The essential guide to doing your research project - O'Leary, Zina (London SAGE Publications, 2017)
Taking the leap into the research world -- Setting up and getting started -- Developing your research question -- Undertaking credible and ethical research -- Crafting a research proposal -- Reviewing Literature -- Designing a research plan -- Understanding methodologies: quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Understanding methodologies: mixed approaches -- Understanding methodologies: evaluative, action-oriented and emancipatory strategies -- Identifying and selecting samples, informants and cases -- Primary data: surveys, Interviews and Observation -- Secondary Data: existing data, online generated data and previous studies -- Analysing quantitative data -- Analysing qualitative data -- The challenge of writing up.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Social sciences -- Research; Research -- Methodology