Real world research : a resource for users of social research methods in applied settings /
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2016.
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| Edition: | Fourth Edition |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Ways of using the book
- The main steps when carrying out a project
- Setting the scene
- Introduction
- Approaches to social research
- Planning : selecting a strategy
- Developing your ideas
- General design issues
- Desk-based research
- Fixed designs
- Flexible designs
- Multi-strategy (mixed methods) designs
- Designs for particular purposes: evaluation, action and change
- Ethical and political considerations
- Tactics : the methods of data collection
- Surveys and questionnaires
- Interviews and focus groups
- Tests and scales
- Observational methods
- Additional methods of data collection
- Writing a project proposal
- Carrying out the project
- Dealing with the data
- The analysis and interpretation of quantitative data
- The analysis and interpretation of qualitative data
- Reporting, disseminating and moving forward
- Appendix A: Using specialist software for quantitative analysis
- Appendix B: Using specialist software for qualitative analysis
- Glossary
- References and author index
- Subject index.