Research Methods in Information
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Research Methods in Information

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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eBook - PDF

Research Methods in Information

About this book

The long-awaited 2nd edition of this best-selling research methods handbook is fully updated and includes brand new coverage of online research methods and techniques, mixed methodology and qualitative analysis.
This edition includes two new contributed chapters: Professor Julie McLeod, Sue Childs and Elizabeth Lomas focus on research data management, applying evidence from the recent JISC funded 'DATUM' project; Dr Andrew Shenton examines strategies for analysing existing documents.
The first to focus entirely on the needs of the information and communications community, this handbook guides the would-be researcher through the variety of possibilities open to them under the heading 'research' and provides students with the confidence to embark on their dissertations. The focus here is on the 'doing' and although the philosophy and theory of research is explored to provide context, this is essentially a practical exploration of the whole research process with each chapter fully supported by examples and exercises tried and tested over a whole teaching career.
Readership: Students of information and communications studies and archives and records management, and practitioners beginning a piece of research.

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Information

Publisher
Facet Publishing
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781856048132
9781783303205
Edition
2
eBook ISBN
9781783300235
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Research in Education
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. Contents
  3. Part 1 Starting the research process
  4. Chapter 1 Major research paradigms
  5. Chapter 2 Reviewing literature
  6. Chapter 3 Defining the research
  7. Chapter 4 The research proposal
  8. Chapter 5 Sampling
  9. Chapter 6 Research data management
  10. Chapter 7 Ethics in research
  11. Part 2 Research methods
  12. Chapter 8 Case studies
  13. Chapter 9 Surveys
  14. Chapter 10 Experimental research
  15. Chapter 11 Usability testing
  16. Chapter 12 Ethnography
  17. Chapter 13 Delphi study
  18. Chapter 14 Action research
  19. Chapter 15 Historical research
  20. Chapter 16 Grounded theory: method or analysis?
  21. Part 3 Data collection techniques
  22. Chapter 17 Interviews
  23. Chapter 18 Questionnaires
  24. Chapter 19 Observation
  25. Chapter 20 Diaries
  26. Chapter 21 Focus groups
  27. Chapter 22 Analysis of existing, externally created material
  28. Part 4 Data analysis and research presentation
  29. Chapter 23 Qualitative analysis
  30. Chapter 24 Quantitative analysis
  31. Chapter 25 Presenting the research
  32. Part 5 Glossary and references
  33. Index

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