Center for Tropical Agriculture

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Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Behavioural and Social Research: An Expository Survey
by Ronald A. Visser

ISBN 9066950064 (90-6695-006-4)
Hardcover, DSWO Press

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Analytic Narratives
by Robert H. Bates

ISBN 0691001294 (0-691-00129-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr

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Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
by Jacob & Patricia Cohen

ISBN 0898592682 (0-89859-268-2)
Hardcover, Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc

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Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences
by Patricia Cohen, Jacob & Patricia Cohen

ISBN 0470163607 (0-470-16360-7)
Hardcover, Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc

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Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice
by Colin Renfrew, Paul G. Bahn

ISBN 0500284415 (0-500-28441-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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For the Fourth Edition, new theoretical approaches, such as agency, materiality, and engagement theory, are added and earlier approaches analyzed afresh. Field methods and scientific techniques have been updated throughout, and new emphasis is placed on climate change and its impact on human affairs. The latest information on topics as varied as the Iceman, Pleistocene extinctions, and Ilama domestication is included, along with the most up-to-date material on GIS and surveying technology. New topics will be introduced to emphasize the ever-changing face of modern archaeology, and additional special box features will be included, as well as discussion of the archaeological techniques needed to study the material culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. A key component of the new edition will be the introduction of a dedicated Web site and study guide to accompany the textbook itself. [via]
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Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice
by Paul Bahn, Colin Renfrew, Paul G. Bahn

ISBN 0500281475 (0-500-28147-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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The third edition of this best-selling introduction to what archaeologists do and how they do it has been entirely revised and updated in the light of new views, discoveries, and data. Developments in the technology and scope of archaeology are reflected in an increased emphasis on aspects ranging from GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and information on the Internet to gender archaeology and the latest thinking on post-processualism and cognitive archaeology. The profound impact of advances in genetics and linguistics is assessed, and some sections of the book -- the dating of rock art, for example -- have been totally rewritten in the light of recent events. [via]
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The Art of All Colours: Mediaeval Recipe Books for Painters and Illuminators
by Mark Clarke

ISBN 1873132727 (1-873132-72-7)
Softcover, Antique Collectors Club Ltd

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Beading on a Loom
by Don Pierce

ISBN 1883010632 (1-883010-63-2)
Softcover, Interweave Pr

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Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences
by Andrew Bennett, Alexander L. George

ISBN 0262572222 (0-262-57222-2)
Softcover, Mit Pr

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Case Study Research: Design and Methods
by Robert K. Yin

ISBN 0761925538 (0-7619-2553-8)
Softcover, Sage Pubns

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This new edition of the best-selling Case Study Research has been carefully revised, updated, and expanded while retaining virtually all of the features and coverage of the Second Edition. Robert Yin's comprehensive presentation covers all aspects of the case study method--from problem definition, design, and data collection, to data analysis and composition and reporting. Yin also traces the uses and importance of case studies to a wide range of disciplines, from sociology, psychology and history to management, planning, social work, and education.
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Comparative Historical Analysis in the Social Sciences
by Dietrich Rueschemeyer, James Mahoney

ISBN 0521016452 (0-521-01645-2)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr

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This review of the accomplishments and future agendas of comparative historical research in the social sciences explores its strengths in explaining important worldwide outcomes (e.g., revolutions, social provision, democracy). It includes sections on substantive research accomplishments, methodology, and theory, and features essays by some of the most important political scientists and sociologists currently working. [via]
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Constructing Social Research: The Unity and Diversity of Method
by Charles C. Ragin

ISBN 0803990219 (0-8039-9021-9)
Softcover, Pine Forge Pr

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The primary goal of this book is to show unity within the diversity of activities called social research. What the study of census data, the study of one person at a time, monitoring today's events, or reconstruction of social life centuries ago all have in common is that regardless of their case material, they construct representations of social life through a dialogue of ideas (theory) and evidence (data). To illustrate, Ragin points out the important continuities in three major forms of social research: qualitative study of commonalities; comparative research on diversity; and quantitative research on relationships among variables. [via]
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The Craft of Research
by Joseph M. Williams, Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb

