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- English
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Research Methods in Accounting
About this book
This unique and popular text, now in a sixth edition, clearly and succinctly guides Accounting students and researchers in their understanding and conducting of research from conception to completion, across a wide range of research methods, including quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods research. This latest edition provides new and extended coverage, including the role and impact of social media, big data analytics, data mining, and emerging and disruptive technologies, such as Blockchain. There is also a renewed focus on the role of ethics in Accounting research. This text remains essential reading for those completing a research methods course, project/dissertation or other form of individual study in Accounting. Malcolm Smith was Foundation Professor of Accounting at the University of South Australia.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- Illustration List
- Table List
- About the Author
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction and Overview
- Two Developing the Research Idea
- Three Theory, Literature and Hypotheses
- Four Research Ethics in Accounting
- Five Data Collection
- Six Quantitative Data Analysis
- Seven Qualitative Data Analysis
- Eight Experimental Research
- Nine Survey Research
- Ten Qualitative Methods
- Eleven Archival Research
- Twelve Supervision and Examination Processes
- Thirteen Turning Research into Publications
- Appendix 1 Journal Rankings (CABS, 2018)
- Appendix 2 Sample Paper
- References
- Index