Handbook of research methods in tourism : quantitative and qualitative approaches / edited by Larry Dwyer, Alison Gill, Neelu Seetaram.
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TextSeries: Elgar original referencePublication details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2012.Description: xvi, 514 pages. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9781781001288 (hbk.)
- 1781001286 (hbk.)
- 338.4791072 DWY
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 338.4791072 DWY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100480061 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This insightful book explores the most important established and emerging qualitative and quantitative research methods in tourism. The authors provide a detailed overview of the nature of the research method, its use in tourism, the advantages and limitations, and future directions for research.
Each chapter is structured to provide information on: the nature of the technique and its evolution; background and types of problems that the technique is designed to handle; applications of the technique to tourism, including discussion of studies that have used the technique and their findings; advantages and limitations of the technique conceptually and for policy formulation; and further developments and applications of the technique in tourism research.
Handbook of Research Methods in Tourism will appeal to social scientists, students as well as researchers in tourism who use quantitative and qualitative research techniques.
Contributors: K.M. Adams, E. Ahmed, A. Apostolakis, S. Cang, C. Cater, S. Divisekera, D. Dredge, L. Dwyer, E.W. Foemmel, L. Fredline, A. Gill, U. Gretzel, R. Hales, G.R. Jennings, O. Junek, H. Kennedy-Eden, L. Killion, G. Kyle, J. Lee, Z. Lei, G. Li, T. Low, N.G. McGehee, C. Morley, A. Papatheodorou, G.B. Peng, S. Petit, T.D. Pham, C. Polo, N.F. Ribeiro, J. Rosselló, C.A. Santos, N. Seetaram, C. Shim, H. Song, S. Stepchenkova, D.J. Timothy, L.W. Turner, E. Valle, C. Vu, S.F Witt
Includes bibliographical references and index.
For social scientists, students, and researchers in tourism, Dwyer et al. collect 25 essays explaining key qualitative and quantitative research methods in tourism and the nature of each; its evolution; background and types of problems the method is designed to handle; its applications to tourism, including studies that have used it and their findings; advantages and limitations conceptually and for policy formulation; and future developments and applications for tourism research. Methods consist of statistical testing; regression, time series, panel data, hedonic price, factor, cluster, and cost-benefit analysis; demand modeling and forecasting; structural equation modeling; discrete choice analysis and experimental design; the almost ideal demand system; input-output and social accounting matrix models; computable general equilibrium modeling; grounded theory; ethnographic methods; focus groups; interviewing; participant observation; cross-cultural approaches; archival research; community case study research; and mixed methods like content analysis, meta-analyses of tourism research, and network analysis. Contributors are anthropology, marketing, economics, tourism, and other researchers from the US, Australia, Europe, Canada, and China.