Introduction to Human Development and Families

‘An Introductory Analysis of Human Development and Families’ is a book that clearly explains the concepts related to the subject matter of human development. The book gives a significant focus on the necessity and benefits of conducting research works on families and children. It analyses the ethics of research on families and children; the causal inference in research on families and children; searching and reading the literature of the subject matter as well as the required methods that are suitable for the measurement of collected data. This book also provides an all-inclusive view of the Politics of Research on Families and Children, the evaluation of Programs in Human Development and Family Science; Advanced Topics in Family Data Analysis, and the analysis of collected data on children, adolescents, older adults in households or families. Methods for analyzing the quantitative data through survey methods, experiments are interpreted and explained in the book that can bring considerable attention to the development of human beings as well as families. The book is an accessible and appropriate piece of work for the students in the behavioral and social sciences, including the fields of social welfare, sociology, nursing, human services, education, psychology, human development and family studies. The book ‘Human Development and Families’ has covered a relatively broad concept that can be used by the undergraduates and postgraduates and can be targeted for a multidisciplinary nature of audiences.