Social Research Methods - The Essentials

Informationen zum Autor Dr Nicholas Walliman is a qualified architect and Associate Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University and is a former research associate in the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development. He has been engaged on a series of nationally and internationally funded research projects on aspects of building technology and has published many research papers. He has also supervised and examined numerous PhD, MPhil and Masters students. He has published a number of books on doing research and writing papers, dissertations and theses.  Klappentext The perfect first step into research methods, assuming no previous knowledge and a cheerful 'you can do this!' tone. Zusammenfassung The perfect first step into research methods, assuming no previous knowledge and a cheerful ‘you can do this!’ tone. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: PLANNING AND DESIGNING YOUR RESEARCH Chapter 1: Theoretical background Chapter 2: Research basics Chapter 3: Research strategies and design Chapter 4: The nature of data Chapter 5: Doing a literature review Chapter 6: Defining the research problem Chapter 7: Ethics Chapter 8: Writing a research proposal PART TWO: COLLECTING AND ANALYSING YOUR DATA Chapter 9: Sampling Chapter 10: Data collection methods Chapter 11: Quantitative data analysis Chapter 12: Qualitative data analysis PART THREE: WRITING UP YOUR RESEARCH Chapter 13: Presenting Data Graphically Chapter 14: Writing up a dissertation or research project PART FOUR: SUCCEEDING IN YOUR RESEARCH METHODS COURSE Chapter 15: How to get the most out of your lectures and seminars Chapter 16: How to Get the Best out of Reading and Note Taking Chapter 17: How to Write Great Essays

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Walliman, Nicholas Stephen Robert Walliman, Nicholas Stephen Robert Stephen Robert Walliman
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9781473916203
• ISBN: 978-1-4739-1620-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 242 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, REFERENCE / Research, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology