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The Routledge Reviewer’s Guide to Mixed Methods Analysis

The Routledge Reviewer’s Guide to Mixed Methods Analysis

The Routledge Reviewer’s Guide to Mixed Methods Analysis is a groundbreaking edited book – the first devoted solely to mixed methods research analyses or mixed analyses. Each of the 30 seminal chapters authored by internationally renowned scholars provides a simple and practical introduction to a method of mixed analysis. Each chapter demonstrates how to conduct the analysis in easy-to-understand language. Many of the chapters present new topics that have never been written before and all chapters offer cutting-edge approaches to analysis. The book contains the following four sections: Part I Quantitative Approaches to Qualitative Data (e. g. factor analysis of text multidimensional scaling of qualitative data); Part II Qualitative Approaches to Quantitative Data (e. g. qualitizing data mixed methodological discourse analysis); Part III Inherently Mixed Analysis Approaches (e. g. qualitative comparative analysis mixed methods social network analysis social media analytics as mixed analysis GIS as mixed analysis); and Part IV Use of Software for Mixed Data Analysis (e. g. QDA Miner WordStat MAXQDA NVivo SPSS). The audience for this book includes (a) researchers evaluators and practitioners who conduct a variety of research projects and who are interested in using innovative analyses that will allow them to extract more from their data; (b) academics including faculty who would use this book in their scholarship as well as in their graduate-level courses and graduate students who need access to a comprehensive set of mixed analysis tools for their dissertations/theses and other research assignments and projects; and (c) computer-assisted data analysis software developers who are seeking additional mixed analyses to include within their software programs. Chapter 24 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license.

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Mixed Media Moral Distinctions in Advertising Public Relations and Journalism

Mixed Media Moral Distinctions in Advertising Public Relations and Journalism

Mixed Media offers students of journalism advertising and public relations the tools for making ethical and moral decisions within their professional disciplines. The fourth edition of this popular text features more recent ethical theories that acknowledge and address intersectionality within the communicative landscape including issues of gender race ability and age. The author also takes into account today’s rapidly expanding technology touching on subjects such as free speech censorship cancel culture and misinformation and considers how each of these is affected by online and social media. Other updates to the text include expanded coverage of citizen journalism the increasing media use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality power in communicative structures and public interest as well as refreshed examples throughout. As in previous editions of the book special attention is paid to key ethical decision-making approaches and concerns in each media industry including but not limited to truth telling constituent obligations persuasion versus advocacy and respect for the consumers of public communication. Mixed Media is key reading for students of all branches of Media and Communication Ethics. The author's own website featuring lecture notes case studies and links to further reading can be accessed at www. j397mediaethics. weebly. com. | Mixed Media Moral Distinctions in Advertising Public Relations and Journalism

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Mixed Towns Trapped Communities Historical Narratives Spatial Dynamics Gender Relations and Cultural Encounters in Palestinian-Israeli Towns

Mixed Towns Trapped Communities Historical Narratives Spatial Dynamics Gender Relations and Cultural Encounters in Palestinian-Israeli Towns

Modern urban spaces are by definition mixed socio-spatial configurations. In many ways their enduring success and vitality lie in the richness of their ethnic texture and ongoing exchange of economic goods cultural practices political ideas and social movements. This mixture however is rarely harmonious and has often led to violent conflict over land and identity. Focusing on mixed towns in Israel/Palestine this insightful volume theorizes the relationship between modernity and nationalism and the social dynamics which engender and characterize the growth of urban spaces and the emergence therein of inter-communal relations. For more than a century Arabs and Jews have been interacting in the workplaces residential areas commercial enterprises cultural arenas and political theatres of mixed towns. Defying prevailing Manichean oppositions these towns both exemplify and resist the forces of nationalist segregation. In this interdisciplinary volume a new generation of Israeli and Palestinian scholars come together to explore ways in which these towns have been perceived as utopian or dystopian and whether they are best conceptualized as divided dual or colonial. Identifying ethnically mixed towns as a historically specific analytic category this volume calls for further research comparison and debate. | Mixed Towns Trapped Communities Historical Narratives Spatial Dynamics Gender Relations and Cultural Encounters in Palestinian-Israeli Towns

