The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project
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The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project

The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project


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Doing a research project or dissertation can be daunting. This practical book will help you dive straight in, driving each step of the process with confidence. Packed with features to support your learning, this guidebook gives you invaluable advice at each stage, from picking a topic, designing your study and navigating ethics to collecting and analysing data then sharing your findings.  This fifth edition Empowers you to be critical and self-reflective when consuming and doing research, with 19 critical thinking challenges. Equips you with the skills to make good decisions, prepare effectively, and take charge of your own project.  Draws on case studies of real-world research to inspire your creativity and curiosity. This popular, down-to-earth guide is a must-have for undergraduate and postgraduate students embarking on research projects across the social sciences.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Taking the Leap into the Research World Chapter 2: Setting Up and Getting Started Chapter 3: Developing Your Research Question Chapter 4: Undertaking Credible and Ethical Research Chapter 5: Crafting a Research Proposal Chapter 6: Reviewing Literature Chapter 7: Designing a Research Plan Chapter 8: Understanding Methodologies: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches Chapter 9: Understanding Methodologies: Mixed Approaches Chapter 10: Understanding Methodologies: Evaluative, Action-Oriented and Emancipatory Strategies Chapter 11: Identifying and Selecting Samples, Informants and Cases Chapter 12: Primary Data: Surveys, Interviews and Observation Chapter 13: Secondary Data Chapter 14: Online Generated Data Chapter 15: Analysing Quantitative Data Chapter 16: Analysing Qualitative Data Chapter 17: The Challenge of Writing Up Chapter 18: Final Hurdles

About the Author :
Zina O’Leary is an internationally recognized leader in research methodologies and has a keen interest in the application of research to evidence-based decision-making. Zina is an Adjunct Professor at the Joseph R. Biden Jr, School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware as well as a Senior ­Fellow at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government where she coordinates research and project units for their Executive Masters and Executive Education Programmes. Zina also has an extensive history as a consultant to both government and the private sector and was the research coordinator for the Centre for Environmental Health Development at the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre. She is the author of Researching Real World Problems, The Social Science Jargon Buster, Workplace Research and three books in Sage’s Little Quick Fix Series: Research Questions; Research Proposals; and Presenting Your Research.   Emma Tennent is a senior lecturer at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. She has experience teaching research methods and research paradigms to undergraduate and postgraduate students across a range of disciplines. She is the recipient of an Early Career Teaching Excellence Award and an accredited Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She works with Zina at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government as a research project advisor for the Executive Master of Public Administration. She has co-published with students and academic colleagues in the open-access book The Power of Partnership: Students, Staff, and Faculty Revolutionizing Higher Education.

Review :
Really useful text, accurate, brief and clear direction for students and staff. I do not manage research but supervise researchers and this is an excellent framework for creating excellence in this essential discipline. This is an awesome account, taking the reader from first thoughts of becoming a researcher through to how best to disseminate the findings. All presented in a casual and reader friendly style, which I thoroughly recommend. Praise for the fourth edition: The writing style is appropriate to all levels and is totally accessible to the students I teach. Overall, this is a very welcome book for research.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781529672237
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 448
  • Weight: 920 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1529672236
  • Publisher Date: 24 Jan 2025
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 174 mm


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