One of the glories of the Greco-Roman classics is the opportunity that they give us to consider a great culture in its entirety; but our ability to do that depends on our ability to work comfortably with very varied fields of scholarship. "The Handbook for Classical Research" offers guidance to students needing to learn more about the different fields and subfields of classical...(展开全部)

One of the glories of the Greco-Roman classics is the opportunity that they give us to consider a great culture in its entirety; but our ability to do that depends on our ability to work comfortably with very varied fields of scholarship. "The Handbook for Classical Research" offers guidance to students needing to learn more about the different fields and subfields of classical...(展开全部)

Causal inference is a fundamental goal of social research, and it has been a topic of methodological research for decades. The evaluation of social science theory cannot proceed without assessing the sizes of entailed cause-effect relationships. Policy research cannot be conducted without estimating the impacts that follow from policy interventions. Unfortunately, for most soci...(展开全部)

The Ethnographer’s Way guides researchers through the exciting process of turning an initial idea into an in-depth research project. Kristin Peterson and Valerie Olson introduce “multidimensioning,” a method for planning projects that invites scholars to examine their research interests from all angles. Researchers learn to integrate seemingly disparate groups, processes, sites...(展开全部)

This Research Handbook presents thirty-three original contributions from leading experts around the globe on all aspects of legal argumentation. Each chapter combines theoretical and practical perspectives to introduce and develop its topic. The volume explores the connections between legal argumentation, general jurisprudence, and argumentation theory. The result: the most det...(展开全部)

The first of its kind, this handbook synthesizes major advances in the sociology of education over the past several decades. It incorporates both a systematic review of significant theoretical and empirical work and challenging original contributions by distinguished American, English, and French sociologists. In his introduction, John G. Richardson traces the development of th...(展开全部)

Over the past twenty years an increasing number of researchers from various universities have been investigating motivational issues underlying the self-regulation of behavior. Using either Self-Determination Theory or closely related theoretical perspectives, these researchers have performed laboratory experiments, as well as field studies in a variety of real-world settings, ...(展开全部)

Once again, editors Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S Lincoln have put together a volume that represents the state of the art for the theory and practice of qualitative inquiry. Built on the foundation of the landmark first and second editions, the third edition is both the bridge and the roadmap to the territory that lies ahead for researchers across the disciplines. The Fourth Ed...(展开全部)

Review "Like previous editions, this offers the most comprehensive analysis in a single volume of the theories, techniques, and foundational thought underpinning qualitative inquiry...Highly recommended." -- R.V. Labaree CHOICE 20050914 Review "Like previous editions, this offers the most comprehensive analysis in a single volume of the theories, techniques, and foundational th...(展开全部)

Once again, editors Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S Lincoln have put together a volume that represents the state of the art for the theory and practice of qualitative inquiry. Built on the foundation of the landmark first and second editions, the third edition is both the bridge and the roadmap to the territory that lies ahead for researchers across the disciplines. The Fourth Ed...(展开全部)