The hard-pressed researcher : a research handbook for the caring professions / Anne Edwards and Robin Talbot.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Longman, 1994.Description: v,193p. : ill. ; 22cmISBN:- 9780582099937 (pbk.) :
- 0582099935 (pbk.)
- 001.4 EDW
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Bibliography: p162-164. - Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-164) and index.
Finding direction--Why do research?--Be selfish!--Personal support--Keeping a research diary--Choosing the question--A fundamental question---The feasibility of the research study--Choosing a title--The structure of a written project--Ready to start--Further reading-Making notes and using a library--Types of information--use of the library--Using indexing and abstracting services--Information retrieval systems--Reading existing research--Making notes and storing information--Use of the Internet--Summary--Further reading--Designing a study--Selecting the design--Surveys and descriptive research--Issues in survey design--Planning a survey---Experimental research--The case study--Progressive focusing designs--Summary--Further reading--Action research--What is action research?--Cycles of enquiry in action research--Relationships in action research--Data collection methods---Ethical issues in action research--Telling the story--Using action research in organisational development--\use your imagination--Further reading--Selecting the method--Starting points--Which method?--Survey methods--Observational methods--Interviews, focus groups, life histories and other narratives--Written information--Repertory grid methodology--Existing measures and tests--Being inventive in your methodology--Further reading--Analysis and interpretation of data--Introduction--Questionnaires and attitude scales--Observational data--Content analysis--The analysis off case study data--Statistical analysis--Summary--Further reading--Writing up--What kind of report?--What goes where?--Aabstracts, bibliographies and appendices--Referencing in the text--Presenting research results--Style--The research report--Getting published---Having an impact on practice.
This text provides practical advice on how to undertake workplace research projects. It is aimed primarily at the caring professions. It tackles the questions most frequently asked by beginning researchers using a step-by-step approach.