Doing research / Gary Thomas.
Material type: TextSeries: Pocket study skillsPublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan 2017Edition: Second editionDescription: vii, 114 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 11 x 14 cmISBN:- 9781137605917 (pbk.) :
- 113760591X
- 001.42 THO 23
- Q180.55.M4 T4 2017
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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.