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Doing your research project : a guide for first time researchers / Judith Bell with Stephen Waters.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkshire : Open University Press 2014Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xi, 306 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780335264469
  • 0335264468
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.72
LOC classification:
  • .B394 2014
Also issued online.
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 370.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 79398
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 370.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 79399
General Lending Carlow Campus Library General Lending 370.72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 79400

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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