Written in a lively, accessible style, Doing Qualitative Research provides a step-by-step guide to all the questions students ask when beginning their... first research project. Silverman demonstrates how to learn the craft of qualitative research by applying knowledge about different methods to actual data. He provides practical advice on key issues such as defining ‘originality’ and narrowing down a topic, keeping a research diary and writing a research report, and presenting research to different audiences.

"As a novice researcher and doctoral student myself, I found this text basic, resourceful, and encouraging. I now feel that my research journey has been... segmented into individual steps that are both manageable and practical."  -NACADA (National ACademic ADvising Association)Chock-full of useful pedagogy, Doing Qualitative Research contains interdisciplinary and real-world examples and student diaries that speak to those readers undertaking new research projects and qualitative dissertations.Key Features Offers a thorough review of the major methods in qualitative research and data analysis techniques specific to each methodGives practical advice on key issues, such as defining “originality” and narrowing down a topicPresents end-of-chapter accounts of current or former graduate students’ experiences with the topics covered in the respective chaptersContains web-based exercises designed to help students and their instructors incorporate web-based learning in their coursesIncludes exercises to test readers’ knowledge and to encourage the development of relevant skillsIntended AudienceThis lively, accessible textbook is ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in the social sciences-including those in sociology, education, communications, anthropology, and health departments.

This is designed for those learning qualitative research and those more advanced in the field. It focuses on understanding both the cognitive processes... of qualitative research and the affective "feel" engendered.

Examine qualitative research as evidence-based stories of social life.   Doing Qualitative Research shows how qualitative research is... evidence-based stories of our social life.   By the time readers complete this book, they will be able to conduct their own research and understand the pleasures and perils of qualitative research. This text is ideal for classes in disciplines such as cultural studies, anthropology, political science, ethnic studies, women and gender studies, the media, journalism and communications, organizational behavior, and more.   Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: Assess others' research and develop their own research Understand the scientific method, broadly defined and adapted to understanding human beings Analyze with a critical and reflexive style of research – readers should understand how their own lives affect how others are seen Link theory and research Understand the macro-micro linkages created by qualitative research Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visit: www.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab with Pearson eText (at no additional cost). ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205231667 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205231669

Doing Quantitative Research in Education with SPSS, Second Edition, an accessible and authoritative introduction, is essential for education students... and researchers needing to use quantitative methods for the first time. Using datasets from real-life educational research and avoiding the use of mathematical formulae, the author guides students through the essential techniques that they will need to know, explaining each procedure using the latest version of SPSS. The datasets can also be downloaded from the book's website, enabling students to practice the techniques for themselves. This revised and updated second edition now also includes more advanced methods such as log linear analysis, logistic regression, and canonical correlation.Written specifically for those with no prior experience of quantitative research, this book is ideal for education students and researchers in this field.

A collection of new essays by an interdisciplinary team of authors that gives a comprehensive introduction to race and ethnicity.Doing Race focuses on... race and ethnicity in everyday life: what they are, how they work, and why they matter. Going to school and work, renting an apartment or buying a house, watching television, voting, listening to music, reading books and newspapers, attending religious services, and going to the doctor are all everyday activities that are influenced by assumptions about who counts, whom to trust, whom to care about, whom to include, and why. Race and ethnicity are powerful precisely because they organize modern society and play a large role in fueling violence around the globe. Doing Race is targeted to undergraduates; it begins with an introductory essay and includes original essays by well-known scholars. Drawing on the latest science and scholarship, the collected essays emphasize that race and ethnicity are not things that people or groups have or are, but rather sets of actions that people do. Doing Race provides compelling evidence that we are not yet in a “post-race” world and that race and ethnicity matter for everyone. Since race and ethnicity are the products of human actions, we can do them differently. Like studying the human genome or the laws of economics, understanding race and ethnicity is a necessary part of a twenty first century education.

Conduct effective research projects with DOING RESEARCH: A LAB MANUAL FOR PSYCHOLOGY! With an emphasis on active learning, this psychology lab manual... illustrates how to effectively perform research in a variety of specific areas such as social, neurocognitive, health, and developmental psychology.

`This book is a goldmine for students…it is brilliantly conceptualized and brilliantly executed. With this book cultural studies finally comes of age... methodologically' - Professor Norman K Denzin, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois Doing Research in Cultural Studies outlines the key methodological approaches to the study of lived experience, texts and social contexts within the field of cultural studies. It offers a comprehensive discussion of classical methodologies and introduces the reader to more contemporary debates that have argued for new ethnographic, poststructuralist and multi-scape research methods. Through a detailed yet concise explanation, the reader is shown how these methodologies work and how their outcomes may be interpreted. Key features of the book include: - An innovative framework - combining different methodologies and approaches. - A variety of `real-life' examples and case studies - enriches the book for the reader - A set of practical exercises in each chapter - pedagogical and student-focused throughout. The book has a flowing narrative and student-friendly structure which make it accessible to and popular with students, while the discussion of fresh approaches makes it also of interest to experienced researchers. It contains all the ingredients necessary to help the reader attain a solid grasp of analytical and practical challenges to doing effective research in cultural studies today.

