The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project

3. Revised Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4739-5208-9
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 415 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 740 g

The ultimate companion to successfully completing your research project, the author guides you through a step-by-step approach to research and provides all of the skills and momentum you need to excel. Each stage of a project is clearly set out with best practice highlighted alongside pragmatic advice for tackling research in the real world.

The Third Edition uses multidisciplinary case studies, and examples from the author’s own experience, to answer your questions and support your progress as you move smoothly through each stage. With a new chapter on mixed methods approaches, more on disseminating research, more on the practical and legal implications of ethics and more international examples, the book is packed full of learning features and tools to support your journey, including:

- A fully-developed website with podcasts, videos, journal articles and examples of real projects

- Activities and worksheets to help you organize your time

- Learning objectives to sustain your momentum

- Top tips relating to key research skills

- Full glossary to test understanding and provide definitions

- Annotated further reading to help you move through the literature

- ‘Excuse me, I have a question!’ feature to answer common questions.

Warm, innovative and clever, this book is packed full of must-have information for anyone doing a research project.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Leary, Zina

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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: Existing Data, Online Generated Data and Previous Studies
Analysing Quantitative Data
Analysing Qualitative Data
The Challenge of Writing Up

Über Autor(innen)

O'Leary, Zina
Zina O’Leary is an internationally recognized leader in research methodologies and has a keen interest in the application of research to evidence-based decision-making. Zina is an Adjunct Professor at the Joseph R. Biden Jr, School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware as well as a Senior ­Fellow at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government where she coordinates research and project units for their Executive Masters and Executive Education Programmes. Zina also has an extensive history as a consultant to both government and the private sector and was the research coordinator for the Centre for Environmental Health Development at the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre. She is the author of Researching Real World Problems, The Social Science Jargon Buster, Workplace Research and three books in Sage’s Little Quick Fix Series: Research Questions; Research Proposals; and Presenting Your Research.