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The essential guide to doing your research project / Zina O'Leary.

By: Publisher: Thousand Oaks, California, USA : SAGE Publications Inc., ©2017Edition: 3rd editionDescription: viii, 400 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781473952089 (pbk)
  • 9781473952072 (hb)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 001.42 Ol21 2017
Contents:
1. Taking the leap into the research world -- 2. Setting up and getting started -- 3. Developing your research question -- 4. Undertaking credible and ethical research -- 5. Crafting a research proposal -- 6. Reviewing literature -- 7. Designing a research plan -- 8. Understanding methodologies: quantitative and qualitative approaches -- 9. Understanding methodologies: mixed approaches -- 10. Understanding methodologies: evaluative, action-oriented and emancipatory strategies -- 11. Identifying and selecting samples, informants and cases -- 12. Primary data: surveys, interviews and observation -- 13. Secondary data: existing data, online generated data and previous studies -- 14. Analysing quantitative data -- 15. Analysing qualitative data -- 16. The challenge of writing up.
Summary: "The ultimate companion to successfully completing your research project, the author guides you through a step-by-step approach to research and provides all of the skills and momentum you need to excel. Each stage of a project is clearly set out with best practice highlighted alongside pragmatic advice for tackling research in the real world."--Publisher's website.
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Books Books College Library General Circulation Section GC GC 001.42 Ol21 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 05/31/2025 00:00 HNU001148

First edition published in 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Taking the leap into the research world --
2. Setting up and getting started --
3. Developing your research question --
4. Undertaking credible and ethical research --
5. Crafting a research proposal --
6. Reviewing literature --
7. Designing a research plan --
8. Understanding methodologies: quantitative and qualitative approaches --
9. Understanding methodologies: mixed approaches --
10. Understanding methodologies: evaluative, action-oriented and emancipatory strategies --
11. Identifying and selecting samples, informants and cases --
12. Primary data: surveys, interviews and observation --
13. Secondary data: existing data, online generated data and previous studies --
14. Analysing quantitative data --
15. Analysing qualitative data --
16. The challenge of writing up.

"The ultimate companion to successfully completing your research project, the author guides you through a step-by-step approach to research and provides all of the skills and momentum you need to excel. Each stage of a project is clearly set out with best practice highlighted alongside pragmatic advice for tackling research in the real world."--Publisher's website.

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