Ideal for graduate students and more seasoned qualitative researchers, this is the first guide to writing and publishing in a range of both scholarly and popular formats--from journal articles and…

This user-friendly book provides a step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design: quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, arts-based, and community-based participatory research. Chapters on each approach follow…

Providing the key principles and methods needed to conduct a transdisciplinary study, this brief, introductory guide also offers numerous examples from multiple research sectors to show its effectiveness.

*First comprehensive introduction and guide to social fiction, an arts-based research approach.
*Part graduate text, part reference for students and researchers in education, sociology, psychology, communications, nursing, human services, and…

In Popularizing Scholarly Research: Working with Nonacademic Stakeholders, Teams, and Communities, Leavy covers social movements, ethical issues working with vulnerable populations, outsider-insider issues, citizens’ juries, community-based research, participatory action research…

With a new chapter on the literature review, this accessible step-by-step guide to using the five major approaches to research design is now in a thoroughly revised second edition. The…

Couples theoretical articles with practical research examples in order to help students of varying degrees develop a holistic understanding of the process of qualitative research. This book covers a range…

Social researchers increasingly find themselves looking beyond conventional methods to address complex research questions. The Handbook of Emergent Methods is the first book to comprehensively examine emergent qualitative and quantitative…