Doing a successful research project : using qualitative or quantitative methods / Martin Brett Davies.
Material type: TextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Description: xiv, 274 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781403993793 (pbk.) :
- 9781403993793
- 300.72 DAV
- LB2369
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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.