Doing Research in the Real World
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd
Published:30th Nov '21
£44.99
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- Hardback£143.00(9781529742435)
From first planning to writing up your research, this complete guide will help you push your project forward.
Walking you through every step you need to take, it helps you build your knowledge of theory and methods and offers straightforward guidance to empower you to make good research decisions and learn best practice.
This fifth edition:
- Draws on over 70 case studies of research in action to demonstrate potential pitfalls – and how to avoid them.
- Adds a new chapter on data management, providing how-to guidance on storing your research data.
- Provides more than 150 activities to help you develop your understanding of key concepts and advance your research methods knowledge.
- Illustrates how research methods skills transfer to the workplace, helping you boost your employability.
Accompanied by online resources including videos, case studies and further reading that bring methods to life, this accessible book is still the definitive research companion for any student doing a research project.
This has to be one of my most often borrowed textbooks that rarely lingers on my shelves! Colleagues, doctoral students and masters students alike will find something of interest here - whether it be used as a reminder of terminology, or a quick introduction to a new field. -- Fiona Harris
This stand-alone research handbook covers the basics, and beyond, of social science research in a detailed and student-friendly manner. Straightforward and sequentially structured, it contains step-by-step explanations of the essentials students need to know about qualitative and quantitative research methods and techniques to help them complete projects from start to finish. Very useful handbook for getting undergrads started and helping postgrads stay on track! -- Sharon du Plessis-Schneider
This book is a very user-friendly and theoretically robust guide that will prove invaluable to researchers and students alike. I particularly like the breadth and depth with which all dimensions of the research process are addressed and explained. -- Thomas Garavan
This textbook is unequivocally one of the best resources any student can own if they are required to do a research project or dissertation. This textbook is accessible to all and each chapter is written in a language that is plain, accurate and challenging in just the right quantities. Every element of the research process is clearly documented and discussed; many different types of research is included. -- Chelle Davison
One of the best books about research design and methods - comprehensive and easy-to-comprehend. -- Marcin Grabowski
ISBN: 9781529742442
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 1840g
896 pages
5th Revised edition