The essential guide to doing your research project / Zina O'Leary.
By: O'Leary, Zina [author.].
Publisher: London : SAGE, ©2021Edition: 4th edition.Description: viii, 438 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781529713466.Uniform titles: Essential guide to doing research Subject(s): Research -- Methodology | Social sciences -- Research | Research -- Methodology | Social sciences -- ResearchGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | Q180.55.M4 O55 2021 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000019099 |
"First published in 2004 as 'The essential guide to doing research. The essential guide to doing your research project first published 2010."--verso.
Previous edition: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 420-431) and index.
Taking the leap into the research world -- Setting up and getting started -- Developing your research question -- Undertaking credible and ethical research -- Crafting a research proposal -- Reviewing literature -- Designing a research plan -- Understanding methodologies: quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Understanding methodologies: mixed approaches -- Understanding methodologies: evaluative, action-oriented and emancipatory strategies -- Identifying and selecting samples, informants and cases -- Primary data: surveys, interviews and observation -- Secondary data -- Online generated data -- Analysing quantitative data -- Analysing qualitative data -- The challenge of writing up -- Final hurdles.
"This practical book sets out how to approach each stage of your research project, from choosing a research design and methodology to collecting and analysing data and communicating your results--and showcases best practice along the way."--