Introducing research methodology
Subtitle: a beginner's guide to doing a research project
By: Uwe Flick
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781849207812; 9781849207805
Subjects: Methodology; Social sciences; Research
Work titles: Sozialforschung
Description: 'Introducing Research Methodology' gives readers the fundamental data collection and analysis skills that they need for their first project, as well as a good understanding of the research process as a whole.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [256]-263) and index.

Originally published in German: Reinbek bei Hamburg : Rowohlt Verlag, c2009, under title: Sozialforschung : Methoden und Anwendungen.
Table of contents: title: PART ONE: ORIENTATION; title: Why Social Research?; title: From Research Idea to Research Question; title: Reading and Reviewing the Literature; title: PART TWO: PLANNING AND DESIGN; title: Planning Social Research: Steps of the Research Process; title: Designing Social Research; title: Deciding Your Methods; title: PART THREE: WORKING WITH DATA; title: Gathering Data: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches; title: Analyzing Quantitative and Qualitative Data; title: E-Research: Doing Social Research Online; title: Integrated Social Research: Combination of Different Approaches; title: PART FOUR: REFLECTION AND WRITING; title: What Is Good Research? Evaluating Your Research Project; title: Ethical Issues in Social Research; title: Writing Research and Using Results