Nicholas Walliman

Social Research Methods

The Essentials

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The perfect first step into research methods, assuming no previous knowledge and a cheerful 'you can do this!' tone.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 646g
• ISBN-13: 9781473916197
• ISBN-10: 1473916194
• Artikelnr.: 43892368

Autorenporträt

Dr Nicholas Walliman is a qualified architect and Associate Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University and is a former research associate in the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development. He has been engaged on a series of nationally and internationally funded research projects on aspects of building technology and has published many research papers. He has also supervised and examined numerous PhD, MPhil and Masters students. He has published a number of books on doing research and writing papers, dissertations and theses. 

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: PLANNING AND DESIGNING YOUR RESEARCH
Chapter 1: Theoretical background
Chapter 2: Research basics
Chapter 3: Research strategies and design
Chapter 4: The nature of data
Chapter 5: Doing a literature review
Chapter 6: Defining the research problem
Chapter 7: Ethics
Chapter 8: Writing a research proposal
PART TWO: COLLECTING AND ANALYSING YOUR DATA
Chapter 9: Sampling
Chapter 10: Data collection methods
Chapter 11: Quantitative data analysis
Chapter 12: Qualitative data analysis
PART THREE: WRITING UP YOUR RESEARCH
Chapter 13: Presenting Data Graphically
Chapter 14: Writing up a dissertation or research project
PART FOUR: SUCCEEDING IN YOUR RESEARCH METHODS COURSE
Chapter 15: How to get the most out of your lectures and seminars
Chapter 16: How to Get the Best out of Reading and Note Taking
Chapter 17: How to Write Great Essays