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Informationen zum Autor Judith Bell has worked as a university lecturer! head of department! vice principal in colleges of further education! course team writer for the Open University and as one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools specialising in further! higher and continuing education. She now holds the honorary post of Special Professor in the School of Continuing Education at the University of Nottingham. She is the author of Doing Your Research Project which is now into its third edition. Clive Opie is Head of Education Centres at Manchester Metropolitan University. Formerly! he was a lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Sheffield and Director of the School's M.Ed programme in Singapore. Klappentext * How do I begin to plan my research? * How can I be sure that I am collecting useful data and analysing it appropriately? * Do I need a sophisticated understanding of statistics in order to carry out high quality research? If these are questions which concern you! then you will find great support in this reassuring and down to earth book. It tells the story of five postgraduate researchers on their journey to successful completion of Master of Education or PhD degrees. Four of the five were new to research! had demanding full time jobs and so were researching part time - and at a distance. All four undertook quantitative studies and even though two of them claimed to be 'afraid of stats' at the beginning! they all succeeded in producing quality theses. The fifth researcher had previous relevant research experience and had an award which enabled her to carry out a full time qualitative investigation at doctoral level. All five faced sharp learning curves at various times but they learnt from their experiences! as we all do. They discuss very openly some of the mistakes they made! the lessons they learnt and! with hindsight! how they might have done things differently. A comprehensive glossary! key quotations in boxes and detailed annotated further reading combined with a straightforward writing style make this an invaluable text for any researcher. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of five postgraduate researchers on their journey to successful completion of Master of Education or PhD degrees. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Part one: The descriptive study Background to the study and critics of descriptive studies The preparation Moving on to data collection Using computer statistical packages Part two: The evaluation study Background to the study! obtaining permission and reviewing the literature The preparation Operationalization of the concepts The questionnaire The findings Part three: The experimental study Background to the study The literature review Obtaining permission and ethical dilemmas in experimental research Aims and purpose of the study The plan for data collection and analysis The results Part four: The ethnographic study Statement of the problem and purpose of the study Setting the scene and the analysis of documentary evidence The review of the literature The research contract and the principle of informed consent The fieldwork Analysing the data A solution to the problem? Part five: The survey Background to the study The preparation and the planning The staff questionnaire Discussion of the findings Glossary References Index. ...
