Journal Articles

Below is a list of suggested journal articles recommended by the author to accompany your study of The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project.

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• Balatti, J., Gargano, I., Goldman, M., Wood, G., and Woodlock, J. (2004) ‘Improving Indigenous Completion Rates in Mainstream TAFE – An Action Research Approach’. Leabrook, South Australia: NCEAR.


• Bischof, G. H., Warnaar, B. L., Barajas, M. S. And Dhaliwal, H. K. (2011) ‘Thematic Analysis of The Experiences of Wives Who Stay with Husbands Who Transition Male-To-Female’, Michigan Family Review, 15(1): 2011.


• Blevins, K. R. and Hols, T. J. (2009) ‘Examining the Virtual Subculture of Johns’, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, October 2009  38(5): 619 –648.


• Borrell, J. (2008) ‘Thematic Analysis Identifying Concepts of Problem Gambling Agency: With Preliminary Exploration of Discourses in Selected Industry and Research Documents’, Journal of Gambling Issues, Issue 22. 


• Doucouliagos, H. and Ali Ulubaşoğlu, M. (2008) ‘Democracy and Economic Growth: A Meta-Analysis’,  American Journal of Political Science, Volume 52, Issue 1, 61–83. 12.3


• Fitzpatrick, K. (2011) ‘Stop Playing Up!: Physical Education, Racialization and Resistance’, Ethnography, 12: 174.


• Glucksmann, M. (2012) ‘Reflecting on Women on the Line: Continuities and Change in Women's Work’.International Labor and Working Class History. 81 (Spring 2012): 168 –173.


• Halabi, S., Smith, W., Collins, J., Baker, D. and Bedford, J. (2012) ‘A Document Analysis of HIV/AIDS Education Interventions in Ghana’, Health Education Journal, published online 10 July 2012.


• Jeynes, W. H. (2001) ‘A Meta-Analysis of The Relation of Parental Involvement to Urban Elementary School Student Academic Achievement’, British Journal Of Cancer, Nov; 85(11): 1700–1705.


• Leetaru, K. H. (2012) ‘A Big Data Approach the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: Wikipedia’s View of the World through Supercomputing’.  Research Trends, Issue 30 September 2012.


• Lopatto, E. (2013) ‘Facebook Opens Up Site Data to Suicide Research’. Bloomberg News. 01/27/2013.


• Lee, R. M. (2011) ‘“The most important technique …”: Carl Rogers, Hawthorne, and the Rise and Fall of Nondirective Interviewing in Sociology’. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 47( 2):  123–146.


• Mayo, E. (1933) The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization. New York: Viking Press.


• Nelsen, M. R. and Otnes, C. C. (2005) ‘Exploring Cross-Cultural Ambivalence: A Netnography of Intercultural Wedding Message Boards’ Journal of Business Research, 58( 1): 89–95.


• Pehlke II, T. A., Hennon, C. B., Radina, M. E. and Kuvalanka, K. A. (2009) ‘Does Father Still Know Best? An Inductive Thematic Analysis of Popular TV Sitcoms’, A Journal of Theory, Research, & Practice about Men as Fathers, ISSN 1537-6680, Vol 7(2):Spring.


• Sinfield, M. (1995) ‘Women with AIDS: A Phenomenological Study’, Australasian Annual Conference, Society for HIV Medicine, 16–19 November, 7: 61.


• Sofalvi, Alan (2011)  ‘Health Education Films of the Silent Era: A Historical Analysis’, " The International Electronic Journal of Health Education (1529-1944), 14: 135.


• Stoudt, B. G., Fox, M, and Fine, M. (2012) ‘Contesting Privilege with Critical Participatory Action Research’, Journal of Social Issues, 68(1):  178–193.


• Wales. E. and Brewer, B. (1976) ‘Graffiti In The 1970s’, Journal of Social Psychology, 99 (1): 115.


• Witte, J. C. (2009) ‘Introduction to the Special Issue on Web Surveys’, Sociological Methods & Research, 37: 283.