Saunders, Mark, 1959-

Research methods for business students / Mark Saunders, Philip Lewis, Adrian Thornhill. - 3rd ed. - Harlow, England ; New York : Prentice Hall, 2003. - xviii, 504 p. : ill. 25 cm.

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 -- Deciding on the reserach approach and chosing a research strategy -- Negotiating access and research ethics -- Selecting samples -- Using secondary data -- Collecting primary data through observation -- Collecting primary data using semi-structured and in-depth interviews -- Collecting primary data using questionaires -- Analysing quantitative data -- Analysing qualitative data -- Writing and presenting your project work.

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Business--Research--Methodology.
Business--Research--Data processing.
Management--Research--Methodology.
Management--Research--Data processing.

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