{"id":465470,"date":"2026-09-18T17:53:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?page_id=465470"},"modified":"2026-09-18T18:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:04:42","slug":"academic-writing-suggested-reading-materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/academic-writing-suggested-reading-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Writing &#8211; Suggested Reading Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"research-library-page\">\n\n  <!-- HERO -->\n\n  <header class=\"rl-hero\">\n    <span class=\"rl-eyebrow\">USJ Library \u00b7 Research Support<\/span>\n\n&#8220;`\n<h1 style=\"color:white;\">Suggested Reading Materials<\/h1>\n\n<p>\n  A curated collection of books, guides and online resources to support\n  research methods, statistics, evidence-based research and related topics.\n<\/p>\n&#8220;`\n\n  <\/header>\n\n  <!-- INTRODUCTION -->\n\n  <div class=\"rl-intro\">\n    <p>\n      These resources are intended to support students and researchers at\n      different stages of the research process. Use the search box to find\n      resources by author, title or topic, or select a subject area below.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- SEARCH + FILTER -->\n\n  <div class=\"rl-controls\">\n\n&#8220;`\n<div class=\"rl-search\">\n  <span class=\"rl-search-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\ud83d\udd0e<\/span>\n\n  <input type=\"search\" id=\"rlSearch\" placeholder=\"Search by author, title, topic or keyword...\" aria-label=\"Search suggested reading materials\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n<nav class=\"rl-nav\" aria-label=\"Reading material categories\">\n\n  <button class=\"active\" data-filter=\"all\">\n    All Resources\n  <\/button>\n\n  <button data-filter=\"general\">\n    General Research\n  <\/button>\n\n  <button data-filter=\"statistics\">\n    \u7d71\u8a08\u6578\u64da\n  <\/button>\n\n  <button data-filter=\"research\">\n    \u7814\u7a76\u65b9\u6cd5\n  <\/button>\n\n  <button data-filter=\"additional\">\n    Additional Topics\n  <\/button>\n\n<\/nav>\n&#8220;`\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- =====================================================\n       GENERAL RESEARCH\n       ===================================================== -->\n\n  <section class=\"rl-section\" data-category=\"general\">\n\n&#8220;`\n<div class=\"rl-section-heading\">\n  <h2>General Research<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-grid\">\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Babbie practice social research research methods\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">01<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Babbie, E. R. (2010).\n      <em>The Practice of Social Research<\/em>\n      (11th edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      New York: Thompson.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Beney distinguishing evaluation research evaluation\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">02<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Beney, T. (2011).\n      <em>Distinguishing Evaluation from Research.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Accessed 4 February 2016.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <a class=\"rl-online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uniteforsight.org\/evaluation-course\/module10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n      View online resource \u2192\n    <\/a>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Breakwell Hammond Fife-Shaw Smith research methods psychology\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">03<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Breakwell, G. M., Hammond, S., Fife-Shaw, C. and Smith, J. A. (2006).\n      <em>Research Methods in Psychology<\/em>\n      (3rd edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London: Sage.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Byrne Callaghan complexity theory social sciences\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">04<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Byrne, D. and Callaghan, G. (2014).\n      <em>Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Abingdon, UK: Routledge.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Creswell educational research planning conducting evaluating quantitative qualitative\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">05<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Creswell, J. W. (2002).\n      <em>Educational Research: Planning, Conducting and Evaluating\n      Quantitative and Qualitative Research.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      New Jersey: Merrill Prentice-Hall.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Denscombe ground rules social research guidelines good practice\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">06<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Denscombe, M. (2009).\n      <em>Ground Rules for Social Research: Guidelines for Good Practice<\/em>\n      (2nd edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Milton Keynes: Open University Press.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card recommended\" data-search=\"Denscombe good research guide recommended\">\n\n    <span class=\"rl-badge\">Recommended<\/span>\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">07<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Denscombe, M. (2014).\n      <em>The Good Research Guide<\/em>\n      (4th edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Hammersley methodology who needs it\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">08<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Hammersley, M. (2011).\n      <em>Methodology: Who Needs It?<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London, UK: Sage.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Hammersley limits social science causal explanation value relevance\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">09<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Hammersley, M. (2014).\n      <em>The Limits of Social Science: Causal Explanation and Value Relevance.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London, UK: Sage.