A Gentle Guide to Research Methods

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-335-21927-8
Verlag: OPEN UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 417 g

A Gentle Guide to Research Methods explains what research is, and guides you through choosing and using the method best suited to your needs, with detailed examples from a wide range of disciplines. It also gives you practical 'nuts and bolts' advice about how to avoid classic problems and how to get the most out of your project. Written by well-known research methods authors Gordon Rugg and Marian Petre, this is the ideal guide for anyone about to undertake a research project.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rugg, Gordon

Petre, Marian

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. About research
2. Research design
3. Generic advice
4. Data collection
5. Data analysis

Über Autor(innen)

Rugg, Gordon
Gordon Rugg is a former timberyard worker and field archaeologist who is now a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Keele University, where he is head of the Knowledge Modelling Group. He is also a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Open University.

Gordon Rugg is a former field archaeologist and English lecturer turned computerscientist, who is now head of the Knowledge Modelling Group at Keele University.He has a first degree in French and Linguistics and a PhD in Psychology. Hisresearch includes software evaluation, mediaeval cryptography, the origins ofhandedness and training needs analysis for store detectives.Marian Petre has a first degree in Psycholinguistics from Swarthmore College in theUSA, and a PhD in Computer Science from University College London. She is aReader in Computing at the Open University, UK and a former EPSRC AdvancedResearch Fellow. Her experience includes running doctoral consortia at internationalconferences, giving tutorials on research methods in the UK, US and Europe, andpresenting at a variety of research workshops for PhD students as well assupervising and examining doctoral students. Her research interests include designexpertise and representation.Gordon and Marian are also the authors ofThe Unwritten Rules of PhD Research(Open University Press, 2004).