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Doing research / Gary Thomas.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pocket study skillsPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan 2017Edition: Second editionDescription: vii, 114 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 11 x 14 cmISBN:
  • 9781137605917 (pbk.) :
  • 113760591X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 001.42 THO 23
LOC classification:
  • Q180.55.M4 T4 2017
Contents:
Part I.Planning -- 1.What is research -- 2.Where do I start? -- 3.Where do I get an idea from? -- 4.What next? -- 5.A timeline -- 6.Checklist for planning -- Part 2.Groundwork -- 7.A literature review -- 8.Drawing storyboards -- 9.Making headway -- 10.Ethics -- 11.Checklist for groundwork -- Part 3.Building a scaffold -- 12.Approaches to research -- 14.Case study -- 15.Ethnography -- 16.Experiment -- 17.Survey -- 18.Checklist for building a scaffold -- Part 4.Fieldwork: finding the data -- 19.Interviews -- 20.Diaries -- 21.Questionnaires -- 22.Observation -- 23.Secondary data -- 24.Checklist for finding data -- Part 5.Analysing the data -- 25.Words -- 26.Numbers -- 27.Checklist for analysing data -- Part 6.Writing up research -- 28.Deciding on a title -- 29.Writing an abstract -- 30.Writing and presentation -- 31.Checklist for writing up.
Summary: This concise guide equips undergraduate students with the basic knowledge for doing research. Providing direct, practical advice, it covers planning, groundwork, research design, fieldwork, analysis, and writing up.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone International Shelves 001.42 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 219739
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone International Shelves 001.42 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 219740
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone International Shelves 001.42 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 219738

Previous edition: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I.Planning -- 1.What is research -- 2.Where do I start? -- 3.Where do I get an idea from? -- 4.What next? -- 5.A timeline -- 6.Checklist for planning -- Part 2.Groundwork -- 7.A literature review -- 8.Drawing storyboards -- 9.Making headway -- 10.Ethics -- 11.Checklist for groundwork -- Part 3.Building a scaffold -- 12.Approaches to research -- 14.Case study -- 15.Ethnography -- 16.Experiment -- 17.Survey -- 18.Checklist for building a scaffold -- Part 4.Fieldwork: finding the data -- 19.Interviews -- 20.Diaries -- 21.Questionnaires -- 22.Observation -- 23.Secondary data -- 24.Checklist for finding data -- Part 5.Analysing the data -- 25.Words -- 26.Numbers -- 27.Checklist for analysing data -- Part 6.Writing up research -- 28.Deciding on a title -- 29.Writing an abstract -- 30.Writing and presentation -- 31.Checklist for writing up.

This concise guide equips undergraduate students with the basic knowledge for doing research. Providing direct, practical advice, it covers planning, groundwork, research design, fieldwork, analysis, and writing up.

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