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A Study of Mixed Legal Systems: Endangered Entrenched or Blended

A Study of Mixed Legal Systems: Endangered Entrenched or Blended

A Study of Mixed Legal Systems: Endangered Entrenched or Blended takes the reader on a fascinating voyage of discovery. It includes case studies of a number of systems from across the globe: Cyprus Guyana Jersey Mauritius Philippines Quebec St Lucia Scotland and Seychelles. Each combines its legal legacies in novel ways. Large and small in Europe and beyond some are sovereign some part of larger political units. Some are monolingual some bilingual some multilingual. Along with an analytical introduction and conclusion the chapters explore the manner in which the elements of these mixed systems may be seen to be ’entrenched’ ’endangered’ or ’blended’. It explores how this process of legal change happens questions whether some systems are at greater risk than others and details the strategies that have been adopted to accelerate or counteract change. The studies involve consideration of the colourful histories of the jurisdictions of their complex relationships to parent legal systems and traditions and of language legal education and legal actors. The volume also considers whether the experiences of these systems can tell us something about legal mixtures and movements generally. Indeed the volume will be helpful both for scholars and students with a special interest in mixed legal systems as well as anyone interested in comparative law and legal history in the diversity and dynamism of law.

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Research Methods for Political Science Quantitative Qualitative and Mixed Method Approaches

Research Methods for Political Science Quantitative Qualitative and Mixed Method Approaches

The third edition of Research Methods for Political Science retains its effective approach to helping students learn what to research why to research and how to research. The text integrates both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research in one volume and covers such important topics as research design specifying research problems designing questionnaires and writing questions designing and carrying out qualitative research and analyzing both quantitative and qualitative research data. Heavily illustrated classroom tested exceptionally readable and engaging the text presents statistical methods in a conversational tone to help students surmount math phobia. Updates to this new edition include: Research topics chapters have been upgraded and expanded. Two mixed methods design chapters have been added. A new chapter on hermeneutic analysis designs and research with large data sets. The chapter on multivariate statistics has been expanded with an expanded discussion on logistic regression. Tools on how to prepare and present research findings are now featured in the appendix allowing instructors more flexibility when teaching their courses. Research Methods for Political Science will give students the confidence and knowledge they need to understand the methods and basics skills for data collection presentation and analysis. | Research Methods for Political Science Quantitative Qualitative and Mixed Method Approaches

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Criminal Justice and Criminology Research Methods

Criminal Justice and Criminology Research Methods

Criminal Justice and Criminology Research Methods Third Edition is an accessible and engaging text that offers balanced coverage of a full range of contemporary research methods. Filled with gritty criminal justice and criminology examples including policing corrections evaluation research forensics feminist studies juvenile justice crime theory and criminal justice theory this new edition demonstrates how research is relevant to the field and what tools are needed to actually conduct that research. Kraska Brent and Neuman write in a pedagogically friendly style yet without sacrificing rigor offering balanced coverage of qualitative quantitative and mixed methods. With its exploration of the thinking behind science and its cutting-edge content the text goes beyond the nuts and bolts to teach students how to competently critique as well as create research-based knowledge. This book is suitable for undergraduate and early graduate students in US and global Criminology Criminal Justice and Justice Studies programs as well as for senior scholars concerned with incorporating the latest mixed-methods approaches into their research.

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Research Methods in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management

Research Methods in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management

Now in a thoroughly revised and refreshed fourth edition Research Methods in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management is beloved by students and professors alike for its exceptional clarity and accessibility and plentiful illustrations. This new edition integrates quantitative qualitative and mixed-methods approaches as well as specific up-to-date instruction in the use of statistical software programs such as Excel and SPSS. Changes to this edition include: A new section featuring two new chapters to explore mixed-methods approaches to research including fundamentals research design data collection and analyzing and interpreting findings A new dedicated chapter on Big Data research Updated exhibits and examples throughout the book A new companion website to accompany the book containing PowerPoint slides for each chapter New exhibits tables figures and exercises as well as key terms and discussion questions at the end of each chapter Research Methods in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management 4e is an ideal textbook for use in all research methods courses in undergraduate and graduate public administration public affairs and nonprofit management courses.

