Saunders, Mark, 1959-

Research methods for business students / Mark Saunders, Philip Lewis, and Adrian Thornhill. - 4th ed. - Harlow, England ; New York : Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2007. - xxvii, 624 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Previous ed.: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: The Nature of business and management research and structure of this book -- Formulating and clarifying the research topic -- Critically reviewing the literature -- Understanding research philosophies and approaches -- Formulating the research design -- Negotiating access and research ethics -- Selecting samples -- Using secondary data -- Collecting primary data through observation -- Collecting primary data using semi-structured, in-depth and group interviews -- Collecting primary data using questionnaires -- Analysing quantitative data --Analysing qualitative data -- Writing and presenting your project report -- Appendices.

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