Forskningsmetoder: generelt

An engaging introduction to statistics that provides readers with a tool for learning about behaviour without requiring a strong background in research methods.

Van den Hoonaard discusses ways to unshackle social science ethics policies from medical research-ethics frameworks.

De fleste, der arbejder med dataindsamling, har et repertoire af velkendte og velafprøvede metoder at ty til. De klassiske metoder som interviews og spørgeskemaundersøgelser ligger på rygraden og kan give solide data og viden. Men der kan opstå behov for noget nyt, der kan pirre nysgerrigheden og udfordre metodebevidstheden.KREATIVE METODER TIL DATAINDSAMLING tilbyder konkrete greb og redskaber, som kan give dataindsamleren:• En anden type viden og mere nuancerede svar fra informanterne.• Et bredere repertoire af metoder til at variere, supplere og nuancerede klassiske dataindsamlingsmetoder.• Nye muligheder for at kombinere metoder og skabe helt nye varianter.Bogen er til alle, der arbejder med dataindsamling i evalueringer, undersøgelser, brugerinddragelse mv. Ledere, der søger nye metoder til at facilitere og indsamle perspektiver fra deres medarbejdere, kan også hente inspiration og ny viden her.

This book examines the nature of ethnopolitics evolving in the Darjeeling hills, located in the Eastern Himalayas. It highlights how in the wake of regional politics minorities pursue alternative avenues to attain rights and recognition.

Increasingly, academics are called upon to demonstrate the value of linguistics and explain their research to the wider public. In support of this agenda, Communicating Linguistics provides an overview of the wide range of public engagement activities currently being undertaken in linguistics, as well as practically-focused advice.

This sixth edition continues to demonstrate the vital role research plays by integrating in-depth, real-world case studies with a comprehensive discussion of research methods. By pairing research techniques with practical examples from the field, the authors equip students to evaluate and conduct research. Covering research findings from critical areas in criminal justice, such as police use of force, cybercrime, and race, this text helps students understand the importance of research, not just the process.The Sixth Edition of this best-selling text retains the strengths of previous editions while breaking ground with emergent research methods, enhanced tools for learning in the text and online, and contemporary, fascinating research findings. Students engage with the wide realm of research methods available to them, delve deeper into topics relevant to their field of study, and benefit from the wide variety of new exercises to help them practice as they learn.This edition is accompanied by an Edge site: edge.sagepub.com/bachmanprccj6eNew to this edition:     New real-world research examples including the effects of incarceration on employment, the effects of police wearing body cameras on police and citizen injury, the perceptions of citizens regarding police misconduct, and an investigation into the lives of gang members.   A new chapter on qualitative data analysis summarizes the different techniques using a case study of interviews with drug-involved offenders. Updated “Research in the News” boxes feature the latest media stories which have made an impact both on researchers and practitioners New “Careers and Research” profiles highlight the relevance of research in today’s job market New end-of-chapter exercise questions refer students to a chapter-specific video posted on the Study Site, in which researchers discuss their experiences with a method presented in that chapter.   New empirical data sets featured on the Study Site give students access to new subsets of data New SPSS and Excel exercises that correspond to the chapter material provide students with extra practice of the research methods being explained.

Liberian Culture is a book that will reveal the beauty and culture of the Liberian people.

Wie lassen sich die marokkanischen Soundarchive des Schriftstellers Paul Bowles aus den 1970er Jahren heute mit den Musiker*innen von damals anhören? Was hat ein Erdbeben in Agadir mit einem japanischen Science Fiction Film zu tun? Welchen Sound haben Steine? Und was erfahren wir über Umweltverschmutzung wenn wir den Agar Agar Algen zuhören?Auf der Grundlage kritischer Sound Studies, ethnographischer Forschung und künstlerischer Praxis bietet dieses Buch vielschichtige Erzählungen über akustische Praktiken in Marokko. Gilles Aubrys Forschungen über die klanglichen Dimensionen unserer Umwelt, reichen von tierischen, pflanzlichen und mineralischen Stimmen über rituelle Praktiken bis hin zu technologischen Infrastrukturen. Das arabische Wort für diese Stimmen im körperlichen aber auch im technologischen Sinn ist Sawt. In Kooperationen mit lokalen Musiker*innen, Künstler*innen und Wissenschaftler*innen erkundet Aubry experimentelle Settings, in denen das Zuhören zur Grundlage eines "Sonic Pluralism" wird.Die dichten Beschreibungen der multidisziplinären Forschungen sind durch eigenständige Bildstrecken ergänzt. Über QR Codes ist der Text mit audiovisuellen Essays und Kompositionen des Künstlers verbunden. Das Layout des Buches nimmt diese enge Verknüpfung von digitalen und analogen Materialien auf.Über www.adocs.de wird das Buch auch als Open Access/E-Book zugänglich sein.