How to do research : a practical guide to designing and managing research projects /
This new edition of Nick Moore's highly successful "How to do Research" offers an accessible guide to the complete research process. It focuses on the day-to-day requirements of project, managing a piece of research right through from the formulation of the initial idea, to the develo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Facet,
2006.
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Edición: | 3rd rev. ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1 The research process
- 1 Develop the research objectives
- Defining the research issue
- Articulating the research aim
- Specifying the objectives
- SUMMARY
- 2 Design and plan the study
- Resource constraints
- Selecting the most appropriate methods
- Seven principles of selection
- Using subcontractors
- Schedule the work
- Calculate the cost
- SUMMARY
- 3 Write the proposal
- The purposes of research proposals
- The structure of research proposals
- SUMMARY
- 4 Obtain financial support for the researchThe sources of responsive funding
- Approaching the funder
- Responding to calls for tender
- SUMMARY
- 5 Manage the research
- The project plan
- Launching the project
- Make a start
- Monitoring progress
- The problem stages
- Advisory and steering committees
- Living with your funder
- SUMMARY
- 6 Draw conclusions and make recommendations
- Analyse and synthesize the results
- Draw your conclusions
- Make recommendations
- SUMMARY
- 7 Write the report
- Structure
- ""Writing in style""""Presentation""; ""SUMMARY""; ""8 Disseminate the results""; ""Summary findings and press releases""; ""Conference papers""; ""Journal articles""; ""SUMMARY""; ""Part 2 Methods""; ""9 Introducing research methods""; ""Collecting data""; ""Analysis � converting data into information""; ""SUMMARY""; ""10 Desk research""; ""Literature and internet searching""; ""Statistical data""; ""SUMMARY""; ""11 Analysing desk research""; ""Common principles""; ""SUMMARY""; ""12 Collecting quantitative data""; ""Sampling""; ""Self-completion questionnaire surveys""
- Interview surveysPostscript
- SUMMARY
- 13 Analysing quantitative data
- Processing the data
- Interpreting the results
- SUMMARY
- 14 Collecting qualitative data
- Semi-structured interviews
- Depth interviews
- Focus groups
- Capturing the data
- SUMMARY
- 15 Analysing qualitative data
- Basic principles of analysis
- The practice of analysis
- SUMMARY
- 16 Sources of further reading
- Appendix The market for information professionals
- Aim and objectives
- Methods
- Timescale
- The Policy Studies Institute
- Project staffCosts
- References
- Index