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card recommended\" data-search=\"Howitt Cramer introduction research methods psychology SPSS recommended\">\n\n    <span class=\"rl-badge\">Recommended<\/span>\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">10<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Howitt, D. and Cramer, D. (2014).\n      <em>Introduction to Research Methods in Psychology<\/em>\n      (4th edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Harlow, UK: Pearson.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Pawson evidence based policy realist perspective\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">11<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Pawson, R. (2006).\n      <em>Evidence-based Policy: A Realist Perspective.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London: Sage.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card recommended\" data-search=\"Pawson science evaluation realist manifesto recommended\">\n\n    <span class=\"rl-badge\">Recommended<\/span>\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">12<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Pawson, R. (2013).\n      <em>The Science of Evaluation: A Realist Manifesto.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London, UK: Sage.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Punch introduction social research quantitative qualitative approaches\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">13<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Punch, K. F. (2005).\n      <em>Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative\n      Approaches<\/em>\n      (2nd edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London: Sage.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Robson real world research\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">14<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Robson, C. (2002).\n      <em>Real World Research<\/em>\n      (2nd edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Oxford: Blackwell.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n&#8220;`\n\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- =====================================================\n       STATISTICS RESEARCH\n       ===================================================== -->\n\n  <section class=\"rl-section\" data-category=\"statistics\">\n\n&#8220;`\n<div class=\"rl-section-heading\">\n  <h2>\u7d71\u8a08\u7814\u7a76<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-grid\">\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Argyrous statistics research SPSS\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">01<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Argyrous, G. (2011).\n      <em>Statistics for Research: With a Guide to SPSS<\/em>\n      (3rd edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London: Sage Publications.\n      ISBN: 978-1-84920-595-5\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Ellis effect sizes statistical power meta analysis interpretation research results\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">02<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Ellis, P. D. (2010).\n      <em>The Essential Guide to Effect Sizes: Statistical Power,\n      Meta-analysis, and the Interpretation of Research Results.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"rl-note\">\n      <strong>Library note:<\/strong>\n      A standard text on effect size. 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(2013).\n      <em>SPSS Survival Manual<\/em>\n      (5th edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press.\n      ISBN: 9780335262588\n    <\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"rl-note\">\n      <strong>Library note:<\/strong>\n      A practical and straightforward guide to SPSS. 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(2018).\n      <em>Research Methods in Education.<\/em>\n      (8th edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Abingdon, UK: Routledge.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <a class=\"rl-online\" href=\"https:\/\/library-opac.usj.edu.mo\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=145444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n      Library catalogue record \u2192\n    <\/a>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Cooper Schindler business research methods\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">02<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Cooper, D. C. and Schindler, P. S. (2013).\n      <em>Business Research Methods.<\/em>\n      (12th edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      New York: McGraw-Hill.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Creswell research designs qualitative quantitative mixed methods approaches\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">03<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Creswell, J. W. (2013).\n      <em>Research Designs: Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods\n      Approaches.<\/em>\n      (4th edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London: Academic Press.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Gorard research design robust approaches social sciences\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">04<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Gorard, S. (2013).\n      <em>Research Design: Creating Robust Approaches for the\n      Social Sciences.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London: Sage.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <a class=\"rl-online\" href=\"https:\/\/library-opac.usj.edu.mo\/cgi-bin\/koha\/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=145445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n      Library catalogue record \u2192\n    <\/a>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n<\/div>\n&#8220;`\n\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- =====================================================\n       ADDITIONAL TOPICS\n       ===================================================== -->\n\n  <section class=\"rl-section\" data-category=\"additional\">\n\n&#8220;`\n<div class=\"rl-section-heading\">\n  <h2>Additional Topics<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-grid\">\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Aiken psychological testing assessment psychometric\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">01<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Aiken, L. R. (2003).