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The New Tenement Residences in the Inner City Since 1970

The New Tenement Residences in the Inner City Since 1970

This book examines new tenements—dense medium-rise multi-storey residences that have been the backbone of European inner-city regeneration since the 1970s and came with a new positive view on urban living. Focusing principally on Berlin Copenhagen Glasgow Rotterdam and Vienna it relates architectural design to an evolving intellectual framework that mixed anti-modernist criticism with nostalgic images and strategic goals and absorbed ideas about the city as a generator of creativity locale of democratic debate and object of personal identification. This book analyses new tenements in the context of the post-functionalist city and its mixed-use neighbourhoods redeveloped industrial sites and regenerated waterfronts. It demonstrates that these buildings are both generators and outcome of an urban environment characterised by information exchange rather than industrial production individual expression rather than mass culture visible history rather than comprehensive renewal and conspicuous difference rather than egalitarianism. It also shows that new tenements evolved under a welfare state that all over Europe has come under pressure but still to a certain degree balances and controls heterogeneity and economic disparities. | The New Tenement Residences in the Inner City Since 1970

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Research Methods in Education

Research Methods in Education

This thoroughly updated and extended eighth edition of the long-running bestseller Research Methods in Education covers the whole range of methods employed by educational research at all stages. Its five main parts cover: the context of educational research; research design; methodologies for educational research; methods of data collection; and data analysis and reporting. It continues to be the go-to text for students academics and researchers who are undertaking understanding and using educational research and has been translated into several languages. It offers plentiful and rich practical advice underpinned by clear theoretical foundations research evidence and up-to-date references and it raises key issues and questions for researchers planning conducting reporting and evaluating research. This edition contains new chapters on: Mixed methods research The role of theory in educational research Ethics in Internet research Research questions and hypotheses Internet surveys Virtual worlds social network software and netography in educational research Using secondary data in educational research Statistical significance effect size and statistical power Beyond mixed methods: using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to integrate cross-case and within-case analyses. Research Methods in Education is essential reading for both the professional researcher and anyone involved in educational and social research. The book is supported by a wealth of online materials including PowerPoint slides useful weblinks practice data sets downloadable tables and figures from the book and a virtual interactive self-paced training programme in research methods. These resources can be found at: www. routledge. com/cw/cohen.

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Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

This absorbing collection of metaphors includes a variety of expressions with figurative meanings like similes proverbs slang and catchphrases. It is the result of a lifetime of work on dialect and metaphor and gives an overview of the folk wisdom expressed in figurative expressions. The author draws on his extensive contact with the rural cultures of Dorset Cornwall Yorkshire and Lancashire but has also included a range of sayings from North America Australia Scotland and other English speaking countries. With revised contents and an improved index to make individual entries easier to find the Concise can be used to check the meaning and the origin of an expression or to avoid mixed metaphors anachronisms and incongruities. It is a joy to browse long after your original query has been answered. | Concise Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors

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Foundations of Educational Technology Integrative Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Foundations of Educational Technology Integrative Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Foundations of Educational Technology offers a fresh interdisciplinary problem-centered approach to educational technology learning design and instructional systems development. As the implementation of online blended hybrid mobile open and adaptive learning systems rapidly expands emerging tools such as learning analytics artificial intelligence mixed realities serious games and micro-credentialing are promising more complex and personalized learning experiences. This book provides faculty and graduate students with a conceptual empirical and practical basis for the effective use of these systems across contexts integrating essential theories from the fields of human performance learning and development information and communications and instructional design. Key additions to this revised and expanded third edition include coverage of the latest learning technologies research from educational neuroscience discussions about security and privacy new attention to diversity equity and inclusion updated activities support materials references and more. | Foundations of Educational Technology Integrative Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Contemplating Curriculum Genealogies/Times/Places

