Your Research Project
eBook - PDF

Your Research Project

Designing, Planning, and Getting Started

  1. 416 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Your Research Project

Designing, Planning, and Getting Started

About this book

With a calming, reassuring tone, Nicholas Walliman gives you the ability and confidence to plan, design, and prepare for your research project. Ā The new edition of this bestselling book will help you:

- Explain research theory within the context of your own project Ā 

- Curate, structure, and format your literature review

- Anticipate the challenges of social media and web-based research

- Apply 'how to' tips quickly to your own research planning and design

- Monitor your progress in the field with checklists

- Develop writing habits to use as a springboard for dissertations, reports, and articles

- Build a foundation of practical, general research skills like time management, organization, and critical thinking to carry you beyond your project.Ā Ā 

New to the 4th Edition:

- New step-by-step chapter on how to write a successful research proposalĀ 

- New chapterĀ ?Writing Strategies? offers guidelines for different assignments to help carry students beyond their research proposal

- More 'How To' examples of literature reviews, proposals and ethics applications

- Expanded coverage of literature review strategies - more emphasis on accessing on-line resources and use of the internet

- Enhanced checklistsĀ of issues for consideration or tasks students should undertake in order to progress their work

- More information surrounding online and social media research and implications on information sourcing, ethics, and methodsĀ 

- Increased coverage of the research methods section to include more practical support and additional information on mixed-methodsĀ 

- Further stresses the importance of avoiding plagiarism with an expanded section on this topic.

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Table of contents

  1. YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT - FRONT COVER
  2. YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT
  3. COPYRIGHT
  4. SUMMARY OF CONTENTS
  5. CONTENTS
  6. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  8. INTRODUCTION
  9. CHAPTER 1 - TYPES OF RESEARCH AND THE RESEARCH PROBLEM: BEGINNING YOUR PROJECT
  10. CHAPTER 2 - RESEARCH THEORY AND THE NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE: UNDERSTANDING PHILOSOPHIES AND APPROACHES
  11. CHAPTER 3 - USING LANGUAGE AND UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS
  12. CHAPTER 4 - FINDING, ORGANIZING AND RETRIEVING INFORMATION
  13. CHAPTER 5 - DOING YOUR LITERATURE REVIEW, FORMING ORIGINAL IDEAS AND DEFINING YOUR RESEARCH TOPIC
  14. CHAPTER 6 - HONESTY AND RESEARCH ETHICS: ESTABLISHING AN ETHICAL CODE
  15. CHAPTER 7 - RESEARCH METHODS: CHOOSING THE BEST METHODS FOR YOUR PROJECT
  16. CHAPTER 8 - THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL: PLANNING AND STRUCTURING YOUR IDEAS
  17. CHAPTER 9 - WRITING STRATEGIES: GETTING STARTED AND MAINTAINING MOMENTUM THROUGHOUT YOUR PROJECT
  18. ANSWERS TO EXERCISES
  19. KEY WORDS GLOSSARY
  20. REFERENCES
  21. INDEX