\n      <em>Psychological Testing and Assessment<\/em>\n      (11th edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Boston, MA: Pearson Education Group Inc.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <a class=\"rl-online\" href=\"http:\/\/mala.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com\/permalink\/f\/1rpu1og\/MALA_853UOM2145319690006306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n      Library catalogue record \u2192\n    <\/a>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Bannister perspectives personal construct theory\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">02<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Bannister, D. (ed.) (1970).\n      <em>Perspectives in Personal Construct Theory.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London: Academic Press.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Bannister Mair evaluation personal constructs\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">03<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Bannister, D. and Mair, J. M. M. (1968).\n      <em>The Evaluation of Personal Constructs.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London: Academic Press.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Butt George Kelly psychology personal constructs\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">04<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Butt, T. (2008).\n      <em>George Kelly: The Psychology of Personal Constructs.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London: Palgrave Macmillan.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Centre Reviews Dissemination CRD systematic reviews health care\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">05<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) (2009).\n      <em>Systematic Reviews: CRD\u2019s Guidance for Undertaking Reviews\n      in Health Care.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <a class=\"rl-online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.york.ac.uk\/inst\/crd\/index_guidance.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n      View online resource \u2192\n    <\/a>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Accessed 30 September 2011.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Coe Fitz-Gibbon Tymms evidence based education practitioners\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">06<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Coe, R., Fitz-Gibbon, C. T. and Tymms, P. (2000).\n      <em>Promoting Evidence-Based Education: The Role of Practitioners.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Roundtable paper presented at the British Educational Research\n      Association, University of Cardiff, UK, 7\u201310 September.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Cooper Hedges research synthesis scientific process meta analysis\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">07<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Cooper, H. M. and Hedges, L. V. (2009).\n      <em>Research Synthesis as a Scientific Process.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      In M. Harris et al. (eds.),\n      <em>The Handbook of Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis<\/em>\n      (2nd edition), pp. 3\u201316.\n      New York, NY: The Russell Sage Foundation.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Dale Arber Procter doing secondary analysis\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">08<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Dale, A., Arber, S. and Procter, M. (1998).\n      <em>Doing Secondary Analysis.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London: Unwin Hyman.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card recommended\" data-search=\"Donaldson Christie Mark credible evidence applied research evaluation\">\n\n    <span class=\"rl-badge\">Recommended<\/span>\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">09<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Donaldson, S. I., Christie, C. A. and Mark, M. M. 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(2016).\n      <em>A Handbook of Test Construction: Introduction to\n      Psychometric Design.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      New York, NY: Routledge.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Petticrew Roberts systematic reviews social sciences practical guide\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">12<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Petticrew, M. and Roberts, H. (2006).\n      <em>Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences: A Practical Guide.<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      Malden, MA: Blackwell.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Ridley literature review step by step guide students\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">13<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Ridley, D. (2010).\n      <em>The Literature Review: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students<\/em>\n      (2nd edition).\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      London: Sage.\n    <\/p>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Smith evidence based education Guardian research\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">14<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Smith, M. (2013).\n      <em>Evidence-Based Education: Is It Really That Straightforward?<\/em>\n    <\/h3>\n\n    <p class=\"rl-details\">\n      <em>The Guardian<\/em>, 26 March 2013.\n    <\/p>\n\n    <a class=\"rl-online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/teacher-network\/2013\/mar\/26\/teachers-research-evidence-based-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n      Read article \u2192\n    <\/a>\n\n  <\/article>\n\n\n  <article class=\"rl-card\" data-search=\"Vartanian secondary data analysis\">\n\n    <div class=\"rl-card-number\">15<\/div>\n\n    <h3 class=\"rl-card-title\">\n      Vartanian, T. P. 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