Contemplating Curriculum Genealogies/Times/Places

Contemplating Curriculum takes up world-renowned curricular scholar teacher and mentor Ted T. Aoki’s invitation to contemplate where curriculum scholars situate themselves in their work. At the same time it probes into the historical and present conditions that make it both possible and impossible to attend to this work in classrooms and communities in mindful embodied and aesthetic ways both locally and globally. The book offers a strong representative sampling of contemporary thinking in the field with a focus on contemplative approaches to curriculum. In their theorizing contributors call on literary and other mixed-genre formats such as creative nonfiction poetry and essay. They acknowledge the importance of intergenerational dialogue and recognize the importance of time and place in curricular pedagogical and personal sense-making. These written and visual texts invite contemplation on notions of curriculum both planned and lived in an Aokian spirit of intertextuality. | Contemplating Curriculum Genealogies/Times/Places

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Character Costume Figure Drawing Step-by-Step Drawing Methods for Theatre Costume Designers

Character Costume Figure Drawing Step-by-Step Drawing Methods for Theatre Costume Designers

Character Costume Figure Drawing is an essential guide that will improve your drawing skills and costume renderings. Step-by-step visuals illustrate the how-tos of drawing body parts costumes accessories faces children and different character archetypes such as maternal elderly sassy sexy and evil. By focusing on the foundations of drawing bodies including body proportion bone structure body masses facial expressions and appendages this guide shows you how to develop sketches from stick figures to full-blown characters. The third edition features a new chapter Digital Mixed Media Costume Rendering. This chapter introduces the basic usages of Photoshop tools to enhance and improve costume designs in order to provide easy delivery design ideas to the director and design team provide easy changes and alterations during the design process virtually apply actual fabric swatches over costume sketches and help visualize lighting effects. | Character Costume Figure Drawing Step-by-Step Drawing Methods for Theatre Costume Designers

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Critical Animal Geographies Politics intersections and hierarchies in a multispecies world

Critical Animal Geographies Politics intersections and hierarchies in a multispecies world

Critical Animal Geographies provides new geographical perspectives on critical animal studies exploring the spatial political and ethical dimensions of animals’ lived experience and human-animal encounters. It works toward a more radical politics and theory directed at the shifting boundary between human and animal. Chapters draw together feminist political-economic post-humanist anarchist postcolonial and critical race literatures with original case studies in order to see how efforts by some humans to control and order life – human and not – violate constrain and impinge upon others. Central to all chapters is a commitment to grappling with the stakes – violence death life autonomy – of human-animal encounters. Equally the work in the collection addresses head-on the dominant forces shaping and dependent on these encounters: capitalism racism colonialism and so on. In doing so the book pushes readers to confront how human-animal relations are mixed up with overlapping axes of power and exploitation including gender race class and species. | Critical Animal Geographies Politics intersections and hierarchies in a multispecies world

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Handbook of Ethnography in Healthcare Research

Handbook of Ethnography in Healthcare Research

This handbook provides an up-to-date reference point for ethnography in healthcare research. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach the chapters offer a holistic view of ethnography within medical contexts. This edited volume is organized around major methodological themes such as ethics interviews narrative analysis and mixed methods. Through the use of case studies it illustrates how methodological considerations for ethnographic healthcare research are distinct from those in other fields. It has detailed content on the methodological facets of undertaking ethnography for prospective researchers to help them to conduct research in both an ethical and safe manner. It also highlights important issues such as the role of the researcher as the key research instrument exploring how one’s social behaviours enable the researcher to ‘get closer’ to his/her participants and thus uncover original phenomena. Furthermore it invites critical discussion of applied methodological strategies within the global academic community by pushing forward the use of ethnography to enhance the body of knowledge in the field. The book offers an original guide for advanced students prospective ethnographers and healthcare professionals aiming to utilize this methodological approach. | Handbook of Ethnography in Healthcare Research

