Description
Book SynopsisThe Good Research Guide provides practical and straightforward guidance for those who need to conduct small-scale research projects as part of their undergraduate, postgraduate or professional studies.
The 7th edition covers topics in a clear, user-friendly style outlining the key points and explaining why they are important.
The new edition has been updated throughout and has additional material on topics such as social media research, online surveys, image-based research and participatory action research. It also features new chapters on how to prepare for a research project, with specific guidance on:
how to undertake a literature review
how to write a research proposal
how to ensure the research is ethical
how to locat
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION
PART 1 PREPARATION 1. LITERATURE REVIEW
2. RESEARCH PROPOSALS
3. RESEARCH ETHICS
4. PARADIGMS OF RESEARCH
PART 2 STRATEGIES 5. SURVEYS: Looking at the general situation
6. SAMPLING: Selecting suitable people, items or events
7. CASE STUDIES: Focusing on particular examples
8. EXPERIMENTS: Controlling variables
9. ETHNOGRAPHY: Describing cultures, customs and lifestyles
10. PHENOMENOLOGY: Understanding people’s experiences
11. LIFE COURSE PERSPECTIVE: Emphasizing the significance of age and stages of life
12.GROUNDED THEORY: Developing concepts and theories
13. ACTION RESEARCH: Using research to change the situation
14. SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS: Helping evidence-based developments in policy and practice
15. MIXED METHODS: Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches
PART 3 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION 16. QUESTIONNAIRES
17. INTERVIEWS
18. OBSERVATION
19. DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES
PART 4 ANALYSIS OF THE DATA 20. QUANTITATIVE DATA
21. QUALITATIVE DATA
PART 5 COMPLETION 22. RESEARCH REPORTS
