Research Methods: The Basics.
By: Walliman, Nicholas.
Series: The Basics Series. Publisher: Abingdon, Oxford : Routledge, 2022Edition: 3rd.Description: x, 267p ; illus. ; pbk.ISBN: 9780367694081.Subject(s): Humanities-Research-Methodology | Social sciences-Research-MethodologyDDC classification: 001.42Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction --R︣esearch basics --R︣esearch theory --S︣tructuring the research project --R︣esearch ethics --F︣inding and reviewing the literature --T︣he nature of data --C︣ollecting and analysing secondary data; modern, historical and archival --C︣ollecting primary data --Q︣uantitative data analysis --Q︣ualitative data analysis --M︣ixed methods and interdisciplinary research --W︣riting the proposal and planning the research project --W︣riting up the research.
Research Methods: The Basics is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. This second edition provides an expanded resource suitable for students and practitioners in a wide range of disciplines including the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. Structured in two parts - the first covering the nature of knowledge and the reasons for research, the second the specific methods used to carry out effective research and how to propose, plan, carry out and write up a research project.