Designing Case Studies explores three different ways of conducting causal analysis in case studies: co-variational analysis, causal-process tracing, and congruence analysis. It is an inclusive account
What are the common challenges that researchers face when designing and performing research? What are the choices and trade-offs that social scientists encounter when seeking to implement a fascinatin
This book approaches current controversies concerning qualitative and quantitative procedures in the social sciences and incorporates new methods showing how they can supplement each other. It is base
A discussion of the case study method which develops an integrative framework for causal inference in small-n research. This framework is applied to research design tasks such as case selection and pr
The authors explore three ways of conducting causal analysis in case studies. They draw on established practices as well as on recent innovations in case study methodology and integrate these insights
An exploration of core problems in experimental research on voting behavior and political institutions, ranging from design and data analysis to inferences with respect to constructs, constituencies a
Expert interviews are today a standard method of qualitative approach in the social sciences. It is surprising that methodological reflections about the expert interview are still lacking. This book g
Conducting phenomenological research for dissertations can be an involved and challenging process, and writing it up is often the most challenging part. How to Write a Phenomenological Dissertation gi
Qualitative Data Collection Tools is a new and unique supplementary text that will guide students and new researchers to design, develop, pilot, and employ qualitative tools in order to collect qualit
Mary Lynne Derrington’s Qualitative Longitudinal Methods: Researching Implementation and Change addresses the use of the qualitative longitudinal methods, their unique methodological features, and the
A complete guide to practitioner research for professionals, whether studying towards a professional doctorate or carrying out research as part of professional practice or development.
A complete guide to practitioner research for professionals, whether studying towards a professional doctorate or carrying out research as part of professional practice or development.
In Education Policy Research, Helen M. Gunter, David Hall and Colin Mills bring together contributions from a range of researchers, academics and practitioners. Each chapter draws on critical theoreti
"In Education Policy Research, Helen M. Gunter, David Hall and Colin Mills bring together contributions from a range of researchers, academics and practitioners. Each chapter draws on critical theoret
The role of comparative analysis in policy studies is one that has gained increasing importance in recent years. More and more, scholars have sought to compare and contrast differing policy designs in
Partnerships in Education Research provides the epistemological and philosophical basis for engaging with partners in research and discusses many of the practical issues facing researchers such as fin
Partnerships in Education Research provides the epistemological and philosophical basis for engaging with partners in research and discusses many of the practical issues facing researchers such as fin
Ethnographic Work expands readers' understanding of the range of conditions for ethnographic work beyond the familiar "lone ethnographer" working in a conventional academic work setting (such as in so
Bringing in elements of postmodernism and interpretive social science, Denzin re-examines the biographical and autobiographical genres as methods for qualitative researchers. The book points up the in
For students and researchers, Altheide (justice and social inquiry, Arizona State U.) and Schneider (sociology, U. of British Columbia, Canada) explain how to use qualitative approaches to analyze med
