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Table of Contents RESEARCH METHODS Research Design ................................................................... 3 Hone Your Data Science Research Skills: Online courses especially designed for social scientists .... 4 Introduction to Research Methods ....................................... 6 Introduction to Research Methods & Statistics (Combined) .......................................................................... 10 Interdisciplinary Research & Studies ...................................11 Mixed Methods Research ....................................................11 Introduction to Qualitative Methods ....................................14 Advancing Methodologies: Q & A session with best-selling author John W. Creswell ......................... 16 Qualitative Data Analysis ..................................................... 19 Qualitative Tools & Software ............................................... 20 Action Research .................................................................. 21 Case Study Research .......................................................... 22 Ethnography ........................................................................ 23 Focus Groups ...................................................................... 24 Grounded Theory ................................................................ 25 Interviewing .......................................................................... 26 Narrative Methods ............................................................... 26 Visual Methods .................................................................... 26 Qualitative Research: General Interest & Key Supplements .................................. 27 Data Visualization ................................................................ 30 Ethics ................................................................................... 31 Evaluating & Understanding Research ............................... 32 Feminist Research ............................................................... 32 Geographical Research ...................................................... 32 Health Research Methods .................................................. 34 Indigenous Research .......................................................... 34 International Research ........................................................ 34 Social Network Analysis ...................................................... 34 Survey Research Methods .................................................. 35 Text, Discourse, and Conversation Analysis ...................... 36 Web Scraping Software: Gabe Ignatow and Rada Mihalcea share insights on the different types of software available .................................................. 38 Research Methods: General Interest & Key Supplements .................................. 39 STATISTICS/STATISTICAL RESEARCH Introduction to Statistics ..................................................... 42 A Most "Catisfying" Guide to Stats and SPSS: Best-selling author Andy Field talks about his new book .... 45 Introduction to Data Science .............................................. 46 Intermediate/Advanced Statistics ...................................... 46 Do You Have the Skills To Do Data Science?: Jeffrey S. Saltz and Jeffrey M. Stanton highlight some of the key skills data scientists must have ................ 48 Health Statistics ................................................................... 54 Meta-Analysis ...................................................................... 55 Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences (QASS) ...................................................... 56 Statistics – Online ................................................................ 58 Statistical Software – Excel ................................................. 58 Statistical Software – SPSS ® .............................................. 59 Statistical Software – R ....................................................... 60 Statistical Software – STATA ............................................... 61 Statistical Software – Mplus ............................................... 62 Statistics: General Interest & Key Supplements ................ 62 Tests & Measurement .......................................................... 64 EVALUATION ................................................................. 64 New Series Cements SAGE's Key Role in Evaluation Learning: ......................................... 67 RESOURCES Dissertation & Thesis Guides .............................................. 72 Funding / Grants / Proposals .............................................. 73 Literature Reviews ................................................................74 Writing Guides ..................................................................... 75 Supporting Data Science on SAGE Research Methods: ............................................. 77 Index .................................................................................... 79 Two easy ways to order! ➊ ONLINE: For FASTEST delivery, go to: sagepub.com ➋ CALL: (800) 818-7243 or (805) 499-9774 Monday-Friday: 6 a.m. - 5 p.m. (PST) Canadian Customers: Please contact canadatextsales@sagepub.com. 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