This select bibliography highlights print and electronic books that will be useful to students conducting qualitative analysis and quantitative data collection in their research. Covering books available in LibDiscover, this bibliography focuses on the following subject areas:
Bernard, H. R., Wutich, A., & Ryan, G. W. (2017). Analyzing qualitative data: Systematic approaches (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE.
Howard, L., & Berg, B. L. (2017). Qualitative research methods for the social sciences (9thed., Global ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Mannay, D. (2016). Visual, narrative and creative research methods: Application, reflection and ethics. New York: Routledge.
Martin, J. L. (2017). Thinking through methods: A social science primer. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Merriam, S. B., & Tisdell, E. J. (2016). Qualitative research: A guide to design and implementation. San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass.
Prasad, P. (2015). Crafting qualitative research: Working in the postpositivist traditions. New York: Routledge.
Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2016). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological. California: SAGE Publications.
Ruspini, E. (2002). Introduction to longitudinal research. London: Routledge.
Taylor, S. J., Bogdan, R., & DeVault, M. L. (2016). Introduction to qualitative research methods: A guidebook and resource. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.
Thorne, S. E. (2016). Interpretive description: Qualitative research for applied practice. New York: Routledge.
Baker, K. R. (2015). Optimization modeling with spreadsheets. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons.
Drozdova, K., & Gaubatz, K. T. (2017). Quantifying the qualitative: Information theory for comparative case analysis. California, Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
Edmonds, W. A., & Kennedy, T. D. (2017). An applied guide to research designs: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE.
Judd, C. M., McClelland, G. H., & Ryan, C. S. (2017). Data analysis: A model comparison approach to regression, ANOVA, and beyond. UK, Abingdon: Routledge.
Pallant, J. (2016). SPSS survival manual: A step by step guide to data analysis using IBM SPSS. UK, Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education.
Riazi, A. M. (2016). The Routledge Encyclopedia of research methods in applied linguistics: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research. New York: Routledge.
Stemmler, M., Eye, A. v., & Wiedermann, W. (2015). Dependent data in social sciences research: Forms, issues, and methods of analysis. London: Springer.
Bartlett, L., & Vavrus, F. K. (2017). Rethinking case study research: A comparative approach. London: Routledge.
Delamont, S. (2016). Fieldwork in educational settings: Methods, pitfalls and perspectives. New York: Routledge.
Hancock, D. R., & Algozzine, R. (2017). Doing case study research: A practical guide for beginning researchers. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Jacobs, M. S., & Cooper, B. S. (2016). Action research in the classroom: Helping teachers assess and improve their work. USA, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
McNiff, J. (2016). Writing up your action research project. London: Routledge.
Mertler, C. A. (2017). Action research: Improving schools and empowering educators. USA, California: SAGE.
Millar, C. (2016). A practical guide to classroom research. UK, Northwich: Critical Publishing Ltd.
Rowell, L. L., Bruce, C., Shosh, J. M., & Riel, M. (2016). The Palgrave International handbook of action research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Sagor, R., & Williams, C. V. (2017). The action research guidebook: A process for pursuing equity and excellence in education. USA, California: Corwin.
Sullivan, B., Roche, M. E., McDonagh, C., & Glenn, M. (2016). Introduction to critical reflection and action for teacher researchers. New York: Routledge.
Blume, M., Lust, B., Chien, Y., Dye, C. D., Foley, C. A., & Kedar, Y. (2017). Research methods in language acquisition: Principles, procedures, and practices. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
Gunn, S., & Faire, L. (2012). Research methods for history. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Mligo, E. S. (2016). Introduction to research methods and report writing: A practical guide for students and researchers in social sciences and the humanities. Eugene, Oregon: Resource Publications.