A core text for undergraduate and graduate courses on research methods in the social sciences and related fields such as education, business, health, and social care. Addressed primarily to neophytes who are engaged in small-scale research projects at colleges or work. Provides exercises, examples, annotated bibliographies for each chapter, and practical hints for all the stages of research. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

How to Research

Blaxter, Loraine

Hughes,Christina

Tight,Malcolm

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Open Univ Pr

Three University of Warwick education colleagues cover the range of issues about employment in the dramatically evolving world of higher education for recent graduates, their mentors, and the upwardly mobile. This handbook offers reality checks and guidance on the key career tasks of networking, teaching, researching, assessing, writing, getting published, obtaining research funding, managing, and last but not least, getting promoted. While the data and focus are on the UK, the trends are generalizable. Distributed in the US by Taylor &amp; Francis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Academic Career Handbook

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

How to Research 2nd Edition is about the practice and experience of doing research in the social sciences as well as in related subjects such as education, business studies and health and social care. It is aimed at those, particularly the less experienced, who are involved in small-scale research projects at college or at work. The book is written in an original, accessible and jargon-free style using a variety of different forms of presentation to support the researcher. 
How to Research 2nd Edition offers a series of useful exercises to help progress research thinking, a wide range of examples taken from a variety of subject areas, extensive annotated bibliographies for further reading, and practical hints for all stages of the research process. This new edition has been completely revised with up-to-date bibliographies and has new sections on choosing the appropriate method; internet research; and searching the internet. It will be a core text for undergraduate and postgraduate research methods courses in the social sciences and will also be invaluable for those carrying out research as part of a workplace assignment.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

"I found this book brilliant, I had never undertaken anything like a dissertation before and this book had everything in it that I needed to know. It is written in 'simple English' which is a bonus as some books are just too hard to understand. Everything you need to know about writing your dissertation is in here. I would recommend this book to all levels." *****Review of the third edition from Amazon.co.uk How to Research is a bestselling, practical book that reassures the first time researcher by leading them systematically through the whole research process; from the initial meetings with a supervisor to critically evaluating their ideas, doing the research and finally writing up the project.
 The book includes vignettes to help readers relate to research examples and provides both methodological and process information.
 New features in this edition include:
<ul>
<li> Additional coverage on literature reviews </li>
<li> New material on changes in research ethics </li>
<li> More detailed information on the use of diaries, internet ethnographies and visual methods </li>
<li> Increased coverage of mixed methodologies</li>
</ul>
How to Research 4e is an ideal resource for the first-time researcher doing a small-scale research project in the social sciences whether they are at university or in the workplace. It supports its readers as they develop their skills to become more experienced researchers.

How to Research (Open Up Study Skills)

Open University Press

"I found this book brilliant, I had never undertaken anything like a dissertation before and this book had everything in it that I needed to know. It is written in 'simple English' which is a bonus as some books are just too hard to understand. Everything you need to know about writing your dissertation is in here. I would recommend this book to all levels."  *****Review of the third edition from Amazon.co.uk    How to Research is a bestselling, practical book that reassures the first time researcher by leading them systematically through the whole research process; from the initial meetings with a supervisor to critically evaluating their ideas, doing the research and finally writing up the project.     The book includes vignettes to help readers relate to research examples and provides both methodological and process information.    New features in this edition include:     Additional coverage on literature reviews    New material on changes in research ethics   More detailed information on the use of diaries, internet ethnographies and visual methods   Increased coverage of mixed methodologies    How to Research 4e is an ideal resource for the first-time researcher doing a small-scale research project in the social sciences whether they are at university or in the workplace. It supports its readers as they develop their skills to become more experienced researchers.

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

La investigación es una de las tareas más importantes en la carrera universitaria. Puede ser una actividad grata y apasionante o bien convertirse en un infierno. Qué tema escoger? Dónde comenzar? Dónde encontrar las informaciones? Cómo plantear las preguntas? Cómo organizar los argumentos para presentar los resultados? La presente obra se dirige muy especialmente a estudiantes que se encuentran ante su primer trabajo de investigación. Paso a paso muestra cómo proceder en trabajos individuales o en grupos, ofrece criterios para escoger la bibliografía más valiosa y enseña las técnicas de lectura y redacción más eficaces. Los autores atienden todos los aspectos de la metodología del trabajo científico, ejemplificado en abundantes ejercicios prácticos y en un lenguaje muy accesible. Se trata de una guía ideal para desarrollar un trabajo de investigación que ayuda a controlar en todo momento su eficacia y coherencia para no irse por las ramas.

Cómo se hace una investigación (Herramientas Universitarias) (Spanish Edition)

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The Academic Career Handbook

How to Research

How to Research (Open Up Study Skills)

How to Research

Cómo se hace una investigación (Herramientas Universitarias) (Spanish Edition)