Research methods : a practical guide for the social sciences

✍ Scribed by Bob Matthews; Liz Ross

Publisher: Pearson Longman
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Leaves: 521
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: What is research? --
Knowledge, theories, paradigms, and perspectives --
The nature of data --
Research questions, hypotheses, and operational definitions --
Research as an ethical and cultural issue --
Planning a research project --
Reviewing the literature --
Research design --
Choosing methods --
Sampling --
Research proposals --
Collecting data --
Data collection skills --
Questionnaires --
Semi-structured interviews --
Focus groups --
Observation --
Narrative data --
Documents --
Secondary sources of data.

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