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Routledge International Handbook of Advanced Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research

Routledge International Handbook of Advanced Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research

Designed to support global development of nursing science the Routledge International Handbook of Advanced Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research provides a new comprehensive and authoritative treatment of advanced quantitative methods for nursing research. Incorporating past approaches that have served as the foundation for the science this cutting edge book also explores emerging approaches that will shape its future. Divided into six parts it covers: -the domain of nursing science - measurement—classical test theory IRT clinimetrics behavioral observation biophysical measurement -models for prediction and explanation—SEM general growth mixture models hierarchical models analysis of dynamic systems -intervention research—theory-based interventions causality third variables pilot studies quasi-experimental design joint models for longitudinal data and time to event -e-science—DIKW paradigm big data data mining omics FMRI -special topics—comparative effectiveness and meta-analysis patient safety economics research in nursing mixed methods global research dissemination Written by a distinguished group of international nursing scientists scientists from related fields and methodologists the Handbook is the ideal reference for everyone involved in nursing science whether they are graduate students academics editors and reviewers or clinical investigators.

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Animism in Southeast Asia

Animism in Southeast Asia

Animism refers to ontologies or worldviews which assign agency and personhood to human and non-human beings alike. Recent years have seen a revival of this concept in anthropology where it is now discussed as an alternative to modern-Western naturalistic notions of human-environment relations. Based on original fieldwork this book presents a number of case studies of animism from insular and peninsular Southeast Asia and offers a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon – its diversity and underlying commonalities and its resilience in the face of powerful forces of change. Critically engaging with the current standard notion of animism based on hunter-gatherer and horticulturalist societies in other regions it examines the roles of life forces souls and spirits in local cosmologies and indigenous religion. It proposes an expansion of the concept to societies featuring mixed farming sacrifice and hierarchy and explores the question of how non-human agents are created through acts of attention and communication touching upon the relationship between animist ontologies world religion and the state. Shedding new light on Southeast Asian religious ethnographic research the book is a significant contribution to anthropological theory and the revitalization of the concept of animism in the humanities and social sciences. | Animism in Southeast Asia

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The Political Economy of Special Economic Zones Concentrating Economic Development

The Political Economy of Special Economic Zones Concentrating Economic Development

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become a popular development policy throughout the world over the last half a century. These zones form designated areas where governments offer businesses lower taxes tariffs and often lighter regulations. Generally SEZs aim to attract investments and raise a country’s export and employment rates but although success stories are often cited there are numerous failed projects that have instead become burdens for their host countries. This book examines SEZs from a political economy perspective both to dissect the incentives of governments zone developers and exporters and to uncover both the hidden costs and untapped potential of zone policies. Costs include misallocated resources the encouragement of rent-seeking and distraction of policy-makers from more effective reforms. However the zones also have several unappreciated benefits. They can change the politics of a country by generating a transition from a system of rent-seeking to one of liberalized open markets. In revealing the hidden promise of SEZs this book shows how the SEZ model of development can succeed in the future. Applying frameworks from various schools of political economy this volume places SEZs in the context of their mixed past and promising future. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in international economics development economics and political economy including practitioners and consultants of SEZ policies. | The Political Economy of Special Economic Zones Concentrating Economic Development

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Lighting for Digital Video and Television

Lighting for Digital Video and Television

This book gives a comprehensive overview of lighting equipment and techniques for digital production. Suitable for either beginners or more advanced users the fully updated fourth edition covers human sight vs. film or video the basic issues of contrast and exposure with explanation of how exposure of digital video differs from analog video or film electrical connectors requirements electrical load management safety issues and the latest LED systems. A variety of basic lighting setups for different situations are explained with clear diagrams and photos showing the look of each approach. Techniques for shooting in available light and dealing with color problems in mixed lighting situations is examined. More advanced film-style lighting is covered especially techniques in creating a convincing realistic look. A special section deals with solutions to common problems ranging from reflections on glasses and dealing with white walls to lighting very light-skinned and very dark-skinned subjects in the same shot. Special lighting situations such as lighting night scenes or bluescreen sets are covered in detail with studio lighting covered in a dedicated separate chapter. The book is also peppered with anecdotes and trivia about lighting techniques and the lighting trade. It is the ideal text for both beginners studying lighting and cinematography as well as more advanced practitioners. | Lighting for Digital Video and Television

