Product Description

An invaluable tool for anyone carrying out a research project

We all learn to do research by actually doing it, but a great deal of time and effort can be wasted and goodwill dissipated by inadequate preparation. This book provides beginner researchers with the tools to do the job, to help them avoid some of the pitfalls and time-wasting false trails, and to establish good research habits. It takes researchers from the stage of choosing a topic through to the production of a well-planned, methodologically sound, and well-written final report or thesis on time. It is written in plain English and makes no assumptions about previous knowledge.

This new edition of Doing Your Research Project includes:

• Coverage of latest techniques such as grounded theory
• A new chapter on ethics
• Increased examples from health studies
• New referencing, library searching, and literature review chapters
• Completely updated references throughout

This book serves as a guide to good practice for beginner researchers in any discipline embarking on undergraduate or postgraduate study, and for professionals in such fields as social science, education, and health.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #436429 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780335215041
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author

Judith Bell holds the post of special professor in the School of Continuing Education at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Customer Reviews

Revised, Enlarged and Upgraded !
This is the fourth edition of this very useful book on research projects by this author. I purchased a copy of the second edition some years ago, however found that it was a bit dated, especially in the computer age.

Having bought this fourth edition, I have found it to be extremely useful for the travelling researcher-the type of reference book one could carry around when on a field trip.

This fourth edition examines methodologies in research; planning a research project; ethics in research; reading and referencing and how to manage your information; literature searches and the review of literature; analysis of documents; planning and distributing questionnaires and planning and undertaking interviews; diaries, logs and observation studies. Interpreting evidence and reporting findings and finally, writing the report.

The author has revised the book with additional information added to the text to bring it up to date. The discussion of researching on the internet and computer skills highlight the need to be extra careful about the 'sin' of plagiarism; the author makes a number of references to plagiarism throughout her book and this reinforces the need for care by the researcher and writer.

In summary, a well written and researched book, which continues in the author's easy-to-read style. The book contains many useful ideas and suggestions and is the type of book I place into my bags when I travel and need a handy reference on this topic. Well done, Judith Bell!

Doing your reserch project 4/e... Judith Bell
It's a regular scientific methodology book. Though you will find some schematic figures / graphics, most of pages has only text. About important topics (e.g. "bias", evidence based medicine) you will find a very little amount of informations. Nothing about statistics.