Bouma, Gary D.,

The research process / Gary Bouma and Susan Carland. - Sixth edition. - ix, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes index.

How We Know What We Know and How We Know We Know -- Research as a Way of Knowing -- Essential First Steps : -- Selecting a Problem -- Selecting Variables -- Finding a Variables Measurements -- Selecting a Research Design -- Selecting a Sample -- Data Collection : -- Collecting Data -- Summarising and Presenting Data -- Doing Qualitative Research -- Ethics in Human Research -- Analysis and Interpretation : -- Drawing Conclusions -- Reporting Your Research. 1. 2. Phase 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Phase 2. 8. 9. 10. 11. Phase 3. 12. 13.

"The sixth edition of The Research Process is an easy-to-use introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methods. The book emphasises the process of research in an accessible and readable way, taking a non-statistical and non-mathematical approach for new students. The Research Process will guide students through the research process, analysing and demonstrating a variety of research methods supported by extensive examples and illustrations to explain the fundamental concepts of the research process and its application."--Publisher's website.

0190304626 9780190304621


Social sciences--Research

300.72 BOU