TY - BOOK AU - Flick,Uwe TI - Introducing research methodology: a beginner's guide to doing a research project SN - 9781849207812 U1 - 300.72 PY - 2011/// CY - Los Angeles PB - Sage KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. 1. Orientation. 1. Why social research?. 2. From research idea to research question. 3. Reading and reviewing the literature -- Pt. 2. Planning and design. 4. Planning social research: steps in the research process. 5. Designing social research. 6. Deciding your methods -- Pt. 3. Working with data. 7. Gathering data: quantitative and qualitative approaches. 8. Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data. 9. E-research: doing social research online. 10. Integrated social research: combining different research approaches -- Pt. 4. Reflection and writing. 11. What is good research? Evaluating your research project. 12. Ethical issues in social research. 13. Writing research and using results N2 - Focuses on the process of producing and undergraduate research project, giving fundamental data collection and analysis skills, as well as a good understanding of the research process as a whole, offering practical research techniques and basic explanations of methodological issues ER -