Doing a successful research project : using qualitative or quantitative methods /
Martin Brett Davies.
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- xiv, 274 p. : ill ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1: Planning your research project. So you’re going to do a Research Project ; Let’s Make a Start ; Drawing up your Personal Project Roadmap -- pt. 2: Quantitative research. The Principles of Sampling ; Carrying Out Your Survey ; Questionnaires ; The Art and Science of Survey Interviewing ; Analysing Your Survey Data -- pt. 3: Qualitative research. Studying a Small Sample ; Qualitative Research Interviewing ; There is More to Qualitative Research than Interviewing ; Analysing Qualitative Data -- pt. 4: The last lap. Writing Your Report ; Postscript: Over to you ... -- pt. 5: Into more complex territory. A Qualitative Researcher’s Briefing Sheet ; Testing for Statistical Significance.
"Doing a Successful Research Project" is a realistic, user-friendly guide on how to conduct a research project that talks at the student's level; akin to having a tutor right at one's side. It offers an accessible, even-handed introduction to carrying out research methods for undergraduate and postgraduate students conducting a research project for the first time. The research process--from planning, through design and implementation, to completion--is described simply and succinctly, with the emphasis throughout on good preparation. The book provides students with the self-discipline and the confidence to carry out their own research project, as well as enabling them to assess for themselves the advantages and disadvantages of the differing strategies available.
1403993793 9781403993793
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EMBA. MOT. CIT. CEM. ITS.
Social sciences -- Research. Qualitative research.