Doing a successful research project : using qualitative or quantitative methods / Martin Davies and Nathan Hughes.

By:

Davies, Martin, 1936-

Contributor(s):

Hughes, Nathan, 1978-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resource (x, 278 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781137306500
1137306505

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

001.4 23

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This straightforward, student-friendly guide contains all the practical advice for successfully undertaking a research project, leading students through all the stages of the research process. The second edition of this no-nonsense textbook supports students in conducting their own research projects, whatever discipline they are from. Describing processes, tools and strategies in a simple, succinct way, it supports the reader carefully through the planning and design stages, to implementation, analysis and completion. Doing a Successful Research Project is suitable for an interdisciplinary audience all over the world. It is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking a research project or dissertation across the social sciences, applied social sciences, education, health and business studies. It can also be used as essential or complimentary reading on modules on qualitative and quantitative research and research design.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and indexes.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Martin Davies is Professor Emeritus at the University of East Anglia, UK. He has extensive social science research experience, having held research posts in the Home Office, the National Health Service and the Universities of Manchester and East Anglia, where he supervised the research dissertations of more than 750 graduate and undergraduate students.Nathan Hughes is Director of Education and Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Social Work at the Institute of Applied Social Studies, University of Birmingham, UK.