Introducing research methodology : a beginner's guide to doing a research project / Uwe Flick.

By:

Flick, Uwe, 1956-

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Los Angeles : Sage, 2011.Description: xx, 271 p. : ill. b&w ; 23 cmISBN:

9781849207812

Uniform titles:

Sozialforschung. English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

300.72

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	300.72 FLI int (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	10030

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.

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.

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