Research Methods: The Basics

RESEARCH METHODS THE BASICS

Research Methods: The Basics is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. Structured in two parts, the first covering the nature of knowledge and the reasons for research, and the second the specific methods used to carry out effective research, this book covers: x structuring and planning a research project x the ethical issues involved in research x different types of data and how they are measured x collecting and analysing data in order to draw sound conclusions x devising a research proposal and writing up the research. Complete with a glossary of key terms and guides to further reading, this book is an essential text for anyone coming to research for the first time, and is widely relevant across the social sciences and humanities. Nicholas Walliman is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

The Basics

ACTING BELLA MERLIN

HUMAN GENETICS RICKI LEWIS

ANTHROPOLOGY PETER METCALF

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PETER SUTCH AND JUANITA ELIAS

ARCHAEOLOGY (SECOND EDITION) CLIVE GAMBLE

INTERNET JASON WHITTAKER

ART HISTORY GRANT POOKE AND DIANA NEWALL

ISLAM COLIN TURNER

THE BIBLE JOHN BARTON

JAZZ CHRISTOPHER MEEDER

BLUES DICK WEISSMAN

JUDAISM JACOB NEUSNER

BUDDHISM CATHY CANTWELL

LANGUAGE (SECOND EDITION) R. L. TRASK

CRIMINAL LAW JONATHAN HERRING

LITERARY THEORY (SECOND EDITION) HANS BERTENS

CRIMINOLOGY SANDRA WALKLATE

LOGIC J. C. BEALL

ECONOMICS (SECOND EDITION) TONY CLEAVER

MANAGEMENT MORGEN WITZEL

EUROPEAN UNION (SECOND EDITION) MARKETING (SECOND EDITION)

ALEX WARLEIGH-LACK

KARL MOORE AND NIKETH PAREEK

FILM STUDIES AMY VILLAREJO

OPERA DENISE GALLO

FINANCE (SECOND EDITION) ERIK BANKS

PHILOSOPHY (FOURTH EDITION) NIGEL WARBURTON

FOLK MUSIC RONALD COHEN

POETRY JEFFREY WAINWRIGHT

POLITICS (FOURTH EDITION)

SOCIOLOGY

STEPHEN TANSEY AND NIGEL JACKSON KEN PLUMMER

THE QUR'AN MASSIMO CAMPANINI

TELEVISION STUDIES TOBY MILLER

RELIGION (SECOND EDITION) MALORY NYE

THEATRE STUDIES ROBERT LEACH

ROMAN CATHOLICISM MICHAEL WALSH

WORLD HISTORY PETER STEARNS

SEMIOTICS (SECOND EDITION) DANIEL CHANDLER

WORLD MUSIC RICHARD NIDEL

SHAKESPEARE (SECOND EDITION) SEAN MCEVOY

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