ISBN 0226065677 (0-226-06567-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Skillfully done, research can be the solid cornerstone of your term paper (or dissertation, essay, or article); inadequately executed, it can cause your whole project to crumble and fall. Yet essential as research is to the ultimate success of your work, performing it is not an innate talent. The precepts, steps, and skills of solid research are readily acquired if you spend some time with The Craft of Research before you start on your outlines and thesis statements. Written by three distinguished professors in 1995, published by the University of Chicago, and winner of the 1995-96 Critics' Choice Award, The Craft of Research teaches how to plan, carry out, and report on research for any field and at any level. Aimed at assisting student researchers, from raw beginners to accomplished graduate and professional students, the book shows how to choose a topic, plan and organize research, and how to draft and revise a report of findings such that a convincing solution is offered to a significant problem.
The Craft of Research is more than just another instruction manual getting you from topic to outline to notes to report. Recognizing that good research is rarely a simple, sequential procedure, but is instead a complex and intricate process, it discusses the subtle ways in which asking questions about your topic can influence how you draft your report, how a quality introduction can send you back to the library, and how the process of drafting can highlight flaws in your argument that need to be addressed. Clear and explicit, sophisticated and practical, The Craft of Research encourages high standards of scholarly achievement, and spells out the steps by which to get there. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Craft of Research
by Wayne Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams

ISBN 0226065685 (0-226-06568-5)
Softcover, University of Chicago Press

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Skillfully done, research can be the solid cornerstone of your term paper (or dissertation, essay, or article); inadequately executed, it can cause your whole project to crumble and fall. Yet essential as research is to the ultimate success of your work, performing it is not an innate talent. The precepts, steps, and skills of solid research are readily acquired if you spend some time with The Craft of Research before you start on your outlines and thesis statements. Written by three distinguished professors in 1995, published by the University of Chicago, and winner of the 1995-96 Critics' Choice Award, The Craft of Research teaches how to plan, carry out, and report on research for any field and at any level. Aimed at assisting student researchers, from raw beginners to accomplished graduate and professional students, the book shows how to choose a topic, plan and organize research, and how to draft and revise a report of findings such that a convincing solution is offered to a significant problem.
The Craft of Research is more than just another instruction manual getting you from topic to outline to notes to report. Recognizing that good research is rarely a simple, sequential procedure, but is instead a complex and intricate process, it discusses the subtle ways in which asking questions about your topic can influence how you draft your report, how a quality introduction can send you back to the library, and how the process of drafting can highlight flaws in your argument that need to be addressed. Clear and explicit, sophisticated and practical, The Craft of Research encourages high standards of scholarly achievement, and spells out the steps by which to get there. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Craft of Research: From Planning to Reporting
by Joseph M. Williams, Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb

ISBN 0226065839 (0-226-06583-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Skillfully done, research can be the solid cornerstone of your term paper (or dissertation, essay, or article); inadequately executed, it can cause your whole project to crumble and fall. Yet essential as research is to the ultimate success of your work, performing it is not an innate talent. The precepts, steps, and skills of solid research are readily acquired if you spend some time with The Craft of Research before you start on your outlines and thesis statements. Written by three distinguished professors in 1995, published by the University of Chicago, and winner of the 1995-96 Critics' Choice Award, The Craft of Research teaches how to plan, carry out, and report on research for any field and at any level. Aimed at assisting student researchers, from raw beginners to accomplished graduate and professional students, the book shows how to choose a topic, plan and organize research, and how to draft and revise a report of findings such that a convincing solution is offered to a significant problem.
The Craft of Research is more than just another instruction manual getting you from topic to outline to notes to report. Recognizing that good research is rarely a simple, sequential procedure, but is instead a complex and intricate process, it discusses the subtle ways in which asking questions about your topic can influence how you draft your report, how a quality introduction can send you back to the library, and how the process of drafting can highlight flaws in your argument that need to be addressed. Clear and explicit, sophisticated and practical, The Craft of Research encourages high standards of scholarly achievement, and spells out the steps by which to get there. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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Craftsman's Handbook
by C.D. Cennini

ISBN 048620054X (0-486-20054-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns

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Dead Certainties
by Simon Schama

ISBN 0679736131 (0-679-73613-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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Like his The Embarrassment of Riches and the bestselling Citizens, Simon Schama's latest book is both history and literature of immense stylishness and ambition. But Dead Certainties goes beyond these more conventional histories to address the deeper enigmas that confront a student of the past. In order to do so, Schama reconstructs -- and at times reinvents -- two ambiguous deaths: the first, that of General James Wolfe at the battle of Quebec in 1759; the second, in 1849, that of George Parkman, an eccentric Boston brahmin whose murder by an impecunious Harvard professor in 1849 was a grisly reproach to the moral sanctity of his society. Out of these stories -- with all of their bizarre coincidences and contradictions -- Schama creates a dazzling and supremely vital work of historical imagination. [via]
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Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations
by Simon Schama

