Doing your research project : a guide for first time researchers / Judith Bell with Stephen Waters.
Material type: TextPublisher: Berkshire : Open University Press 2014Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xi, 306 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780335264469
- 0335264468
- Independent study
- Social sciences -- Research
- Education -- Research
- Education -- Research -- Methodology
- Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
- Education -- Research
- Education -- Research -- Methodology
- Independent study
- Social sciences -- Research
- Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
- Research methods: general
- Study & learning skills: general
- Education
- 370.72
- .B394 2014
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First published in 1987.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. I Preparing the Ground -- 1.Approaches to Research -- Styles of research -- Action research and the role of practitioner researchers -- Case study -- Survey -- The experimental style -- Ethnography and the ethnographic style of research -- The grounded theory approach -- Narrative inquiry and stories -- Which approach? -- Laying the Groundwork Checklist -- Further reading -- 2.Planning the Project -- Selecting a topic -- Getting started -- The purpose of the study -- Hypotheses, objectives and researchable questions -- Working title and the project outline -- Timing -- Supervision -- Student-supervisor relationships -- Codes of practice for supervision -- Change of supervisor -- Keeping records of supervisory tutorials -- The research experience -- Writing as you go along and the research diary -- Planning the Project Checklist -- Further reading -- 3.Ethics and Integrity In Research.
Also issued online.
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