Real world research : a resource for social scientists and practitioner-researchers /
Robson, Colin, 1935-
Real world research : a resource for social scientists and practitioner-researchers / Colin Robson. - 2nd ed. - Oxford : Blackwell, 2002. - 512p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Previous ed.: 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I.Before you start -- 1.Real world enquiry -- 2.Approaches to social research -- 3.Developing your ideas -- Part II.Designing the enquirty -- 4.General design issues -- 5.Fixed designs -- 6.Flexible designs -- 7.Designs for particular purposes: evaluaton, action and change -- Part III.Tactices: the method of data collection -- 8.Surveys and questionnaires -- 9.Interviews -- 10.Tests and scales -- 11.Observatioinal methods -- 12.Additional methods of data collection -- Part IV.Dealing with the data -- 13.The analysis of quantitative data --14.The analysis of qualitative data -- 15.Reporting on the enquiry -- Appendix A.Writing a project proposal -- Appendix B.The roles of practitioner-researchers, researchers and consultants in real world research.
Real World Research furnishes students with the skills necessary in order to conduct research outside the laboratory, in real world situations. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to bring it up-to-date.
9780631213048 (hbk.) : �60.00 9780631213055 (pbk.) : �17.99 0631213058(pbk.) �37.48
Social sciences--Research--Methodology
Psychology--Research--Methodology
Society.
Sociology & anthropology
Psychology
Geography
Social research & statistics
H62 / .R627 2002
300.72 ROB
Real world research : a resource for social scientists and practitioner-researchers / Colin Robson. - 2nd ed. - Oxford : Blackwell, 2002. - 512p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Previous ed.: 1993.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I.Before you start -- 1.Real world enquiry -- 2.Approaches to social research -- 3.Developing your ideas -- Part II.Designing the enquirty -- 4.General design issues -- 5.Fixed designs -- 6.Flexible designs -- 7.Designs for particular purposes: evaluaton, action and change -- Part III.Tactices: the method of data collection -- 8.Surveys and questionnaires -- 9.Interviews -- 10.Tests and scales -- 11.Observatioinal methods -- 12.Additional methods of data collection -- Part IV.Dealing with the data -- 13.The analysis of quantitative data --14.The analysis of qualitative data -- 15.Reporting on the enquiry -- Appendix A.Writing a project proposal -- Appendix B.The roles of practitioner-researchers, researchers and consultants in real world research.
Real World Research furnishes students with the skills necessary in order to conduct research outside the laboratory, in real world situations. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to bring it up-to-date.
9780631213048 (hbk.) : �60.00 9780631213055 (pbk.) : �17.99 0631213058(pbk.) �37.48
Social sciences--Research--Methodology
Psychology--Research--Methodology
Society.
Sociology & anthropology
Psychology
Geography
Social research & statistics
H62 / .R627 2002
300.72 ROB