ISBN 0679402136 (0-679-40213-6)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group

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Like his The Embarrassment of Riches and the bestselling Citizens, Simon Schama's latest book is both history and literature of immense stylishness and ambition. But Dead Certainties goes beyond these more conventional histories to address the deeper enigmas that confront a student of the past. In order to do so, Schama reconstructs -- and at times reinvents -- two ambiguous deaths: the first, that of General James Wolfe at the battle of Quebec in 1759; the second, in 1849, that of George Parkman, an eccentric Boston brahmin whose murder by an impecunious Harvard professor in 1849 was a grisly reproach to the moral sanctity of his society. Out of these stories -- with all of their bizarre coincidences and contradictions -- Schama creates a dazzling and supremely vital work of historical imagination.

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Demography: Measuring and Modeling Population Processes
by Samuel H. Preston, Patrick Heuveline, Michel Guillot

ISBN 1557864519 (1-55786-451-9)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub

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Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research
by Robert O. Keohane, Sidney Verba, Gary King

ISBN 0691034710 (0-691-03471-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr

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While heated arguments between practitioners of qualitative and quantitative research have begun to test the very integrity of the social sciences, this monograph outlines a unified approach to valid descriptive and causal inference in qualitative research, where numerical measurement is either impossible or undesirable. The book demonstrates that the same logic of inference underlies both good quantitative and qualitative research designs. Providing precepts intended to stimulate and discipline thought, the authors explore issues related to framing research questions, measuring the accuracy of data and the uncertainty of empirical inferences, discovering causal effects and generally improving qualitative research. Among the specific topics addressed are interpretation and inference, comparative case studies, the construction of causal theories, dependent and explanatory variables, the limits of random selection, selection bias, and errors in measurement. Mathematical notation is occasionally used to clarify concepts, but no prior knowledge of mathematics or statistics is assumed. The unified logic of inference that this book explicates should be useful to qualitative researchers i [via]
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A Dyer's Garden : From Plant to Pot; Growing Dyes for Natural Fibers
by Rita Buchanan

ISBN 1883010071 (1-883010-07-1)
Softcover, Interweave Press, LLC

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Elementary Statistics in Social Research
by Levin, James Alan Fox

ISBN 0205459587 (0-205-45958-7)
Hardcover, Allyn & Bacon

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This best-selling introduction to statistical analysis in the social sciences provides the right balance of conceptual understanding and step-by-step computational techniques. [via]
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Elementary Statistics in Social Research: The Essentials
by Jack Levin, James Alan Fox

ISBN 020548493X (0-205-48493-X)
Softcover, Allyn & Bacon

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Evaluating Research in Academic Journals: A Practical Guide to Realistic Education
by Fred Pyrczak

ISBN 1884585191 (1-884585-19-1)
Softcover, Pyrczak Pub

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Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research
by Julian C. Stanley, Donald T. Campbell

ISBN 0395307872 (0-395-30787-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div

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Fuzzy-Set Social Science
by Charles C. Ragin

ISBN 0226702774 (0-226-70277-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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In this innovative approach to the practice of social science, Charles Ragin explores the use of fuzzy sets to bridge the divide between quantitative and qualitative methods. Paradoxically, the fuzzy set is a powerful tool because it replaces an unwieldy, "fuzzy" instrumentthe variable, which establishes only the positions of cases relative to each other, with a precise onedegree of membership in a well-defined set.

Ragin argues that fuzzy sets allow a far richer dialogue between ideas and evidence in social research than previously possible. They let quantitative researchers abandon "homogenizing assumptions" about cases and causes, they extend diversity-oriented research strategies, and they provide a powerful connection between theory and data analysis. Most important, fuzzy sets can be carefully tailored to fit evolving theoretical concepts, sharpening quantitative tools with in-depth knowledge gained through qualitative, case-oriented inquiry. This book will revolutionize research methods not only in sociology, political science, and anthropology but in any field of inquiry dealing with complex patterns of causation.
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Handbuch Politische Bildung
by Wolfgang Sander

ISBN 3893315896 (3-89331-589-6)
Softcover, Bundeszentrale fur Politische Bildung

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Horticultural Marketing: A Resource and Training Manual for Extension Officers
by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

