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The Good Research Guide Martyn Denscombe

The Good Research Guide By Martyn Denscombe

The Good Research Guide by Martyn Denscombe


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Summary

Gives an introduction to the basics of social research. This book offers guidance on how to conduct successful small-scale research projects and includes sections on internet research, phenomenology, grounded theory and image-based methods. It is suitable for students of education, health studies, business studies and other social sciences.

The Good Research Guide Summary

The Good Research Guide by Martyn Denscombe

The Good Research Guide has been a bestselling introduction to the basics of social research since it was first published in 1998. This new second edition of the book offers the same clear guidance on how to conduct successful small-scale research projects and adds even more value by including new sections on internet research, phenomenology, grounded theory and image-based methods.

The book provides:

  • a clear summary of the relevant strategies, methods and approaches
    to data analysis
  • a jargon-free coverage of the key issues
  • an attractive layout and user-friendly presentation
  • checklists to guide good practice.
Practical and comprehensive, The Good Research Guide is an invaluable tool for students of 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.

About Martyn Denscombe

Martyn Denscombe is Professor of Social Research at De Montfort University. He graduated in sociology and then qualified as a teacher at the University of London (Goldsmiths' College). He has a PhD from the University of Leicester for research on the social organization of teaching.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part one: Strategies

Surveys
Case studies
Internet research
Experiments
Action research
Ethnography
Phenomenology
Grounded theory

Part two: Methods

Questionnaires
Interviews
Observation
Documents

Part three: Analysis

Quantitative data
Qualitative data
Writing up the research
References
Index.

Additional information

GOR001374032
9780335213030
0335213030
The Good Research Guide by Martyn Denscombe
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Open University Press
20030616
272
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