Research category: 4571 books
Bad to Good
Achieving High Quality and Impact in Your Research
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
For decades, scholars have bemoaned the low relevancy and impact of most research in the leading journals in business, management, and marketing. The majority of the research that gets published, perhaps 70% of it, hardly has any measurable scholarly impact in terms of citations. Rather than low relevancy,...
by Dr. Rose Wiles
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
There has been an increasing interest in research ethics over the last decade given the increasing ethical regulation of social research. 'Ethical literacy' encourages researchers to understand and engage with the ethical issues that emerge in the process of research. This book provides a short, succinct...
Twin-Win Research
Breakthrough Theories and Validated Solutions for Societal Benefit, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2018
The thrill of discovery and the excitement of innovation mean that research is often immensely satisfying. But beyond the personal satisfaction, the goal of research is to improve the lives of people everywhere by driving revolutionary advances in healthcare, education, business, and government. This...
Understanding and Evaluating Research
A Critical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2017
Understanding and Evaluating Research: A Critical Guide shows students how to be critical consumers of research and to appreciate the power of methodology as it shapes the research question, the use of theory in the study, the methods used, and how the outcomes are reported. The book starts with what...
Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 28
Nursing Workforce Issues, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2011
This landmark annual review has provided nearly three decades of knowledge, insight, and research on topics critical to nurses everywhere. It critically examines the full gamut of literature on key topics in nursing practice, including nursing theory, care delivery, nursing education, and the professional...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Decision-making is an important task no matter the industry. Operations research, as a discipline, helps alleviate decision-making problems through the extraction of reliable information related to the task at hand in order to come to a viable solution. Integrating stochastic processes into operations...
Credible Research Made Easy
A Step by Step Path to Formulating Testable Hypotheses
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
C.R.M.E. is a workbook for anyone needing (or wanting) to do a research project that can stand the test of claiming scientific significance. The workbook leads the reader in a logical progression from the measurement of variables in the research design to the formulation of testable hypotheses.
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Data and Decision Sciences in Action
Proceedings of the Australian Society for Operations Research Conference 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
Offering a concise and multidisciplinary reference guide to the state of the art in Australian operations research, this book will be of great value to academics working in many disciplines associated with operations research, as well as industrial practitioners engaged in planning, scheduling and...
by Dan Remenyi, Frank Bannister
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
There are always challenges in writing up your research. Sometimes the problem is to do with the process of the actual writing itself and other times it concerns how to ensure that all the aspects of the research which have to be
mentioned in a research dissertation are included in the right place...
Operations Research Proceedings 2012
Selected Papers of the International Annual Conference of the German Operations Research Society (GOR), Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, September 5-7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
This book contains selected papers presented at the "International Annual Conference of the German Operations Research Society (OR2012)" which was held September 4 -7, 2012 at the Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany. The international conference, which also serves as the annual meeting...
Research for Advanced Practice Nurses
From Evidence to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2009
Designated a Doody's Core Title!
"This book should provide graduate nursing students with the knowledge to evaluate research evidence and use it in practice. With the increasing focus on EBP, this book should serve as a useful resource." Score: 100, 5 stars
--Doody's
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Using Sources Effectively
Strengthening Your Writing and Avoiding Plagiarism
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Now in its fifth, expanded edition,Using Sources Effectively, Fifth Edition targets the two most prominent problems in current research-paper writing: the increase in unintentional plagiarism and the ineffective use of research source material. Designed as a supplementary textbook for both undergraduate...
Proposing Empirical Research
A Guide to the Fundamentals
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
• Provides step-by-step instructions for students who will be writing their first research proposal in the social and behavioral sciences.
• Each major section is divided into short topics. For each topic, students complete an exercise that leads them toward the goal of preparing a proposal.
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Action Research for New Teachers
Evidence-Based Evaluation of Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Action research is a popular part of many teacher training courses, but understanding how to do it well isn’t always straightforward. Action Research for New Teachers breaks the process down into small steps giving you concise, jargon-free guidance on all the issues and key considerations that you...