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by Dr Briony J Oates
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2005
With everything readers need to know about how to execute their research project, this book is written specifically for information systems (IS) and computing students. It introduces key quantitative and qualitative research methods, makes sense of underlying philosophies, and helps readers navigate...
Qualitative Social Research
Contemporary Methods for the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Qualitative Social Research employs an accessible approach to present the multiple ways in which criticism enhances research practice. Packed full of relevant, 'real world' examples, it showcases the strengths and pitfalls of each research method, integrating the philosophical groundings of qualitative...
by Dr. Catherine Dawson
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
A sourcebook of exercises, games, scenarios and role plays, this practical, user-friendly guide provides a complete and valuable resource for research methods tutors, teachers and lecturers.
Developed to complement and enhance existing course materials, the 100 ready-to-use activities encourage...
Doing Real Research
A Practical Guide to Social Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Challenging the formality and idealized settings of conventional methods teaching and opting instead for a real world approach to social research, this book offers frank, practical advice designed to empower students and researchers alike.
Theoretically robust and with an exhaustive coverage...
Social Research
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2010
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The perfect book for any student taking a research methods course for the first time!
The new edition of David and Sutton's text provides those new to social research with a comprehensive...
The How To of Qualitative Research
Strategies for Executing High Quality Projects
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
With clear instructions for developing a research design and complementary research tools, this book is not about describing or theorizing qualitative methods, but how researchers actually create and execute these methods. Helping students conquer the practical issues many novice researchers face,...
by Dr. Michelle O'Reilly, Professor Nisha Dogra
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
This book provides a practical, pedagogical perspective on conducting qualitative interviews with children and young people.
From designing and choosing the type of interview through to planning, structuring, conducting, and analysing them this book is a complete toolkit. Drawing upon real-world examples...
How to do Your Research Project
A Guide for Students in Education and Applied Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2009
Lecturers, why waste time waiting for the post to arrive? Click on the above icon and receive your e-inspection copy today! 'Whether embarking on research as an undergraduate or for a doctorate, Gary Thomas' book will be of great value to you. It is refreshingly different from other...
Managing and Sharing Research Data
A Guide to Good Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Research funders in the UK, USA and across Europe are implementing data management and sharing policies to maximize openness of data, transparency and accountability of the research they support. Written by experts from the UK Data Archive with over 20 years experience, this book gives post-graduate...
by Janet Salmons
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
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Qualitative researchers can now connect with participants online to collect deep, rich data and generate new understandings of contemporary research phenomena. *Doing Qualitative Research Online *gives students and researchers the practical...
Basic Research Methods
An Entry to Social Science Research
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
This book offers a comprehensive and well-rounded view of research as a tool for problem-solving in the wide range of the social sciences. It is built on the foundation of philosophical pragmatism, postulating that the value of knowledge and research methodologies lie in their usefulness in engaging...
A Critical Introduction to Coaching and Mentoring
Debates, Dialogues and Discourses
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
This is the definitive introduction to coaching and mentoring, written by an experienced and multidisciplinary team. Taking you all the way through from the emerging theory to informed practice, the book covers:
· Skills, purposes and outcomes of coaching and mentoring...
Statistics with R
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
***Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award Winner***
The dynamic, student focused textbook provides step-by-step instruction in the use of R and of statistical language as a general research tool. It is ideal for anyone hoping to:
Complete an introductory course in statistics
Prepare for...
Experimental Design
Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Experimental Design: Procedures for Behavioral Sciences, Fourth Edition is a classic text with a reputuation for accessibility and readability. It has been revised and updated to make learning design concepts even easier. Roger E. Kirk shows how three simple experimental designs can be combined to...