Title:
How to research / Loraine Blaxter, Christina Hughes, and Malcolm Tight.
Main Entry:
Blaxter, Loraine, 1945-
Hughes, Christina, 1952-
Tight, Malcolm.
Publisher:
Open University Press,
Publication Date:
2001
Publication Place:
Buckingham ; Philadelphia :
ISBN:
0335209033 (pbk.)
9780335209033 (pbk.)
0335211216 (hb)
9780335211210 (hb)
Subject:
Research -- Methodology.
Onderzoeksmethoden.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Contents:
Thinking about research Why research? What is original? Truth, power and values Choosing a topic What to do if you can't think of a topic Focusing Finding and choosing your supervisor Individual and group research Keeping your research diary Thinking about methods Everyday research skills Which method is best? Families, approaches and techniques Action research Case studies Experiments Surveys Which methods suit? Deciding about methods Reading for research Why read? Coping with the research literature Basic reading strategies Using libraries Using the Internet Good enough reading Reading about method as well as subject Recording your reading Literature review Issues in reading Managing your project Managing time Mapping your project Piloting Dealing with key figures and institutions Sharing responsibility Using wordprocessors and computers Managing not to get demoralized when things do not go as planned Collecting data Access and ethical issues Sampling and selection Applying techniques to data collection Documents Interviews Observations Questionnaires Recording your progress Ups and downs of data collection Analysing data Shape of your data Nature of data Managing your data Computer-based analysis Process of analysis Analysing documents Analysing interviews Analysing observations Analysing questionnaires Interpretation Writing up Drafting and redrafting How to argue How to criticize Whom am I writing for? Grammar, punctuation and spelling Using tables, diagrams and other illustrations Panics Finishing off Planning to finish? Penultimate and final drafts Process of assessment What do I do now?
Related Records:
Online version: Blaxter, Loraine, 1945- How to research. 2nd ed. Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2001 (2002 printing) (OCoLC)606587743
Online version: Blaxter, Loraine, 1945- How to research. 2nd ed. Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2001 (2002 printing) (OCoLC)608110578
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