ISBN 9251027102 (92-5-102710-2)
Hardcover, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Introduction to Immunocytochemistry
by Julia M. Polak, Susan Van Noorden

ISBN 1859962084 (1-85996-208-4)
Softcover, Bios Scientific Pub Ltd

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Investigating the Social World (Cram 101 Series)
by Cram 101

ISBN 1428814779 (1-4288-1477-9)
Softcover, Academic Internet Pub Inc

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Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research
by Russell K. Schutt

ISBN 0761985611 (0-7619-8561-1)
Softcover, Sage Pubns

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This groundbreaking textbook uses real-world research examples and data to provide a revealing introduction to social science statistics. The Third Edition of this widely adopted text effectively links social issues and sociological concepts with statistical techniques. Realizing that students may lack a substantial math background, or suffer from "math anxiety syndrome," the material in this book is presented using straightforward prose that emphasizes intuition, logic, and common sense rather than rote memorization. Throughout the text instructors are provided with resources to support effective teaching: illustrations showing how statistical concepts are used to interpret social issues, guides for reading and interpreting the research literature, SPSS demonstrations, and a rich variety of exercises. The user-friendly, informal style of this innovative text has been widely applauded by students and instructors alike.

Highlights of the Third Edition

A number of important changes have been made to this edition in response to the valuable comments received from the many instructors adopting the Second Edition and from other interested instructors and students.

Clearer and More Concise Presentation of Topics

Revisions to Chapter 13: Testing Hypotheses about Two Samples

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Real-World Examples and Exercises

General Social Survey 1998 Datasets

Supplemental Tools on Important Topics

SPSS Version 11.0 is available packaged with the text. Please contact Pine Forge Press at (800) 818-7243 for more information.

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Investigating the Social World: The Process and Practice of Research/Book and Disk
by Russell K. Schutt

ISBN 0803990103 (0-8039-9010-3)
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Longitudinal Data Analysis: Designs, Models and Methods
by Catrien C. J. H. Bijleveld, Leo J. Th. Van Der Kamp, Leo J. Th Vanderkamp

ISBN 0761955380 (0-7619-5538-0)
Softcover, Sage Pubns

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Making It Count: The Improvement of Social Research and Theory
by Stanley Lieberson

ISBN 0520060377 (0-520-06037-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr on Demand

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Manual for Social Surveys on Food Habits and Consumption in Developing Countries
by Wija Van Staveren, Adel Den Hartog

ISBN 902200838X (90-220-0838-X)
Softcover, Universal Book Serv

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The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting
by D. V. Thompson

ISBN 0486203271 (0-486-20327-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns

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Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences
by Jon Elster

ISBN 0521376068 (0-521-37606-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr

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Politics in Time: History, Institutions, and Social Analysis
by Paul Pierson

ISBN 0691117152 (0-691-11715-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr

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The Practice of Social Research
by Earl R. Babbie

ISBN 0495093254 (0-495-09325-4)
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The purpose of this book is to introduce you to the logic and the skills of social scientific research. First, I want to give you all the fundamentals you need to do social research on your own. Then I'll train you as a responsible consumer of social scientific research. [via]
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The Practice of Social Research With Infotrak
by Earl R. Babbie

ISBN 0534574742 (0-534-57474-2)
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This best-selling book covers all the major methods of social research. By emphasizing an understanding of the theoretical logic behind the research process and demonstrating preferred techniques, this book helps readers see methods as a way of thinking and gathering evidence. [via]
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Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches
by John W. Creswell

ISBN 1412916070 (1-4129-1607-0)
Softcover, Sage Pubns

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Qualitative Inquiry & Research Design: Choosing Among Five Traditions
by John W. Creswell

ISBN 1412916062 (1-4129-1606-2)
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Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues
by Donald T. Campbell, Thomas D. Cook

ISBN 0395307902 (0-395-30790-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin

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Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research
by Jerome Kirk, Marc L. Miller

ISBN 0803924704 (0-8039-2470-4)
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Kirk and Miller define what is -- and what is not -- qualitative research. They suggest that the use of numbers in the process of recording and analyzing observations is less important than that the research should involve sustained interaction with the people being studied, in their own language and on their own turf. Following a chapter on objectivity, the authors discuss the role of reliability and validity and the problems that arise when these issues are neglected. They present a paradigm for the qualitative research process that makes it possible to pursue validity without neglecting reliability. [via]
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Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Method Approaches
by John W. Creswell

