Practical Research Methods

✍ Scribed by Catherine Dawson

• Publisher: How to Books
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 169
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a practical down-to-earth guide written for those new to research and it assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. Author Dr Catherine Dawson has worked as a researcher since the mid 1980s and has written and taught courses research methodology at university.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
......Page 1
Title Page
......Page 4
Copyright
......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
1 How to Define Your Project......Page 12
2 How to Decide Upon a
Methodology......Page 25
3 How to Choose Your Research Methods......Page 38
4 How to Conduct Background Research......Page 51
5 How to Choose Your Participants......Page 58
6 How to Prepare a Research Proposal......Page 66
7 How to Conduct Interviews......Page 75
8 How to Conduct Focus Groups......Page 87
9 How to Construct Questionnaires......Page 98
10 How to Carry Out Participant Observation......Page 112
11 How to Analyse Your Data......Page 121
12 How to Report
Your Findings......Page 142
13 How to be an Ethical
Researcher......Page 157
Index......Page 168