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Doing a successful research project : using qualitative or quantitative methods / Martin Brett Davies.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Description: xiv, 274 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781403993793 (pbk.) :
  • 9781403993793
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 DAV
LOC classification:
  • LB2369
Contents:
Part 1.Planning your research project -- 1.So you\'re going to a research project -- 2.Let\'s make a start -- 3.Drawing up your personal project road map -- Part 2.Quantitative research -- 4.The principles of sampling -- 5.Carrying out your survey -- 6.Questionnaires -- 7.The art and science of survey interviewing -- 8.Analysing your survey data -- Part 3.Qualitative research -- 9.Studying a small sample -- 10.Qualitative research interviewing -- 11.There is more to qualitative research than interviewing -- 12.Analysing qualitative data -- Part 4.The last lap -- 13.Writing your report -- Part 5.A qualitative researcher\'s briefing sheet -- 15.Testing for statistical significance.
Summary: This text provides students with step-by-step guidance on all aspects of the research process. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of research are discussed with real life examples demonstrating good and bad practice.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 300.72 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 18/01/2023 217133

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-268) and index.

Part 1.Planning your research project -- 1.So you\'re going to a research project -- 2.Let\'s make a start -- 3.Drawing up your personal project road map -- Part 2.Quantitative research -- 4.The principles of sampling -- 5.Carrying out your survey -- 6.Questionnaires -- 7.The art and science of survey interviewing -- 8.Analysing your survey data -- Part 3.Qualitative research -- 9.Studying a small sample -- 10.Qualitative research interviewing -- 11.There is more to qualitative research than interviewing -- 12.Analysing qualitative data -- Part 4.The last lap -- 13.Writing your report -- Part 5.A qualitative researcher\'s briefing sheet -- 15.Testing for statistical significance.

This text provides students with step-by-step guidance on all aspects of the research process. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of research are discussed with real life examples demonstrating good and bad practice.

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