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Research Methods in Information.
This handbook guides the would-be researcher through the variety of possibilities open to them under the heading 'research' and provides students with the confidence to embark on their dissertations.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Facet Publishing,
2012.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Title page; Contents; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Setting the context; The research hierarchy; Overview of contents; Part 1 Starting the research process; Chapter 1 Major research paradigms; Introduction; Positivist research; Postpositivism and mixed methods research (MMR); Interpretivist research; Qualitative or quantitative methodology?; Qualitative research design; Quantitative research design; Mixed methods research; Criteria for judging research; Establishing trustworthiness in qualitative research; Establishing rigour in quantitative research; Summary. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Suggested further readingChapter 2 Reviewing literature; Introduction; Information searching and retrieval; Evaluation; Critical analysis; Synthesizing the research: developing a theoretical framework; Summary; Suggested further reading; Chapter 3 Defining the research; Introduction; Designing a conceptual framework; The research hypothesis; Research aims and objectives; Summary; Suggested further reading; Chapter 4 The research proposal; Why write a proposal?; Structure of a research proposal; The proposal as a research framework; Summary; Suggested further reading; Chapter 5 Sampling. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Why sample?Population and sample; Probability sampling; Purposive sampling; Summary; Suggested further reading; Chapter 6 Research data management; Introduction -- research data and its management challenges; Why is research data management important?; The research process, data lifecycles and research data management; How do I manage my research data?; Summary; Websites referred to in this chapter; Suggested further reading; Chapter 7 Ethics in research; Introduction; Gaining access to the field; Informed consent; Anonymity or confidentiality?; Protecting participants; Ethics online; Summary. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Suggested further readingPart 2 Research methods; Chapter 8 Case studies; Introduction; Phases in case study research (see Example 8.1, page 109); Summary; Suggested further reading; Chapter 9 Surveys; Introduction; Descriptive surveys; Explanatory surveys; The survey process; Summary; Suggested further reading; Chapter 10 Experimental research; Introduction; The nature of causality; The true experiment; Quasi-experimental design: the 'effects study'; Summary; Suggested further reading; Chapter 11 Usability testing; Introduction; Quasi-experimental usability studies; Cognitive walkthroughs. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Heuristic evaluationSummary; Suggested further reading; Chapter 12 Ethnography; Introduction; Components of ethnographic study; Virtual ethnography -- 'netnography'; Ethics in ethnography; Summary; Suggested further reading; Chapter 13 Delphi study; Introduction; The Delphi process; Rules of a Delphi study; Modifying a Delphi study; Delphi studies and new technologies; Summary; Suggested further reading; Chapter 14 Action research; Introduction; The action research cycle; Trustworthiness in action research; Action research as reflective practice; Summary; Suggested further reading. | |
| 500 | |a Chapter 15 Historical research. | ||
| 520 | |a This handbook guides the would-be researcher through the variety of possibilities open to them under the heading 'research' and provides students with the confidence to embark on their dissertations. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-345) and index. | ||
| 590 | |a ProQuest Ebook Central |b Ebook Central Academic Complete | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Information science |x Research |x Methodology. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Sciences de l'information |x Recherche |x Méthodologie. | |
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