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Program Evaluation A Primer for Effectiveness Quality and Value

Program Evaluation A Primer for Effectiveness Quality and Value

This timely unique and insightful book provides students and practitioners with the tools and skills needed to evaluate social and policy programs across a range of disciplines—from public health to social work to education—enabling the allocation of scarce human and financial resources to advance the health and well-being of individuals and populations. The chapters are organized according to the main tasks involved in conducting an evaluation to produce unbiased evidence of program effectiveness quality and value. The chapters include methods for selecting and justifying evaluation questions or hypotheses designing evaluations sampling participants selecting information sources and ensuring reliable and valid measurement. The final section of the book is focused around managing and analyzing data and transparently reporting the results in written and oral form. The book features international case studies throughout covers quantitative qualitative and mixed-method approaches and is also informed by new online methods developed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the book’s unique features is a focus on international standards for conducting ethical evaluations and avoiding research misconduct. Also featuring checklists example forms and summaries of the key ideas and topics this very practical book is essential reading for students in the social behavioral and health sciences and will be a key resource for professionals in the field. | Program Evaluation A Primer for Effectiveness Quality and Value

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History of the Future of Economic Growth Historical Roots of Current Debates on Sustainable Degrowth

History of the Future of Economic Growth Historical Roots of Current Debates on Sustainable Degrowth

The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the twenty-first century. Alarmed by declining growth rates in industrialized countries climate change and rising socio-economic inequalities among other challenges more and more people demand to look for alternatives beyond growth. However so far these current debates about sustainability post-growth or degrowth lack a thorough historical perspective. This edited volume brings together original contributions on different aspects of the history of economic growth as a central and near-ubiquitous tenet of developmental strategies. The book addresses the origins and evolution of the growth paradigm from the seventeenth century up to the present day and also looks at sustainable development sustainable growth and degrowth as examples of alternative developmental models. By focusing on the mixed legacy of growth both as a major source of expanded life expectancies and increased comfort and as a destructive force harming personal livelihoods and threatening entire societies in the future the editors seek to provide historical depth to the ongoing discussion on suitable principles of present and future global development. History of the Future of Economic Growth is aimed at students and academics in environmental social economic and international history political science environmental studies and economics as well as those interested in ongoing discussions about growth sustainable development degrowth and more generally the future. | History of the Future of Economic Growth Historical Roots of Current Debates on Sustainable Degrowth

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Research Methods for Operations and Supply Chain Management

Research Methods for Operations and Supply Chain Management

Research Methods for Operations and Supply Chain Management third edition is a toolkit of research approaches primarily for advanced students and beginner researchers but also a reference book for any researcher in operations and supply chain management (OSCM). Many students begin their careers in research limited by the one or few approaches taken by their department. The concise accessible overviews found here equip them with an understanding of a variety of methods and how to use them enabling students to tailor their research project to their own strengths and goals. The more seasoned researcher will find comprehensive descriptions and analyses on a wide variety of research approaches. This updated and enhanced edition responds to the latest developments in OSCM including the growing prominence of services and production of intangible products the complete supply chain and the increasing use of secondary data and of mixed approaches. Alternative research approaches are included and explored to help with the planning of research. This edition also includes expanded literature reviews and analysis to guide students towards the next steps in their reading and more detailed step-by-step advice to tie theory with the research. Including contributions from an impressive range of the field’s leading thinkers in OSCM research this is a guide that no one embarking on an OSCM research project should be without. Previous editions of this book were published under the title Research Methods for Operations Management and Researching Operations Management.

