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Developing effective research proposals /

By: Punch, Keith.
Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, c2006Edition: 2nd ed.Description: ix, 164 p. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781412921251 (hbk.); 9781412921251:; 1412921252 (hbk.); 1412921260 (pbk.); 9781412921268 (pbk.); 9781412921251; 9781412921268.Subject(s): Proposal writing in the social sciences | Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology | Social sciences -- MethodologyDDC classification: 300.72
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The proposal : readers, expectations and functions -- 3. A general framework for developing proposals -- 4. The role of theory and dealing with the literature -- 5. Methods -- 6. Writing the proposal -- 7. Tactics -- 8. Examples of proposals -- App. 1. Disentangling the terms 'perspective', 'strategy' and 'design' -- App. 2. Questions to guide proposal development.
Summary: This accessible, how-to guide can be used as a workbook to the author's 'An Introduction to Social Research', or as an independent guide. It is a guide to preparing a well-constructed research proposal, then presenting it effectively.
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Includes bibliographical references (p.158-160) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. The proposal : readers, expectations and functions -- 3. A general framework for developing proposals -- 4. The role of theory and dealing with the literature -- 5. Methods -- 6. Writing the proposal -- 7. Tactics -- 8. Examples of proposals -- App. 1. Disentangling the terms 'perspective', 'strategy' and 'design' -- App. 2. Questions to guide proposal development.

This accessible, how-to guide can be used as a workbook to the author's 'An Introduction to Social Research', or as an independent guide. It is a guide to preparing a well-constructed research proposal, then presenting it effectively.

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