ISBN 0761924426 (0-7619-2442-6)
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"Creswell's Research Design is an accessible and useful book that stimulates students through walk through experiences, use of exercises, and production of actual writing samples. It is a book that models the types of issues that best suit different approaches and allows students to understand when to use mixed methods. Furthermore, its focus on theory and paradigms is done in a way that helps students decode their meaning."
MARTHA MONTERO-SIEBURTH, University of Massachusetts, Boston
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- Because mixed methods research has come into its own since the publication of the first edition, every chapter now shows how to implement a mixed methods design in your proposal or plan as well as showing how to implement qualitative and quantitative approaches
- Ethical issues that may arise in quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods designs have been added to a new section in Chapter 3
- Writing tips and considerations have been expanded and moved to the first part of the book to get your research plan started in the right direction
- The latest developments in qualitative inquiry, including advocacy, participatory, and emancipatory approaches have been added to Chapter 10
- Mixed methods procedures (Chapter 11) show readers how to identify types of mixed methods strategy, select data collection and analysis approaches, and plan the overall structure of the study
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The Research Methods Knowledge Base
by William Trochim

ISBN 1931442487 (1-931442-48-7)
Softcover, Thomson Learning

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Rethinking Social Inquiry: Diverse Tools, Shared Standards
by Henry E. Brady, David Collier

ISBN 074251126X (0-7425-1126-X)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

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When it was first published, Designing Social Inquiry, by political scientists Gary King, Robert Keohane, and Sidney Verba, at once struck chords of controversy. As it became one of the best-selling methodology books in memory, it continued to spark debate in journal articles, conference panels, and books.

Rethinking Social Inquiry is a major new effort by a broad range of leading scholars to offer a cohesive set of reflections on Designing Social Inquiry's quest for common standards drawn from quantitative methodology. While vigorously agreeing to the need for common standards, the essays in Rethinking Social Inquiry argue forcefully that these standards must be drawn from exemplary qualitative research as well as the best quantitative studies. The essays make the case that good social science requires a set of diverse tools for inquiry.

Key additions to the seminal pieces gathered here include an original overview of Designing Social Inquiry, a new essay on evaluating causation, and a concluding chapter that draws together basic issues in the ongoing methodological debate.

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Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications
by Stanley Wasserman, Katherine Faust

ISBN 0521387078 (0-521-38707-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr

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Social network analysis, which focuses on relationships among social entities, is used widely in the social and behavioral sciences, as well as in economics, marketing, and industrial engineering. Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications reviews and discusses methods for the analysis of social networks with a focus on applications of these methods to many substantive examples. As the first book to provide a comprehensive coverage of the methodology and applications of the field, this study is both a reference book and a textbook. [via]
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Social Science Methodology: A Criterial Framework
by John Gerring

ISBN 0521805139 (0-521-80513-9)
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This book is an introduction to methodological issues in the social sciences that is appropriate for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and general readers with some background in social science subjects. It is a concise and readable guide to doing and evaluating work in anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. [via]
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Statistics As Principled Argument
by Robert P. Abelson

ISBN 0805805281 (0-8058-0528-1)
Softcover, Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc

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In this illuminating volume, Robert P. Abelson delves into the too-often dismissed problems of interpreting quantitative data and then presenting them in the context of a coherent story about one's research. Unlike too many books on statistics, this is a remarkably engaging read, filled with fascinating real-life (and real-research) examples rather than with recipes for analysis. It will be of true interest and lasting value to beginning graduate students and seasoned researchers alike. The focus of the book is that the purpose of statistics is to organize a useful argument from quantitative evidence, using a form of principled rhetoric. Five criteria, described by the acronym MAGIC (magnitude, articulation, generality, interestingness, and credibility) are proposed as crucial features of a persuasive, principled argument. Particular statistical methods are discussed, with minimum use of formulas and heavy data sets. The ideas throughout the book revolve around elementary probability theory, t tests, and simple issues of research design. It is therefore assumed that the reader has already had some access to elementary statistics. Many examples are included to explain the connection of statistics to substantive claims about real phenomena. [via]
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Stitch 'N Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook
by Debbie Stoller, Adrienne Yan

ISBN 0761128182 (0-7611-2818-2)
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Knitting is hot, with 4 million newcomers in the last few years joining a core group of 38,000,000 knitters nationwide. And these are primarily young, creative, connected chicks with sticks who are coming together in living rooms, knitting cafes, and chic yarn stores, and making everything from funky hats to bikinis.

