Real world research : a resource for users of social research methods in applied settings. / Colin Robson
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TextPublisher: Hoboken : Wiley, 2011Edition: 3rd edDescription: xv, 586 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781405182416Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology | Psychology -- Research -- MethodologyAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Real world researchDDC classification: 300.72 LOC classification: H62.R62| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Revised edition of Real world research, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Ways of using the book -- The main steps when carrying out a project -- Setting the scene -- Introduction -- Approaches to social research -- Planning : selecting a strategy -- Developing your ideas -- General design issues -- Desk-based research -- Fixed designs -- Flexible designs -- Multi-strategy (mixed methods) designs -- Designs for particular purposes: evaluation, action and change -- Ethical and political considerations -- Tactics : the methods of data collection -- Surveys and questionnaires -- Interviews and focus groups -- Tests and scales -- Observational methods -- Additional methods of data collection -- Writing a project proposal -- Carrying out the project -- Dealing with the data -- The analysis and interpretation of quantitative data -- The analysis and interpretation of qualitative data -- Reporting, disseminating and moving forward -- Appendix A: Using specialist software for quantitative analysis -- Appendix B: Using specialist software for qualitative analysis -- Glossary -- References and author index -- Subject index.
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