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Evaluating Research in Academic Journals A Practical Guide to Realistic Evaluation

Evaluating Research in Academic Journals A Practical Guide to Realistic Evaluation

Evaluating Research in Academic Journals is a guide for students who are learning how to evaluate reports of empirical research published in academic journals. It breaks down the process of evaluating a journal article into easy-to-understand steps and emphasizes the practical aspects of evaluating research – not just how to apply a list of technical terms from textbooks. The book avoids oversimplification in the evaluation process by describing the nuances that may make an article publishable even when it has serious methodological flaws. Students learn when and why certain types of flaws may be tolerated and why evaluation should not be performed mechanically. Each chapter is organized around evaluation questions. For each question there is a concise explanation of how to apply it in the evaluation of research reports. Numerous examples from journals in the social and behavioral sciences illustrate the application of the evaluation questions and demonstrate actual examples of strong and weak features of published reports. Common-sense models for evaluation combined with a lack of jargon make it possible for students to start evaluating research articles the first week of class. New to this edition New chapters on: evaluating mixed methods research evaluating systematic reviews and meta-analyses program evaluation research Updated chapters and appendices that provide more comprehensive information and recent examples Full new online resources: test bank questions and PowerPoint slides for instructors and self-test chapter quizzes further readings and additional journal examples for students. | Evaluating Research in Academic Journals A Practical Guide to Realistic Evaluation

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Inquiry in Music Education Concepts and Methods for the Beginning Researcher

Inquiry in Music Education Concepts and Methods for the Beginning Researcher

Inquiry in Music Education: Concepts and Methods for the Beginning Researcher Second Edition introduces research and scholarship in music education as an ongoing spiral of inquiry. Exploring research conventions that are applicable beyond music to the other arts and humanities as well it offers a sequential approach to topic formulation information literacy reading and evaluating research studies and planning and conducting original studies within accepted guidelines. Following the legacy begun by Edward Rainbow and Hildegard C. Froehlich this book expands what is meant by music education and research teaching tangible skills for music educators with diverse instructional goals and career aspirations. The second edition addresses the changes in methods due to technological advances a proliferation of new scholarship and an awareness of the impact of place and culture on researchers and research participants. This edition features: the most current information on research tools strategies to remain up-to-date and expanded supplemental online materials (see inquiryinmusiceducation. com) case studies that reflect recent research and discuss issues of gender race and culture previously absent from mainstream scholarship an acknowledgment of the assessment demands of contemporary K-12 schooling a chapter devoted to mixed methods arts-based and practitioner inquiry assignments and other resources designed to be friendly for online course delivery chapters from contributing authors Debbie Rohwer and Marie McCarthy bringing additional depth and perspective. Inquiry in Music Education provides students with the language skills and protocols necessary to succeed in today’s competitive markets of grant writing arts advocacy and public outreach as contributing members of the community of music educators. | Inquiry in Music Education Concepts and Methods for the Beginning Researcher

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Research Methods for Sports Studies

Research Methods for Sports Studies

Research Methods for Sports Studies is a comprehensive engaging and practical textbook that provides a grounding in qualitative and quantitative research for students studying programmes related to sport and physical activity. Leading the reader step-by-step through the entire research process from identifying a research question and collecting and analysing data to writing and presenting the research report the book is richly illustrated throughout with sport-related case studies and examples from around the world. Research Methods for Sports Studies is designed to be a complete and self-contained companion to any research methods course and contains a wealth of useful features such as highlighted definitions of key terms all-new case studies from active researchers and practical research exercises. Now in a revised and updated fourth edition and in full colour for the first time the book features expanded coverage of key topics such as online research data visualisation image analysis source evaluation mixed methods and the philosophical foundations of research. It also includes new material on the challenges of researching during a pandemic and reflects on the importance of diversity and inclusion from feminist and indigenous methodologies to increased diversity of cases and researcher voices. This is an essential read for any student undertaking a dissertation or research project as part of their studies in sport exercise and related fields including sport management sport development the sociology of sport sport marketing sport-related tourism sport coaching physical education and other similar degrees. Additional online material is available for students and instructors including web links multiple-choice revision questions PowerPoint slides and additional learning activities for use in and out of class.

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