In Stitch 'n Bitch, Debbie Stoller-founder of the first Stitch 'n Bitch knitting group in New York City-covers every aspect of knitting and the knitting-together lifestyle: the how-to, the when-to, the what-to, the why-to. Writing with wit and attitude (The Knitty-Gritty, Blocking for Blockheads), she explains the different types of needles and yarns (and sheep, too) and all the techniques from basic to fancy, knit to purl to cast-off. She also shares her special brand of corrective surgery for when things go wrong, and offers fun and informative sidebars on such topics as how to find the best yarn for less, how to make a buttonhole, knitting etiquette, and what tools to keep in your knitting bag. At the heart of the book are forty stylish patterns: Alien Scarf, Big Bad Baby Blanky, Mohair Hoodie, Kitty and Devil Hat, Cell Phone Cozy, and Wonder Woman Bikini. And for anyone interested: how to start a Stitch 'n Bitch group. [via]
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Teaching Literature in Middle and Secondary Grades
by John S. Simmons, H. Edward Deluzain

ISBN 0205131956 (0-205-13195-6)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall

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Tricks of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research While You're Doing It
by Howard S. Becker

ISBN 0226041247 (0-226-04124-7)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Drawing on more than four decades of experience as a researcher and teacher, Howard Becker now brings to students and researchers the many valuable techniques he has learned. Tricks of the Trade will help students learn how to think about research projects. Assisted by Becker's sage advice, students can make better sense of their research and simultaneously generate fresh ideas on where to look next for new data. The tricks cover four broad areas of social science: the creation of the "imagery" to guide research; methods of "sampling" to generate maximum variety in the data; the development of "concepts" to organize findings; and the use of "logical" methods to explore systematically the implications of what is found. Becker's advice ranges from simple tricks such as changing an interview question from "Why?" to "How?" (as a way of getting people to talk without asking for a justification) to more technical tricks such as how to manipulate truth tables.

Becker has extracted these tricks from a variety of fields such as art history, anthropology, sociology, literature, and philosophy; and his dazzling variety of references ranges from James Agee to Ludwig Wittgenstein. Becker finds the common principles that lie behind good social science work, principles that apply to both quantitative and qualitative research. He offers practical advice, ideas students can apply to their data with the confidence that they will return with something they hadn't thought of before.

Like Writing for Social Scientists, Tricks of the Trade will bring aid and comfort to generations of students. Written in the informal, accessible style for which Becker is known, this book will be an essential resource for students in a wide variety of fields.

"An instant classic. . . . Becker's stories and reflections make a great book, one that will find its way into the hands of a great many social scientists, and as with everything he writes, it is lively and accessible, a joy to read."Charles Ragin, Northwestern University
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Unifying Political Methodology: The Likehood Theory of Statistical Inference
by Gary King

ISBN 0472085549 (0-472-08554-9)
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Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methodologies
by Ian Noble, Russell Bestley

ISBN 2940373205 (2-940373-20-5)
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Serious graphic design students and creative professionals will find this presentation of quantitative and qualitative research methods in visual communication invaluable. Fully illustrated with eye-opening real-life case studies, it focuses on the relatively unexplored process of design analysis. Illuminating and thought-provoking discussions deal with such issues as the audience, communications theory, experimentation in the studio, semiotics, and semantics. A final section features suggestions on how to synthesize practical and theoretical models, with strategies that working designers can really use.
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What Is a Case?: Exploring the Foundations of Social Inquiry
by Charles C. Ragin, Howard S. Becker

ISBN 0521421888 (0-521-42188-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr

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The concept of the case is a basic feature of social science research and yet many questions about how a case should be defined, how cases should be selected and what the criteria are for a good case or set of cases are far from settled. Are cases pre-existing phenomena that need only be identified by the researcher before analysis can begin? Or are cases constructed during the course of research, only after analysis has revealed which features should be considered defining characteristics? Will cases be selected randomly from the total pool of available cases? Or will cases be chosen because of their unique qualities? These questions and many others are addressed by the contributors to this volume as they probe the nature of the case and the ways in which different understandings of what a case is affect the conduct and the results of research. The contributors find a good deal of common ground, and yet they also express strikingly different views on many key points. As Ragin argues and the contributions demonstrate, the work of any given researcher is often characterized by some hybrid of these basic approaches, and it is important to understand that most research involves multiple definitions and uses of cases, as both specific empirical phenomena and as general theoretical categories. [via]
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Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes
by Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, Linda L. Shaw

ISBN 0226206815 (0-226-20681-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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In this companion volume John van Maanen's Tales of the Field, three scholars reveal how the ethnographer turns direct experience and observation into written fieldnotes upon which an ethnography is based.

