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This is your step-by-step guide to success with your research proposal. This new edition covers every section of the proposal, telling you all you need to know on how to structure it, bring rigour to your methods section, impress your readers and get your proposal accepted.
With practical tips and advice throughout, new features include:
- Comprehensive explanation of method and methodology, and how to maximize this crucial section of your proposal
- A new section on mixed methods: an increasingly common approach in research
- A new chapter on how to get it right with ethics
- Fresh exercises and activities, now for each key chapter.
The
Third Edition provides an authoritative and accessible guide for anyone tackling a research proposal. It is perfect for students in education, nursing, health, and across the social sciences.
List of contents
Introduction: Reading this Book
Understanding Readers, Expectations and Functions
Including Ethics in Social Science Research Alis Oancea
Developing a General Framework for Proposals
Using Theory and Dealing with the Literature
Presenting Methods and Methodologies
Writing the Proposal
Getting Tactics Right
Examples of Proposals
About the author
Keith F. Punch is a social research expert and was Winthrop Professor in the Graduate School of Education, the University of Western Australia, and is now Professor Emeritus in the University of Western Australia.
Summary
With brand new chapters on ethics and mixed methods, this indispensable guide continues to provide readers with everything they need to develop effective and successful research proposals.
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This book is incredibly useful for graduate students attempting to work out the rules of the game of research proposal writing. Especially helpful are the exercises that can support students with tricky aspects such as developing research questions.
Barbara Read
