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|a Research Methods for Construction
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|a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Part I Producing a Proposal -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The concept of research -- 1.1.1 Research: a careful search/investigation -- 1.1.2 Research: contribution to knowledge -- 1.1.3 A learning process -- 1.1.4 Contextual factors affecting research -- 1.2 Classifications of research -- 1.2.1 Pure and applied research -- 1.2.2 Quantitative and qualitative research -- 1.2.3 Other categories of research -- 1.3 Theories and paradigms -- 1.3.1 Development of knowledge -- 1.3.2 Testing a theory -- 1.3.3 A paradigm
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|a 1.3.4 Positivism -- 1.3.5 Interpretivism -- 1.3.6 Models and hypotheses -- 1.4 Research styles -- 1.4.1 Action research -- 1.4.2 Ethnographic research -- 1.4.3 Surveys -- 1.4.4 Case studies -- 1.4.5 Experiments -- 1.5 Quantitative and qualitative approaches -- 1.5.1 Quantitative approaches -- 1.5.2 Qualitative approaches -- 1.5.3 Triangulated studies -- 1.5.4 Data sources -- 1.6 Where to begin -- 1.7 Summary -- Chapter 2 Topic for Study -- 2.1 Selection of a topic -- 2.1.1 Resources -- 2.1.2 Subject selection -- 2.1.3 Choosing a topic -- 2.1.4 Evaluating alternatives -- 2.1.5 Refining a topic
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|a 2.2 Writing the proposal -- 2.2.1 Aim -- 2.2.2 Proposition -- 2.2.3 Objectives -- 2.2.4 Hypotheses -- 2.2.5 Methodology and methods -- 2.2.6 Programme -- 2.2.7 Deliverables and industrial or practitioner support -- 2.3 Summary -- Part II Executing the Research -- Chapter 3 Initial Research -- 3.1 The research process -- 3.1.1 Initial phase -- 3.1.2 Data and information -- 3.1.3 Dynamic process -- 3.2 Initial search -- 3.2.1 Definitions and assumptions -- 3.2.2 Theory and literature review -- 3.2.3 Analysing data from a search -- 3.3 Literature-based discovery
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|a 3.4 Assembling the theoretical framework -- 3.5 Philosophy and methodology -- 3.5.1 Ontology and epistemology -- 3.5.2 Positivism and phenomenology -- 3.5.3 Constructivism and reductionism -- 3.5.4 Realism -- 3.5.5 Fuzzy thinking -- 3.6 Theoretical models and constructs -- 3.6.1 What is modelling? -- 3.6.2 Theoretical model -- 3.6.3 Constructs -- 3.7 Proper referencing -- 3.8 Summary -- Chapter 4 Approaches to Empirical Work -- 4.1 Role of experience -- 4.1.1 When does research begin? -- 4.1.2 What is experience? -- 4.2 Research design -- 4.2.1 Context -- 4.2.2 Empiricism and verification
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|a 4.2.3 Deduction and induction -- 4.2.4 Case study -- 4.2.5 Ethnography -- 4.2.6 Experiments and quasi-experiments -- 4.2.7 Variance and errors -- 4.3 Qualitative approaches -- 4.3.1 When are qualitative approaches employed? -- 4.3.2 Development of theory from data -- 4.3.3 Analysis of data -- 4.4 Quantitative approaches -- 4.4.1 When are quantitative approaches employed? -- 4.4.2 Sources of data -- 4.4.3 Experimental control -- 4.5 Experimental design (including experiments and quasi-experiments) -- 4.5.1 Experiments and quasi-experiments -- 4.5.2 Variables -- 4.5.3 Replication
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