How to Do Research - The Practical Guide to Designing and Managing Research Projects

A guide to the complete research process, this book focuses on the day-to-day requirements of project, managing a piece of research right through from the formulation of the initial idea, to the development of a research proposal and then to the writing up and disseminating of results.

List of contents

PART 1: THE RESEARCH PROCESS 1. Develop the research objectives 2. Design and plan the study 3. Write the proposal 4. Obtain financial support for the research 5. Manage the research 6. Draw conclusions and make recommendations 7. Write the report 8. Disseminate the results PART 2: METHODS 9. Introducing research methods 10. Desk research 11. Analysing desk research 12. Collecting quantitative data 13. Analysing quantitative data 14. Collecting qualitative data 15. Analysing qualitative data 16. Sources of further reading

About the author

Nick Moore is Managing Director of Acumen Research and Consultancy Ltd, based in Somerset. He is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Brighton and an Associate of the Personal Finance Research Centre at the University of Bristol. He has broad international experience of commissioning, managing and conducting social research, and until recently was Principal Fellow at the Policy Studies Institute.

Summary

A guide to the complete research process, this book focuses on the day-to-day requirements of project, managing a piece of research right through from the formulation of the initial idea, to the development of a research proposal and then to the writing up and disseminating of results.

Product details

• Authors: Nick Moore, Moore Nick
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2006
• EAN: 9781856045940
• ISBN: 978-1-85604-594-0
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 136 g
• Series: Facet Publications (All Titles; The Facet Research Methods Collection; Facet Publications (All Titles
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; EDUCATION / Research, Library & Information Sciences, Research methods: general, Library and information sciences / Museology