This book is specifically devoted to qualitative research methods in fashion studies. It traces the history of fashion studies and provides readers with... a guided introduction to the entire research process. It provides an overview of the key methodological approaches such as ethnography, semiology and object-based research and shows the student reader how "to do" research by combining theoretical and practical perspectives. Using case studies, the author outlines the major issues and methodological strategies that researchers employ, and examines the range of approaches in the field. Fashion, the author demonstrates, can be treated as a material object, an abstract idea, a social phenomenon, a system, a cultural value or an attitude among many other approaches. This book is a practical guide to those without prior experience in fashion research and, as such, it offers an ideal first text for students conducting research for the first time.

This fully revised and expanded edition of Doing Research in the Real World introduces readers to all the essential aspects of the research process and... will be an essential guide to any student on a research methods course. David Gray's clear and accessible introduction starts by setting out best approaches to the design of appropriate research tools, and leads the reader in to issues of data collection, analysis and writing up. Practically focused throughout, this book encourages the reader to develop an awareness of the real nature of research, and the many means by which data can be collected, validated and interpreted. Gray's book will help students with the full research process and covers: How to select appropriate projects and research questionsHow to decide on the most effective research design strategiesHow to select and use appropriate data and literature sources How to choose and implement methods of data collectionHow to analyse and present data in a coherent and effective mannerThis new edition provides five new chapters on: Research Ethics Searching, Reviewing and Using the LiteratureResearch Design using Qualitative Methods Mixed Methods research designs, Planning presentations In addition a wide variety of case studies and activities and new practical 'Top Tips' for the discerning researcher have been incorporated. Written in a lively and accessible way Doing Research in the Real World can be used as a set text on an introductory methods course and can be used as an essential resource for students and researchers completing research projects across the Social Sciences, Education and Business Studies.

An award-winning book, Doing Research is a must read. Designed for students across a variety of social science disciplines, it is the first research... methods text devoted to conflict analysis and resolution. It begins with a discussion of the philosophical foundations for doing research, providing guidelines on how to develop research questions and how these questions can be addressed with various methodologies. The book presents a wide-ranging treatment of both quantitative and qualitative approaches to the design and analysis of problems of conflict. 

This book is a comprehensive guide to the methodological, ethical and practical issues involved in undertaking research on sensitive topics. Raymond M... Lee explores the reasons why social research may be politically or socially contentious: its relation to issues of social or political power; its capacity to encroach on people's lives; and its potentially problematic nature for the researcher. Issues examined include: the choice of methodologies for sensitive research; problems of estimating the size of hidden populations; questions of sampling, surveying and interviewing; and sensitivity in access and the handling of data. The book also discusses the political and ethical issues at stake in the relations between the researc

Doing Research: The Hows and Whys of Applied Research by Nel Verhoeven is a practice-oriented introduction to research methods and techniques, using... current examples and case studies. It explains research skills step by step, from the simple to the more complicated. The aim is to let the reader become acquainted with the research process in all its facets, using a clear, easy-to-grasp method. Doing Research provides a clear introduction to the research methods and statistics used in education, social work, and the social sciences. The author writes in clear and accessible prose which guides the reader through the research process without losing sight of the cyclical nature of research as a whole. The emphasis is on applied research in which all the stages are demonstrated: setting up a research project, gathering data, analyzing the results, drawing conclusions, and preparing and evaluating research reports. Recent examples are linked to practical situations which students may encounter. Students are encouraged to practice research in their lives by identifying questions that come up which could be treated as research problems. The only way to get better at research is to practice!A thorough, practical text, Doing Research is appropriate as both an introductory course text and as a reference for applied research. Visit the website, www(dot)doingresearch(dot)nl, for example data sets, PowerPoint presentation slides, teaching tips, and more! Access codes for the site will be given to teachers and provided to students with purchase of the book. Please note that though this great resource is hosted by the Dutch publisher of Doing Research, Eleven International Publishing, the book is available for purchase in North America exclusively through Lyceum Books, Inc. FEATURES: Text exercises with solutions on the book s website, which also hosts a library of other assignments and exercises; Clear presentation of quantitative and qualitative methods, where they complement each other, and how they can be used together where appropriate.

This collection argues that rhetorical history, both as a methodology and as a perspective, offers insights that are central to the study of... communication and unavailable through other approaches. The current field of communication derives from the historical study of rhetoric. Over the last few decades, however, as the trend toward theoretical conceptions has driven analysis and as a host of "isms" has defined criticism, communication studies have moved away from a predominantly historical perspective.Yet many scholars in the field continue to find benefits in rhetorical history. In the thirteen essays gathered here, eminent scholars address the ongoing dialogue over the regrounding of rhetorical study and the relationship between theory and history as well as history and criticism in the field. Some examine the conceptual issues involved in the juncture of rhetoric and history; others offer case studies, often based on research with primary documents, to illustrate the process and promise of rhetorical history. Collectively, their work tests theory and complements criticism while standing as a distinct and valid approach in and of itself.The conceptualizations and methodologies of rhetorical history will increase in significance during the burgeoning "Communication Age" as we seek to cope with the present and prepare for the future by better understanding the past. This volume serves as an excellent overview of a recently neglected methodological approach and acts as the first step in ending that neglect.