Introducing research methodology : a beginner's guide to doing a research project

Author(s)

• Flick, Uwe

Bibliographic Information

Introducing research methodology : a beginner's guide to doing a research project

Uwe Flick

Sage, c2011

• : [hbk.]
• : [pbk.]

Other Title

Sozialforschung

Note

Originally published: Reinbek bei Hamburg : Rowohlt, c2009

Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-263) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this new book, specifically written for first time researchers, Uwe Flick, author of the highly successful Introduction to Qualitative Research, focuses on the process of producing an undergraduate research project. Introducing Research Methodology: A Beginner's Guide to Doing a Research Project gives readers the fundamental data collection and analysis skills that they need for their first project, as well as a good understanding of the research process as a whole. It covers both quantitative and qualitative methods, and contains lots of real life examples from the author's own research. Its contents include: - reading and reviewing the literature - research design - writing up - research ethics As well as practical research techniques, Flick provides a basic explanation of methodological issues such as epistemology, the quantitative/qualitative debate and the wider social role of research, linking these to real world issues and examples and the actual task of researching and writing a project.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: ORIENTATION Why Social Research? From Research Idea to Research Question Reading and Reviewing the Literature PART TWO: PLANNING AND DESIGN Planning Social Research: Steps of the Research Process Designing Social Research Deciding Your Methods PART THREE: WORKING WITH DATA Gathering Data: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches Analyzing Quantitative and Qualitative Data E-Research: Doing Social Research Online Integrated Social Research: Combination of Different Approaches PART FOUR: REFLECTION AND WRITING What Is Good Research? Evaluating Your Research Project Ethical Issues in Social Research Writing Research and Using Results

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Details

• NCID: BB06570501
• ISBN:
  • 9781849207805
  • 9781849207812
• LCCN: 2010936663
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xx, 271 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 001.42
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Research -- Methodology