Introducing research methodology : thinking your way through your research project /
Flick, Uwe,
Introducing research methodology : thinking your way through your research project / Uwe Flick. - Third edition. - xxvi, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Part I: OrientationChapter 1: Why Social Research?Chapter 2: Worldviews in Social ResearchChapter 3: Ethical Issues in Social ResearchChapter 4: From Research Idea to Research QuestionPart II: Planning and DesignChapter 5: Reading and Reviewing the LiteratureChapter 6: Steps in the Research ProcessChapter 7: Designing Social ResearchPart III: Method SelectionChapter 8: Deciding on Your MethodsChapter 9: Triangulation and Mixed MethodsPart IV: Working with DataChapter 10: Using Existing DataChapter 11: Collecting DataChapter 12: Analyzing DataPart V: Reflection and WritingChapter 13: What is Good Research? Evaluating Your Research ProjectChapter 14: Writing up Research and Using Results
Offering an encyclopedic introduction to research, this book shows students how to think about every stage of their project and equips them with the tools they need to understand different research processes. Packed with examples showing the diversity of research, this third edition provides hands-on guidance to help students develop key academic skills like critical thinking, effective writing and building an argument, confidently interpret findings, assess arguments and understand the wider impact of their research, understand the challenges and opportunities involved in working with new types of data like social media and online data, supported by a dynamic new website with downloadable templates, case studies, dos and don'ts videos and more, this practical book prepares students for not just getting to grips with methodological concepts, but being ready to apply them.
9781526496935 9781526496942
Research Methodology
Social sciences Research Methodology.
001.42 / F621
Introducing research methodology : thinking your way through your research project / Uwe Flick. - Third edition. - xxvi, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Part I: OrientationChapter 1: Why Social Research?Chapter 2: Worldviews in Social ResearchChapter 3: Ethical Issues in Social ResearchChapter 4: From Research Idea to Research QuestionPart II: Planning and DesignChapter 5: Reading and Reviewing the LiteratureChapter 6: Steps in the Research ProcessChapter 7: Designing Social ResearchPart III: Method SelectionChapter 8: Deciding on Your MethodsChapter 9: Triangulation and Mixed MethodsPart IV: Working with DataChapter 10: Using Existing DataChapter 11: Collecting DataChapter 12: Analyzing DataPart V: Reflection and WritingChapter 13: What is Good Research? Evaluating Your Research ProjectChapter 14: Writing up Research and Using Results
Offering an encyclopedic introduction to research, this book shows students how to think about every stage of their project and equips them with the tools they need to understand different research processes. Packed with examples showing the diversity of research, this third edition provides hands-on guidance to help students develop key academic skills like critical thinking, effective writing and building an argument, confidently interpret findings, assess arguments and understand the wider impact of their research, understand the challenges and opportunities involved in working with new types of data like social media and online data, supported by a dynamic new website with downloadable templates, case studies, dos and don'ts videos and more, this practical book prepares students for not just getting to grips with methodological concepts, but being ready to apply them.
9781526496935 9781526496942
Research Methodology
Social sciences Research Methodology.
001.42 / F621