Doing your research project : a guide for first-time researchers in education and social science / Judith Bell.
Material type: TextPublication details: Buckingham : Open University Press, 1993.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii,176p. : ill. ; 22cmISBN:- 9780335190942 (pbk) :
- 0335190944 (pb)
- 370.78 BEL
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Previous ed.: 1987.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Preparing the Ground. 1.Approaches to Educational Research -- 2.Planning the Project -- 3.Keeping Records and Making Notes -- 4.Reviewing the Literature -- 5.Negotiating Access and the Problems of 'Inside' Research. Part II: Selecting Methods of Data Collection. 6.The Analysis of Documentary Evidence -- 7.Designing and Administering Questionaires -- 8.Planning and Conducting Interviews -- 9.Diaries -- 10.Observation Studies. Part III: Interpreting the Evidence and Reporting the Findings. 11.Interpretation and Presentation of the Evidence -- 12.Writing the Report.
This guide aims to provide the tools to do a research project, to help avoid some of the pitfalls and to establish good research habits. It takes you from the stage of choosing a topic through to the production of a well-planned, methodologically sound and well-written final report.