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Your research project : a step-by-step guide for the first-time researcher / Nicholas Walliman.

By: Walliman, Nicholas.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xii, 450 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1412901316 ; 1412901324 ; 9781412901314; 9781412901321 (pbk.).Subject(s): Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etcDDC classification: 808.02
Contents:
Introduction -- Research and the Research Problem -- Information, and how to deal with it -- Types of Research -- Nature and Use of Argument -- More about the Nature of Research -- Research Quality and Planning -- Research Methods -- Honesty and Research Ethics -- Preparing the Research Proposal and Starting to Write.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In this new edition of Your Research Project , Nicholas S.R. Walliman has made this bestselling book even better with the addition of a number of new features whilst retaining all the benefits of the original. New features include: more elaboration on the differing needs of masters and PhD students; a new overview of the entire research chronology from start to finish; student checklists throughout; a new chapter on research ethics; new sections on critical reading skills and compiling literature reviews; examples from a wide range of disciplines and a student glossary.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 440-443) and index.

Introduction -- Research and the Research Problem -- Information, and how to deal with it -- Types of Research -- Nature and Use of Argument -- More about the Nature of Research -- Research Quality and Planning -- Research Methods -- Honesty and Research Ethics -- Preparing the Research Proposal and Starting to Write.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Research and the Research Problem
  • Information, and How to Deal with It
  • Types of Research
  • Nature and Use of Argument
  • More about the Nature of Research
  • Research Quality and Planning
  • Research Methods
  • Honesty and Research Ethics
  • Preparing the Research Proposal and Starting to Write