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Research methodology : a step-by-step guide for beginners / Ranjit Kumar.

By: Kumar, Ranjit.
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, California, USA : SAGE Publications, ©2019Edition: 5th edition.Description: xxi, 503 pages : colored illustrations ; 19 x 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781526449900 (pbk.); 9781526449894 (hardback).Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 300.72 K960 2019
Contents:
Research: A way of thinking -- Research process: a quick glance -- Formulating a research problem -- Reviewing the literature -- Formulating a research problem -- Identifying variables -- Constructing hypotheses -- Step II: Conceptualising a research design -- Research design -- Selecting a study design -- Step III: Constructing an instrument for data collection -- Selecting a method of data collection -- Collecting data using attitudinal scales -- Establishing the validity and reliability of a research instrument -- Step IV: Selecting a sample -- Selecting a sample -- Step V: Writing a research proposal -- Step VI: Collecting data -- Considering ethical issues in data collection -- Step VII: Processing and displaying data -- Processing data -- Displaying data -- Step VIII: Writing a research report.
Summary: This practical book is designed for anyone who is planning to undertake a research project in the social sciences for the first time. Organised around eight operational steps, it explains difficult procedures step-by-step.Summary: The Fifth Edition of the bestseller Research Methodology has reimagined, redesigned (now in landscape format), and fully renovated how a textbook can help students achieve success in their methods course or research project.
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Previous edition: 2014.
Includes Internet access.

Research: A way of thinking --
Research process: a quick glance --
Formulating a research problem --
Reviewing the literature --
Formulating a research problem --
Identifying variables --
Constructing hypotheses --
Step II: Conceptualising a research design --
Research design --
Selecting a study design --
Step III: Constructing an instrument for data collection --
Selecting a method of data collection --
Collecting data using attitudinal scales --
Establishing the validity and reliability of a research instrument --
Step IV: Selecting a sample --
Selecting a sample --
Step V: Writing a research proposal --
Step VI: Collecting data --
Considering ethical issues in data collection --
Step VII: Processing and displaying data --
Processing data --
Displaying data --
Step VIII: Writing a research report.

This practical book is designed for anyone who is planning to undertake a research project in the social sciences for the first time. Organised around eight operational steps, it explains difficult procedures step-by-step.

The Fifth Edition of the bestseller Research Methodology has reimagined, redesigned (now in landscape format), and fully renovated how a textbook can help students achieve success in their methods course or research project.

Junior High School

College of Education Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Social Studies

Text in English

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