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Research methods for students, academics and professionals : information management and systems /
Research is such an important subject for information professionals that there will always be a need for effective guides to it. Research skills are a prerequisite for those who want to work successfully in information environments, an essential set of tools which enable information workers to becom...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. :
Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University,
2002.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Topics in Australasian library and information studies ;
no. 20. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Research Methods for Students, Academics and Professionals: Information Management and Systems; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Research and professional practice; A multi-disciplinary approach; How to use this book; What the book does not cover; Warranty statement; References for Introduction; Section 1: Introduction to research methods; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. Introduction to research in relation to professional practice; Objectives; Introduction; What is research?
- The major elements of a research project or proposalThe role which research can and should play in professional practice; Conclusion; Discussion questions; Further readings; References for Chapter 1; CHAPTER 2. The two major traditions of research; Objectives; Introduction: The two major traditions of research; Reasoning styles; Positivism and post-positivism; Interpretivism; Combining quantitative and qualitative methods; Summary of research approaches; Examples of quantitative and qualitative research in professional practice; Discussion questions; Further readings; References for Chapter 2.
- CHAPTER 3. The beginning stages of researchObjectives; Research problems and research questions; Hypotheses: Their role in research and their formulation; Theory: Its role in research and its development; The literature review; Conclusion; Discussion questions; Further readings; References for Chapter 3; CHAPTER 4. Ethics in research; Objectives; The practice of ethics in research; Social ideals and research; Principles and ethical codes; Ethics committees; Power and influence; Publishing research; Hypothetical dilemmas: links between practice, ethics and research; Conclusion.
- Further readingsReferences for Chapter 4; Section 2: Methods; Introduction; CHAPTER 5. Survey research; Objectives; Introduction to survey research; Sampling and the ability to generalise in survey research; Descriptive (or status) surveys; Explanatory (or analytical) surveys; Telephone surveys; Electronic surveys; Conclusion; Discussion questions; Further readings; References for Chapter 5; CHAPTER 6. Case study research; Objectives; The case study as a research approach; Philosophical traditions and case study research; Designing case study research; Conducting case study research.
- ConclusionDiscussion questions; Further readings; References for Chapter 6; CHAPTER 7. Experimental research designs; Objectives; Introduction; Key research concepts underpinning experimental research designs; The true experiment; Pre-experimental research designs; Quasi-experimental research designs; Conclusion; Discussion questions; Further readings; References for Chapter 7; CHAPTER 8. System development in information systems research; Objectives; Specifics of information systems research; Systems development approach; Where systems development fits into the research cycle.