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9781446258972
9781446258965
9781529713466
9781473952089
9781473952072
9781529713473
9781446258965
9781529713466
9781473952089
9781473952072
9781529713473
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Table of Contents
From the Book - Regular Print - Third edition.
1 Taking the Leap into the Research World 1 --
Challenge of tackling a research project 2 --
So what is this thing called research and why do it? 3 --
Delving into the 'construct' of research 5 --
Getting help along the way 11 --
Chapter summary 14 --
Further reading 14 --
2 Setting Up and Getting Started 19 --
Getting started 20 --
Navigating the process 21 --
Staying on course 28 --
Chapter summary 32 --
Further reading 32 --
3 Developing Your Research Question 35 --
Importance of good questions 36 --
Preliminaries: defining your topic 37 --
From interesting topics to researchable questions 41 --
Characteristics of good questions 46 --
Chapter summary 50 --
Further reading 50 --
4 Undertaking Credible and Ethical Research 53 --
Power, politics, ethics and research integrity 54 --
Credibility: integrity in the production of knowledge 55 --
Ethics: integrity and the 'researched' 68 --
Chapter summary 76 --
Further reading 76 --
5 Crafting a Research Proposal 79 --
Role of the proposal 80 --
Elements of the proposal 82 --
Writing a winning proposal 84 --
Obstacles and challenges 88 --
Chapter summary 90 --
Further reading 90 --
6 Reviewing Literature 93 --
Importance of literature 94 --
Sourcing relevant literature 98 --
Managing the literature 104 --
Writing the formal 'literature review' 107 --
Chapter summary 112 --
Further reading 112 --
7 Designing a Research Plan 115 --
Moving from questions to answers 116 --
Getting it right for the researcher 122 --
Pragmatics: making it doable 123 --
It's all in the details 124 --
Chapter summary 129 --
Further reading 129 --
8 Understanding Methodologies: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches 131 --
Quantitative tradition 134 --
Qualitative tradition 142 --
Chapter summary 157 --
Further reading 158 --
9 Understanding Methodologies: Mixed Approaches 163 --
Arguments for mixed methodology 164 --
Challenges and possibilities 165 --
Perspectives and strategies 166 --
Chapter summary 172 --
Further reading 172 --
10 Understanding Methodologies: Evaluative, Action-Oriented and Emancipatory Strategies 175 --
Research that attempts to drive change 176 --
Evaluative research 177 --
Action research 186 --
Emancipatory research 192 --
Chapter summary 197 --
Further reading 197 --
11 Identifying and Selecting Samples, Informants and Cases 201 --
Where does the answer lie? 202 --
Samples: selecting elements of a population 203 --
Key informants: working with experts and insiders 212 --
Cases: delving into detail 215 --
Chapter summary 219 --
Further reading 219 --
12 Primary Data: Surveys, Interviews and Observation 223 --
Opportunities and challenges of collecting primary data 224 --
Surveying 225 --
Interviewing 239 --
Observation 250 --
Chapter summary 260 --
Further reading 260 --
13 Secondary Data: Existing Data, Online Generated Data and Previous Studies / Zina O'Leary O'Leary, Zina, Jennifer Hunt Hunt, Jennifer 265 --
What is secondary data? 266 --
Working with existing data 272 --
Working with online generated data 279 --
Analysing previous studies 286 --
Chapter summary 291 --
Further reading 291 --
14 Analysing Quantitative Data 297 --
Moving from raw data to significant findings 298 --
Managing data and defining variables 301 --
Descriptive statistics 304 --
Inferential statistics 309 --
Presenting quantitative data 313 --
Chapter summary 320 --
Further reading 320 --
15 Analysing Qualitative Data 323 --
Promise of qualitative data 324 --
Logic of QDA 329 --
Methods of QDA 331 --
Specific QDA strategies 339 --
Presenting qualitative data 339 --
A thought 343 --
Chapter summary 343 --
Further reading 344 --
16 Challenge of Writing Up 351 --
Writing challenge 352 --
Writing process 356 --
Creating powerful presentations 365 --
Disseminating your work 367 --
Final word 370 --
Chapter summary 370 --
Further reading 371.
