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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2017
The Social Life of Gender provides a comprehensive approach to gender as an organizing principle of institutions, history, and unequal interpersonal relations. This new title will develop students’ capacity to use gender analysis to question social life more broadly, by presenting a critical sociology...
Control and Consolation in American Culture and Politics
Rhetoric of Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 1997
In this perceptive analysis, Dana Cloud traces the replacement of social and political activism by the pursuit of personal, psychological change. She identifies the new movement as the "rhetoric of therapy", where a persuasive cultural discourse that applies concepts such as coping and adapting...
American Multicultural Studies
Diversity of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
American Multicultural Studies: Diversity of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality provides an interdisciplinary view of multicultural studies in the United States, addressing a wide range of topics that continue to define and shape this area of study. Through this collection of essays Sherrow Pinder...
Rural Women Battering and the Justice System
An Ethnography
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 1997
Drawing on his ethnographic research in rural areas of Kentucky, the author of this book presents a thorough look at the experiences of battered women in rural communities. Neil Websdale demonstrates how rural patriarchy and an insidious ol' boy's network of law enforcement and local politics sustains...
The Mating Game
A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Pamela C. Regan’s The Mating Game: A Primer on Love, Sex, and Marriage, Third Edition is the only introductory text about human mating relationships aimed specifically at a university audience. Encompassing a wide array of disciplines, this comprehensive review of theory and empirical research takes...
Sexuality Counseling
Theory, Research, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Providing a comprehensive, research- and theory-based approach to sexuality counseling, Sexuality Counseling is grounded in an integrative, multi-level conceptual framework that addresses the various levels at which individuals experience sexuality. At each level (physiological, developmental, psychological,...
Research Methods in Practice
Strategies for Description and Causation
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
The Second Edition of Research Methods in Practice: Strategies for Description and Causation sets an entirely new standard for presenting and learning research methods. The perspective gained from this text makes it a truly necessary tool for such applied disciplines as public affairs and administration,...
by Lisa M. Given
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
100 Questions (and Answers) About Qualitative Research, by Lisa M. Given, addresses the practical decisions that researchers must make in their work, from the design of the study, through ethics approval, implementation, and writing. The book’s quick-scan, question-and-answer format make it ideal...
Mixed Methods Applications in Action Research
From Methods to Community Action
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Mixed Methods Applications in Action Research is a first-of-its-kind book that provides readers with the information they need to design and conduct a mixed methods action research (MMAR) study in a practical and pragmatic manner. Using a multidisciplinary focus, author Nataliya V. Ivankova provides...
Curriculum Theory
Conflicting Visions and Enduring Concerns
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
The Second Edition of Curriculum Theory: Conflicting Visions and Enduring Concerns by Michael Stephen Schiro presents a clear, unbiased, and rigorous description of the major curriculum philosophies that have influenced educators and schooling over the last century. The author analyzes four educational...
Interactive Evaluation Practice
Mastering the Interpersonal Dynamics of Program Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
You've taken your introduction to evaluation course and are about to do your first evaluation project. Where do you begin? Interactive Evaluation Practice: Managing the Interpersonal Dynamics of Program Evaluation helps bridge the gap between the theory of evaluation and its practice, giving students...
by Dr. Joe Hair, G. Tomas M. Hult, Dr. Christian M. Ringle
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) by Joseph F. Hair, Jr., G. Tomas M. Hult, Christian Ringle, and Marko Sarstedt is a practical guide that provides concise instructions on how to use partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), an evolving statistical...
by Neil J. Salkind
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
The Sixth Edition of Neil J. Salkind’s best-selling Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics promises to ease student anxiety around an often intimidating subject with a humorous, personable, and informative approach. Salkind guides students through various statistical procedures,...
Applied Statistics
From Bivariate Through Multivariate Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Rebecca M. Warner's Applied Statistics: From Bivariate Through Multivariate Techniques, Second Edition provides a clear introduction to widely used topics in bivariate and multivariate statistics, including multiple regression, discriminant analysis, MANOVA, factor analysis, and binary logistic regression....