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SOCIAL RESEARCH Issues, methods and process THIRD EDITION

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Measurement in Nursing and Health Research Fourth Edition

Benchmarking some Portuguese S&T system research units: 2nd Edition

The increasing use of productivity and impact metrics for evaluation and comparison, not only of individual researchers but also of institutions, universities and even countries, has prompted the development of bibliometrics. Currently, metrics are becoming widely accepted as an easy and balanced way to assist the peer review and evaluation of scientists and/or research units, provided they hav...

RESEARCH DESIGN Qualitative , Quantitative . and Mixed Methods Approaches SECOND EDITION

CASE STUDY RESEARCH Design and Methods Second Edition

1 Introduction The case study is but one of several ways of doing social science research. Other ways include experiments, surveys, histories, and the analysis of ar-chival information (as in economic studies). Each strategy has peculiar advantages and disadvantages, depending upon three conditions: (a) the type of research question, (b) the control an investigator has over actual behavioral ev...