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Demystifying postgraduate research : from MA to PhD /

By: Grix, Jonathan.
Publisher: Edgbaston, Birmingham : University of Birmingham Press, 2001Description: xii, 155 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 1902459350; 9781902459356:; 9781902459356.Subject(s): Universities and colleges -- Great Britain -- Graduate work | Humanities -- Research -- Great Britain | Social sciences -- Research -- Great Britain | Doctor of philosophy degree -- Great BritainDDC classification: 300.72041 GRI
Contents:
List of figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- The nature of doctoral research -- The 'nuts and bolts' of research -- Getting started -- Methods, fieldwork and stages of research -- Supervision, the viva and other matters of importance -- Glossary of research terms -- Examples of reference systems -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Demystifying Postgraduate Research introduces the key tools and terminology of research, giving examples of what to do before beginning the project, explaining how to arrive at a research question, and revealing the underlying logic of the process.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149) and index.

List of figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The nature of doctoral research -- 2. The 'nuts and bolts' of research -- 3. Getting started -- 4. Methods, fieldwork and stages of research -- 5. Supervision, the viva and other matters of importance -- App. 1. Glossary of research terms -- App. 2. Examples of reference systems -- Bibliography -- Index.

Demystifying Postgraduate Research introduces the key tools and terminology of research, giving examples of what to do before beginning the project, explaining how to arrive at a research question, and revealing the underlying logic of the process.

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