Good Research Guide: for Small-scale Research Projects

The Good Research Guide is a practical and comprehensive guide for students in education, health studies, business studies and other social sciences, who need to conduct small-scale research projects as part of undergraduate, postgraduate or professional studies. The book offers excellent end-of-chapter checklists; clear and accessible explanations of strategies, approaches and methods; and, discussion of mixed method approaches. This is a student-focused, up-to-date book with a helpful frequently asked questions section and practical approach to research methods.

Contents: Introduction. Part I: Strategies for social research; Surveys and sampling; Case studies; Experiments; Ethnography; Phenomenology; Grounded theory; Action research; Mixed methods. Part II: Methods of social research; Questionnaires; Interviews; Observation; Documents. Part III: Analysis; Quantitative data; Qualitative data; Writing up the research