From the Book - Regular Print - Second edition.
1 Taking the Leap into the Research World 1 --
Challenge of tackling a research Project 1 --
So What is this thing called research and why do it? 2 --
Delving into the 'Construct' of research 4 --
Getting help along the way 11 --
Chapter Summary 14 --
Futher Reading 14 --
2 Setting Up and Getting Started 18 --
Getting Started 18 --
Navigating the Process 19 --
Staying on course 26 --
Chapter summary 29 --
Further reading 30 --
3 Developing Your Research Question 31 --
Importance of good question 32 --
Defining your topic 36 --
From interesting topics to researchable questions 36 --
Characteristics of good questions 42 --
Chapter summary 45 --
Further reading 46 --
4 Undertaking Credible and Ethical Research 47 --
Power, politics, ethics and research integrity 47 --
Credibility: integrity in the production of knowledge 49 --
Ethics:integrity and the 'researched 62 --
Chapter summary 70 --
Further reading 70 --
5 Crafting a Research Proposal 72 --
Elments of the proposal 72 --
Role of the Proposal 74 --
Writing a Winning Proposal 76 --
Obstacles and Challenges 81 --
Chapter summary 83 --
Further reading 83 --
6 Reviewing Literature 85 --
Importance of literature 85 --
Sourcing relevent literature 89 --
Managing the literature 95 --
Writing the formal 'literature review' 98 --
chapter summary 103 --
Further reading 103 --
7 Designing a Research Plan 105 --
Moving from questions to answer 105 --
Getting it right for the researcher 111 --
Pragmatics: making it doable 112 --
It's all in the details 113 --
Chapter summary 118 --
Further reading 119 --
8 Understanding Methodologies: Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Approaches 120 --
Understanding the Quantitative-qualitative divide 120 --
Quantitative tradition 122 --
Qualitative tradition 130 --
Mixed Methodology 146 --
Chapter summery 151 --
Further reading 151 --
9 Understanding Methodologies: Evaluative, Action-Oriented and Emancipatory Strategies 156 --
Research that attempts to drive Change 156 --
Evaluative research 157 --
Action research 166 --
Emancipatory research 173 --
Chapter summary 178 --
Further reading 178 --
10 Seeking 'Respondents' 181 --
Who holds the answer? 181 --
Samples: Selecting elements of a Population 182 --
Key information: working with experts and insiders 191 --
Cases: delving into detail 194 --
Chapter summary 198 --
Further reading 198 --
11 Primery Data: Surveys, Interviews and Observation 201 --
Challenge of Collecting Primary data 201 --
Surveying 202 --
Interviewing 216 --
Observation 229 --
Chapter summery 239 --
Further reading 240 --
12 Secondary Data: Documents, Data Sets and Online Data 243 --
Challenge of working with Secondary Data 243 --
'Texts' and documents 244 --
Exitsting studies and data sets 254 --
Online data 261 --
Chapter summery 270 --
Further reading 270 --
13 Analysig Quantitative Data 274 --
Moving from raw data to significant findings 274 --
Managing data and defining variables 277 --
Descriptive statistics 281 --
Inferential statistics 284 --
Presenting quantitative data 288 --
Chapter summary 297 --
Further reading 297 --
14 Analysing Qualitative Data 299 --
Promise of qualitative data 299 --
Logic of QDA 304 --
Methods of QDA 306 --
Specific QDA Strategies 314 --
Presenting qualitative data 314 --
A final word 319 --
Chapter summary 319 --
Further reading 320 --
15 Challenge of Writing Up 325 --
Writing Challenge 325 --
Research as Communication 326 --
Writing process 329 --
Creating powerful presentions 339 --
Need for exposure 340 --
Final word 343 --
Chapter summary 343 --
Further reading 344.
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