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Research Methods: The Basics Hardback - 2021

by Nicholas Walliman

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Hardback. New. Research Methods: The Basics is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. This third edition provides an expanded and fully updated resource suitable for students and practitioners in a wide range of disciplines including the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is structured in two parts - the first covers the nature of knowledge and the reasons for doing research, the second explains the specific methods used to conduct an effective research project and how to propose, plan, carry out and write up a research project. This book covers: * Reasons for doing a research project * Structuring and planning a research project * The ethical issues involved in research * Different types of data and how they are measured * Collecting primary and secondary data * Analysing qualitative and quantitative data * Mixed methods and interdisciplinary research * Devising a research proposal and writing up the research * Motivation and quality of work. Complete with student learning tasks at the end of each section, a glossary of key terms and guides to further reading, Research Methods: The Basics is the essential text for anyone coming to research for the first time.
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  • Title Research Methods: The Basics
  • Author Nicholas Walliman
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2021-12-31
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780367694074
  • ISBN 9780367694074 / 0367694077
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.69 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 1.75 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Social sciences - Research - Methodology, Humanities - Research - Methodology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2021032284
  • Dewey Decimal Code 001.42

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Research Methods: The Basics is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. This third edition provides an expanded and fully updated resource suitable for students and practitioners in a wide range of disciplines including the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities.

It is structured in two parts - the first covers the nature of knowledge and the reasons for doing research, the second explains the specific methods used to conduct an effective research project and how to propose, plan, carry out and write up a research project.

This book covers:

- Reasons for doing a research project
- Structuring and planning a research project
- The ethical issues involved in research
- Different types of data and how they are measured
- Collecting primary and secondary data
- Analysing qualitative and quantitative data
- Mixed methods and interdisciplinary research
- Devising a research proposal and writing up the research
- Motivation and quality of work.

Complete with student learning tasks at the end of each section, a glossary of key terms and guides to further reading, Research Methods: The Basics is the essential text for anyone coming to research for the first time.

New to this edition is free access to a set of digital resources. This contains case studies, to- do lists, quizzes on aspects of research related to the chapters in the book and useful PowerPoint presentations for lecturers. To access the online material, go to www.routledge.com/9780367694081 and click on 'Support Material' beneath the illustration of the front cover.

About the author

Nicholas Walliman is Associate Lecturer in the School of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

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