- 448 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
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The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project
About this book
This practical book sets out how to approach each stage of your research project, from choosing a research design and methodology to collecting and analysing data and communicating your results – and showcases best practice along the way.
Packed with pragmatic guidance for tackling research in the real world, this fourth edition:
- Offers support for diving into a project using digital data, with how-to guidance on conducting online and social media research
- Empowers you to confidently disseminate your work and present with impact
- Helps you map out your research journey and put a plan in place with decision trees in every chapter
- Challenges you to be reflective and critical about the research you consume and undertake
Zina O?Leary?s detailed and down-to-earth approach gives you the research skills and momentum you need to successfully complete your research project.
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Yes, you can access The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project by Zina O′Leary in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Research & Methodology in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Online Resources
- 1 Taking the Leap into the Research World
- 2 Setting Up and Getting Started
- 3 Developing Your Research Question
- 4 Undertaking Credible and Ethical Research
- 5 Crafting a Research Proposal
- 6 Reviewing Literature
- 7 Designing a Research Plan
- 8 Understanding Methodologies: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
- 9 Understanding Methodologies: Mixed Approaches
- 10 Understanding Methodologies: Evaluative, Action-Oriented and Emancipatory Strategies
- 11 Identifying and Selecting Samples, Informants and Cases
- 12 Primary Data: Surveys, Interviews and Observation
- 13 Secondary Data
- 14 Online Generated Data
- 15 Analysing Quantitative Data
- 16 Analysing Qualitative Data
- 17 The Challenge of Writing Up
- 18 Final Hurdles
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index