The Research Process

6. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-030462-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 360 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bouma, Gary

Carland, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten, Studientechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: How We Know What We Know and How We Know We Know

- 2: Research as a Way of Knowing

- Phase 1: Essential First Steps

- 3: Selecting a Problem

- 4: Selecting Variables

- 5: Finding a Variables Measurements

- 6: Selecting a Research Design

- 7: Selecting a Sample

- Phase 2: Data Collection

- 8: Collecting Data

- 9: Summarising and Presenting Data

- 10: Doing Qualitative Research

- 11: Ethics in Human Research

- Phase 3: Analysis and Interpretation

- 12: Drawing Conclusions

- 13: Reporting Your Research

Über Autor(innen)

Gary D. Bouma: Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Arts, Monash University

Susan Carland: Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Arts, Monash University