Description
Book SynopsisResearch Methods: The Basics is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. This third edition provides an expanded and fully updated resource suitable for students and practitioners in a wide range of disciplines including the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities.
It is structured in two parts the first covers the nature of knowledge and the reasons for doing research, the second explains the specific methods used to conduct an effective research project and how to propose, plan, carry out and write up a research project.
This book covers:
Reasons for doing a research project
Structuring and planning a research project
The ethical issues involved in research
Different types of data and how they are measured
Collecting primary and secondary data
Analysing qualitative and quantitative data
Mixed methods and interdisciplinary research
Devising a
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART 1. Research theory and practice
1. Research basics
2. Research theory
3. Structuring the research project
4. Research ethics
5. Finding and reviewing the literature
PART 2. The main research methods
6. The nature of data
7. Collecting and analysing secondary data, modern, historical and archival
8. Collecting primary data
9. Quantitative data analysis
10. Qualitative data analysis
11. Mixed methods and interdisciplinary research
12. Writing the proposal and planning the research project
13. Writing up the research
Glossary
References
Index
