Introducing research methodology : a beginner's guide to doing a research project /

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'Introducing Research Methodology' gives readers the fundamental data collection and analysis skills that they need for their first project, as well as a good understanding of the research process as a whole.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flick, Uwe
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2011.
Subjects:
Research > Methodology.
Social sciences > Research.
Social sciences > Research > Methodology
Table of Contents:
  • PART ONE: ORIENTATION
  • Why Social Research?
  • From Research Idea to Research Question
  • Reading and Reviewing the Literature
  • PART TWO: PLANNING AND DESIGN
  • Planning Social Research: Steps of the Research Process
  • Designing Social Research
  • Deciding Your Methods
  • PART THREE: WORKING WITH DATA
  • Gathering Data: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
  • Analyzing Quantitative and Qualitative Data
  • E-Research: Doing Social Research Online
  • Integrated Social Research: Combination of Different Approaches
  • PART FOUR: REFLECTION AND WRITING
  • What Is Good Research? Evaluating Your Research Project
  • Ethical Issues in Social Research
  • Writing Research and Using Results

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