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Real world research. Colin Robson & Kieran McCartan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015.Edition: Fourth edition. / Colin Robson, Kieran McCartanDescription: 560 pagesISBN:
  • 9781118745236 (pbk.) :
  • 111874523X
  • 9781119083412 (pdf)
  • 1119083419 (pdf)
  • 9781119144854 (epub)
  • 111914485X (epub)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Real world researchDDC classification:
  • 300.72 ROB
  • 300.72 23
LOC classification:
  • H62 .R627 2015
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Ways of using the book -- The main steps when carrying out a project -- Setting the scene -- Introduction -- Approaches to social research -- Planning : selecting a strategy -- Developing your ideas -- General design issues -- Desk-based research -- Fixed designs -- Flexible designs -- Multi-strategy (mixed methods) designs -- Designs for particular purposes: evaluation, action and change -- Ethical and political considerations -- Tactics : the methods of data collection -- Surveys and questionnaires -- Interviews and focus groups -- Tests and scales -- Observational methods -- Additional methods of data collection -- Writing a project proposal -- Carrying out the project -- Dealing with the data -- The analysis and interpretation of quantitative data -- The analysis and interpretation of qualitative data -- Reporting, disseminating and moving forward -- Appendix A: Using specialist software for quantitative analysis -- Appendix B: Using specialist software for qualitative analysis -- Glossary -- References and author index -- Subject index.
Summary: 'Real World Research' furnishes students with the skills necessary in order to conduct research outside the laboratory, in real world situations. The third edition has been thoroughly revised to bring it up-to-date.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 300.72 ROB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 223425
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 300.72 ROB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 223426

Previous edition: Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Ways of using the book -- The main steps when carrying out a project -- Setting the scene -- Introduction -- Approaches to social research -- Planning : selecting a strategy -- Developing your ideas -- General design issues -- Desk-based research -- Fixed designs -- Flexible designs -- Multi-strategy (mixed methods) designs -- Designs for particular purposes: evaluation, action and change -- Ethical and political considerations -- Tactics : the methods of data collection -- Surveys and questionnaires -- Interviews and focus groups -- Tests and scales -- Observational methods -- Additional methods of data collection -- Writing a project proposal -- Carrying out the project -- Dealing with the data -- The analysis and interpretation of quantitative data -- The analysis and interpretation of qualitative data -- Reporting, disseminating and moving forward -- Appendix A: Using specialist software for quantitative analysis -- Appendix B: Using specialist software for qualitative analysis -- Glossary -- References and author index -- Subject index.

'Real World Research' furnishes students with the skills necessary in order to conduct research outside the laboratory, in real world situations. The third edition has been thoroughly revised to bring it up-to-date.

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