Ranjit Kumar

Research Methodology

A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Fifth Edition of the bestseller Research Methodology has reimagined, redesigned (now in landscape format), and fully renovated how a textbook can help students achieve success in their methods course or research project.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications Ltd
• 5 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 189mm x 234mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1162g
• ISBN-13: 9781529715187
• ISBN-10: 1529715180
• Artikelnr.: 60982296

Autorenporträt

Dr Ranjit Kumar taught at Curtin University of Technology and the University of Western Australia for 30 years. He is currently a freelance research and evaluation consultant in Western Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Research: A Way of Thinking
Chapter 2: The Research Process: A Quick Glance
Step I: Formulating a Research Problem
Chapter 3: Reviewing the Literature
Chapter 4: Formulating a Research Problem
Chapter 5: Identifying Variables
Chapter 6: Constructing Hypotheses
Step II: Conceptualising a Research Design
Chapter 7: The Research Design
Chapter 8: Selecting a Study Design
Step III: Constructing an Instrument for Data Collection
Chapter 9: Selecting a Method of Data Collection
Chapter 10: Collecting Data Using Attitudinal Scales
Chapter 11: Establishing the Validity and Reliability of a Research
Instrument
Step IV: Selecting a Sample
Chapter 12: Selecting a Sample
Step V: Writing a Research Proposal
Chapter 13: Writing a Research Proposal
Step VI: Collecting Data
Chapter 14: Considering Ethical Issues in Data Collection
Step VII: Processing and Displaying Data
Chapter 15: Processing Data
Chapter 16: Displaying Data
Step VIII: Writing a Research Report
Chapter 17: Writing a Research Report