M I Franklin

Understanding Research

Coping with the Quantitative - Qualitative Divide

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Produktbeschreibung

Successfully completing a research project is a major milestone in most university degrees, and the cornerstone of an academic career. This textbook is an accessible, real-time guide to conducting academic research in international and cross-cultural settings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780415490801
• ISBN-10: 0415490804
• Artikelnr.: 34692882

Autorenporträt

M. I. Franklin is Reader and Director of the Global Media & Transnational Communications program at Goldsmiths (University of London, UK). With an academic background in the Humanities (History and Music) and Social Sciences (Politics) she has held teaching and research positions in Humanities, Social Science, and Engineering faculties in New Zealand, the Netherlands, USA, and the UK. She has received research funding from Social Science Research Council (USA) and Ford Foundation and awards for teaching excellence in the UK. Previous books include Postcolonial Politics, the Internet, and Everyday Life: Pacific Traversals Online (Routledge) and Resounding International Relations: On Music, Culture and Politics (Palgrave MacMillan). Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance and the Internet will be out in 2013 (Oxford University Press).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Aims & Objectives
Who Should Read This Book
Using this Book in Context
What is academic research?
On Divides Real & Imagined
Key Concepts and their various uses
Chapter Organization. PART I - Divides & Designs 2. Putting Research into Perspective: Introduction
Key Elements of a Research Project
Looking Ahead: Milestones, Destinations, & Expectations
What is a Dissertation/Thesis?
What is a Research Proposal/Outline?
What is Originality?
Getting Started - Deciding a Topic
Theory and Method - Of Carts and Horses
Concluding Comments. 3. Research in Practice: First Steps in Project Design: Introduction
Main Stages in a Research Project
Work-Plans & Proposals
From Research Topic to Research Question or Hypothesis
On Science, Worldviews, and other Brainteasers
Other Practical Matters
Recognizing and Setting Your Limits
Research Ethics and Codes of Practice: More than ticking boxes
The Supervisory Relationship
Methodological Coping Strategies - Plotting a Course
Concluding Comments. 4. The Politics of Research: Living with Your Choices: Introduction
Doing Research Today: Location, Location, Location
Literature Searches and the Literature Review
Historical & Philosophical Note
Purpose and Categories of literature reviews
Practicalities
Pitfalls
Rules of Thumb
Process & Product
Finding the literature
the web or library?
Sources & Resources that matter
Acknowledging Sources
What is plagiarism?
Research Communities & (Multiple) Disciplinary Identities
Concluding Comments. 5. Internet Research Skills & Online Research: Introduction
Setting the record straight
Back the Future: A Quick Prequel
The Internet as resource
Online data-gathering & analysis & Digital Tools
Online Research: Fields, Relationships, Ethics
Web-Analysis: Sites, maps, and hypertexts
Summing up. PART II - Coping & Communicating 6. Doing Research - Gathering Data: Introduction to Part Two
Chapter Aims and Organization
Data-Gathering Techniques - Review
Surveys & Questionnaires
Interviews
Focus Groups
Ethnographic Fieldwork & Participant-Observation
Summing Up - Repositioning the Divide. 7. Doing Research - Analysing Findings: Introduction
What is analysis?
Working with Texts - Content Analysis, Textual/Visual Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Deductive and Inductive Paths to Knowledge
Behaviouralism & its Discontents
Data-Analysis as Process and Product
Concluding Comments. 8. Writing it All Up and Going Public: Introduction
What is academic writing?
Writing Formalities - Citation & Styles Guides
Feedback - Examinations & Going Public
Procrastination and Prevarications
Coping and Moving On - Creatively
Revising and Editing - what to look for
The Final Cut - What to remember. 9. In Conclusion: Reappraising Divides Imagined and Real
To the Exit and Afterlife of a Research Project.