Saunders, Mark, 1959-

Research methods for business students / Mark Saunders, Philip Lewis, Adrian Thornhill. - 5th ed. - New York : Prentice Hall, c2009. - xxxi, 614 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The nature of business and management research and structure of this book -- Formulating and clarifying the research topic -- Critically reviewing the literature -- Understanding research philosophies and approaches -- Formulating the research design -- Negotiating access and research ethics -- Selecting samples -- Using secondary data -- Collecting primary data through observation -- Collecting primary data using semi-structured, in-depth and group interviews -- Collecting primary data using questionnaires -- Analysing quantitative data -- Analysing qualitative data -- Writing and presenting your project report.

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Business -- Research.
Business -- Research -- Data processing.

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