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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London Sage 2010Description: 308 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781848600102
  • 9781848600119
Subject(s):
Contents:
1 Taking the Leap into the Research World 1 2 Getting Started 14 3 Striving for Integrity in the Research Process 27 4 Developing Your Research Question 46 5 Crafting a Research Proposal 61 6 Working with Literature 71 7 Designing a Research Plan 88 8 Understanding Methodologies: Quantitative, Qualitative, and 'Mixed' Approaches 104 9 Understanding Methodologies: Evaluative, Action-Oriented, and Emancipatory Strategies 136 10 Seeking 'Respondents' 160 11 Direct Data Collection: Surveys and Interviews 180 12 Indirect Data Collection: Working with Observations and Existing Text 208 13 Analysing Quantitative Data 230 14 Analysing Qualitative Data 256 15 The Challenge of Writing Up 278 Bibliography 297 Index 305
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Includes bibliographical references and index

1 Taking the Leap into the Research World 1
2 Getting Started 14
3 Striving for Integrity in the Research Process 27
4 Developing Your Research Question 46
5 Crafting a Research Proposal 61
6 Working with Literature 71
7 Designing a Research Plan 88
8 Understanding Methodologies: Quantitative, Qualitative, and 'Mixed' Approaches 104
9 Understanding Methodologies: Evaluative, Action-Oriented, and Emancipatory Strategies 136
10 Seeking 'Respondents' 160
11 Direct Data Collection: Surveys and Interviews 180
12 Indirect Data Collection: Working with Observations and Existing Text 208
13 Analysing Quantitative Data 230
14 Analysing Qualitative Data 256
15 The Challenge of Writing Up 278
Bibliography 297
Index 305

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