A Gentle Guide to Research Methods

Informationen zum Autor Gordon Rugg is a former timberyard worker and field archaeologist who is now a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Keele University! where he is head of the Knowledge Modelling Group. He is also a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Open University. Klappentext A Gentle Guide to Research Methods explains what research is! and guides you through choosing and using the method best suited to your needs! with detailed examples from a wide range of disciplines. It also gives you practical 'nuts and bolts' advice about how to avoid classic problems and how to get the most out of your project. Written by well-known research methods authors Gordon Rugg and Marian Petre! this is the ideal guide for anyone about to undertake a research project. Zusammenfassung A Gentle Guide to Research Methods explains what research is! and guides you through choosing and using the method best suited to your needs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. About research 2. Research design 3. Generic advice 4. Data collection 5. Data analysis

Product details

• Authors: Marian Petre, Gordon Rugg
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2006
• EAN: 9780335219278
• ISBN: 978-0-335-21927-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Series: UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Study Skills; UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Study Skills
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)