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Introducing research methodology : a beginner's guide to doing a research project /

By: Flick, Uwe, 1956- [author.].
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2015Edition: Second edition.Description: xxii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781446294239; 9781446294239:; 1446294234; 9781446294246; 1446294242.Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research | Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology | Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 300.721
Contents:
Part I: Orientation -- Why social research? -- Worldviews in social research -- Ethical issues in social research -- From research idea to research question -- Part II: Planning and design -- Reading and reviewing the literature -- Planning social research : steps in the research process -- Designing social research -- Deciding on your methods -- Part III: Working with data -- Collecting quantitative and qualitative data -- Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data -- E-research : doing social research online -- Triangulation and mixed methods -- Part IV: Reflection and writing -- What is good research? Evaluating your research project -- Writing up research and using results.
Summary: Provides the fundamental data collection and analysis skills that first time researchers need, as well as a good understanding of the research process as a whole.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-284), glossary, and indexes.

Part I: Orientation -- Why social research? -- Worldviews in social research -- Ethical issues in social research -- From research idea to research question -- Part II: Planning and design -- Reading and reviewing the literature -- Planning social research : steps in the research process -- Designing social research -- Deciding on your methods -- Part III: Working with data -- Collecting quantitative and qualitative data -- Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data -- E-research : doing social research online -- Triangulation and mixed methods -- Part IV: Reflection and writing -- What is good research? Evaluating your research project -- Writing up research and using results.

Provides the fundamental data collection and analysis skills that first time researchers need, as well as a good understanding of the research process as a whole.

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