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Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Walliman is a qualified architect and Senior Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University and a researcher associate in the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development. After many years of practice in architecture in the UK and abroad! he returned to academic life to do his PhD. This experience raised his interest in research theory and methods! and he was subsequently asked by the university to write a distance learning course to guide postgraduate students embarking on research degrees. This course provided the raw material and incentive for writing this book. He has subsequently published several other books on research theory and methods for students and practitioners at various levels of expertise. He is currently conducting research with a team of architects and environmental scientists as part of the Oxford Brookes Institute for Sustainable Development. They are engaged in nationally and internationally funded projects on a range of aspects of building technology! such as energy saving building envelope design! mitigation of the effects of floods on buildings and advanced construction methods. He has published numerous research papers on aspects of architectural technology. He is also supervising several PhD and Masters students. Despite this emphasis on science and technology! his work with research students covers many other aspects of architecture and its relationship to society! such as vernacular architecture! the effects of westernisation! architectural education! conservation! administration and sustainable design. Klappentext 3rd edition. A guide for students at all levels across the social sciences who want lively and straightforward advice on planning their research project. Zusammenfassung Essential reading for students at all levels across the social sciences who want a lively! straightforward guide to planning their research project. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Research and the Research Problem Aims Introduction What Is Research? What Is It for: The Objectives of Research Types of Research The Research Process Starting Your Own Research Planning a Research Project The Next Steps: Finding Your Research Problem Area Further Reading Research Theory and the Nature of Knowledge Aims Philosophy and the Debate About the Structure of Science and the Nature of Knowledge Hypothesis Approaches to Social Research Conclusions The Next Steps: The Theoretical Basis of Your Research Project Further Reading Concepts! Language and Argument Aims Introduction Concepts and Theory Language and Argument Conclusions The Next Steps: Which Type of Research for Your Topic? Further Reading Information and How to Deal With It Aims Introduction Finding the Literature Dealing With Information Doing a Literature Review Conclusions The Next Steps: Devising your Own Information System and Writing Your Literature Review Further Reading Research Methods Aims Introduction Data Collection and Analysis Collecting Secondary Data Analysing Secondary Data Collecting Primary Data Combined Data Generation and Analysis Analysing Data Conclusions The Next Steps: Which Research Methods Will You Use? Further Reading Honesty and Research Ethics Aims Introduction Honesty In Your Work Situations That Raise Ethical Issues Ethics Policies! Permissions and Committees Conclusions The Next Steps: Plan Your Code of Ethics Further Reading Preparing the Research Proposal and Starting to Write Aims Introduction The Recipe for a Succes...
