The tools of design research, writes Brenda Laurel, will allow designers "to claim and direct the power of their profession." Often neglected in the various curricula of design schools, the new models of design research described in this book help designers to investigate people, form, and process in ways that can make their work more potent and more delightful. "At the very le...(展开全部)

Providing a complete portal to the world of case study research, the Fourth Edition of Robert K. Yin's bestselling text "Case Study Research" offers comprehensive coverage of the design and use of the case study method as a valid research tool. This thoroughly revised text now covers more than 50 case studies (approximately 25 per cent new), gives fresh attention to quantitativ...(展开全部)

<em> </em> "Creswell's Research Design is an accessible and useful book that stimulates students through walk through experiences, use of exercises, and production of actual writing samples. It is a book that models the types of issues that best suit different approaches and allows students to understand when to use mixed methods. Furthermore, its focus on theory and paradigms...(展开全部)

The Bestselling Text is Completely Updated and Better than Ever! Praise for the Third Edition : “I have used the older edition with great success. The new one is even better.” -Kathleen Duncan, University of La Verne The Third Edition of the bestselling text Research Design by John W. Creswell enables readers to compare three approaches to research-qualitative, qua...(展开全部)

The book that has helped more than 80,000 students and researchers prepare their plan or proposal for a scholarly journal article, dissertation or thesis has been revised and updated while maintaining all the features that made the first edition so popular. New to this edition: because mixed method research has come into its own since the publication of the first edition, every...(展开全部)

◎作者简介 罗伯特·K.殷（Robert K. Yin），麻省理工学院脑与认知科学专业博士，克斯摩斯（COSMOS）公司总裁。COSMOS公司从事应用研究和科学设计。在过去几十年中，该公司成功完成了联邦、州、地方机构以及私人基金会委托的几百个研究项目，本书所引述的案例大部分源自这些项目。他是案例研究领域著名的方法专家，积累了丰富的实践经验。 ◎译校者简介 周海涛，教授，博士生导师，北京师范大学高等教育研究所副所长，2014年受聘美国休斯敦大学客座教授。

Today's students want to practice the application of concepts. As with the previous editions of this book, the authors write to balance the coverage of concepts, tools, techniques, and their applications, and to provide the most examples of system analysis and design deliverables available in any book. The textbook also serves the reader as a professional reference for best cur...(展开全部)

"The authors provided state-of-the-art information about mixed methods approaches to research. The book significantly expands Creswell's previous editions of mixed methods approaches to research by including four complete current studies that exemplify distinctive research using mixed methods...What becomes apparent throughout the book is the authors' interest in providing rese...(展开全部)

Mixed method research design, spearheaded by the author of the best-selling Research Design text (Second Edition, SAGE 2002), combines the latest thinking about mixed methods research designs with practical, step-by-step guidelines for the decisions that must be made in designing a mixed methods research study. The text: - offers a practical, how-to guide for designing a mixed ...(展开全部)