Drawing on years of teaching and field research experience, the authors develop a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice about how to write useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, both cultural and institutional. Using actual unfinished, "working" notes as examples, they illustrate options for composing, reviewing, and working fieldnotes into finished texts. They discuss different organizational and descriptive strategies, including evocation of sensory detail, synthesis of complete scenes, the value of partial versus omniscient perspectives, and of first person versus third person accounts. Of particular interest is the author's discussion of notetaking as a mindset. They show how transforming direct observations into vivid descriptions results not simply from good memory but more crucially from learning to envision scenes as written. A good ethnographer, they demonstrate, must learn to remember dialogue and movement like an actor, to see colors and shapes like a painter, and to sense moods and rhythms like a poet.

The authors also emphasize the ethnographer's core interest in presenting the perceptions and meanings which the people studied attach to their own actions. They demonstrate the subtle ways that writers can make the voices of people heard in the texts they produce. Finally, they analyze the "processing" of fieldnotesthe practice of coding notes to identify themes and methods for selecting and weaving together fieldnote excerpts to write a polished ethnography.

This book, however, is more than a "how-to" manual. The authors examine writing fieldnotes as an interactive and interpretive process in which the researcher's own commitments and relationships with those in the field inevitably shape the character and content of those fieldnotes. They explore the conscious and unconscious writing choices that produce fieldnote accounts. And they show how the character and content of these fieldnotes inevitably influence the arguments and analyses the ethnographer can make in the final ethnographic tale.

This book shows that note-taking is a craft that can be taught. Along with Tales of the Field and George Marcus and Michael Fisher's Anthropology as Cultural Criticism, Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes is an essential tool for students and social scientists alike.
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Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article
by Howard Saul Becker

ISBN 0226041085 (0-226-04108-5)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Social scientists, whether earnest graduate students or tenured faculty members, clearly know the rules that govern good writing. But for some reason they choose to ignore those guidelines and churn out turgid, pompous, and obscure prose. Distinguished sociologist Howard S. Becker, true to his calling, looks for an explanation for this bizarre behavior not in the psyches of his colleagues but in the structure of his profession. In this highly personal and inspirational volume he considers academic writing as a social activity.

Both the means and the reasons for writing a thesis or article or book are socially structured by the organization of graduate study, the requirements for publication, and the conditions for promotion, and the pressures arising from these situations create the writing style so often lampooned and lamented. Drawing on his thirty-five years' experience as a researcher, writer, and teacher, Becker exposes the foibles of the academic profession to the light of sociological analysis and gentle humor. He also offers eminently useful suggestions for ways to make social scientists better and more productive writers. Among the topics discussed are how to overcome the paralyzing fears of chaos and ridicule that lead to writer's block; how to rewrite and revise, again and again; how to adopt a persona compatible with lucid prose; how to deal with that academic bugaboo, "the literature." There is also a chapter by Pamela Richards on the personal and professional risks involved in scholarly writing.

In recounting his own trials and errors Becker offers his readers not a model to be slavishly imitated but an example to inspire. Throughout, his focus is on the elusive work habits that contribute to good writing, not the more easily learned rules of grammar and punctuation. Although his examples are drawn from sociological literature, his conclusions apply to all fields of social science, and indeed to all areas of scholarly endeavor. The message is clear: you don't have to write like a social scientist to be one.

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Arqueologia: Teoria, Metodos Y Practica
by Paul Bahn, Colin Renfrew

ISBN 8446002345 (84-460-0234-5)
Softcover, Akal Ediciones Sa

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Mercadeo Agricola, Metodologias De Investigacion: Seleccion De Las Ponencias Presentadas En El Taller Latinoamericano Sobre Metodos Para Estudiar La Comercializacion Agricola, Realizado En El Centro Internacional De La Papa (CIP), Lima, Peru, Del 11...
by Gregory J. Scott, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Jose E. Herrera, Rodolfo Quiroz Guardia

ISBN 9290601523 (92-9060-152-3)
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