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020			_a 9781908999917
040			_cLearning Resource Center _erda
082			_223 _a378.242/M38
084			_aCBA
089			_223 _aCBA 378.242/M38
100			_aMason, Peter. _92136
245			_aResearching tourism, leisure and hospitality for your dissertation / _cPeter Mason.
264			_aOxford, United Kingdom : _bGoodfellow Publishers, _c©2014.
300			_aviii, 288 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm.
336			_atext
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aChapter 1 Introduction a) Why do research? Who does research? What happens to research products? b) Overview of the nature of research - different ontologies, epistemologies and methodologies. c) Research Methods and your dissertation: a brief overview. d) The Introductory chapter of your dissertation - contents: Aims/objectives Importance of your topic Overview of major relevant literature/where does your topic fit Other contents -summary of Dissertation chapters. Chapter 2 Developing your Research Topic a) Selecting a topic/theme/issue/question(s) b) Research design. c) Developing a conceptual framework. d) Developing research questions. e) Refining your research ideas. f) Ethics and your research. Chapter 3 The Literature Review a) Why is it necessary, What is it, What is it not. b) How to conduct a literature survey, how to make notes. c) How to move from literature survey to literature review. d) The Literate Review chapter (s) of the dissertation. How to write the Literature Review. Chapter 4 Methodology a) Conceptual frameworks and research approaches. b) Research design: linking to research philosophies (discussion of ontology, epistemology, methodology). c) Types of research: inductive, deductive, positivist, interpretivist, quantitative, qualitative. d) Reliability and Validity e) Data Collection f) Sampling g) Data Gathering h) Data Analysis i) Preparing an Ethics statement for your Dissertation j) Writing the Methodology Chapter of your Dissertation Chapter 5 Presenting Results a) Different types of results: quantitative and qualitative b) Different approaches to the presentation of results c) How to present results in your Dissertation i) Quantitative Results, including the use of graphical representation. ii) Qualitative Results, including the use of verbatims. iii) Mixed Methods Results Chapter 6 Analysing and Discussing Results a) Analysing Quantitative Data, including the use of computer programmes. b) Analysing Qualitative Data, including the use of computer programmes. c) Analysing Mixed Methods, including the use of computer programmes. d) Presenting your Analysis/ Findings in the Dissertation. Chapter 7 Conclusions a) What are Conclusions? b) The nature of Conclusions in your dissertation c) Presenting your Conclusions in the Dissertation. i) Your major Findings ii) Limitations of your research. iii) Your contribution. iv) Your Recommendations. d) Concluding comments to the text.
520			_aIt provides a discussion of quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches, looking at key differences and similarities. A must-have text for all students on how best to conduct research, compile your findings and to present them in the resulting dissertation.
521			_aCBA
650			_aTourism -- Research -- Methodology. _92137
650			_aLeisure industry -- Research -- Methodology. _92138
650			_aHospitality industry -- Research -- Methodology. _92139
650			_aDissertations, Academic. _92140
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