PDF Free Download | Practical Research Methods A User-Friendly Guide to Mastering Research Techniques and Projects by Catherine Dawson
Contents of Practical Research Methods eBook
- How to Define Your Project
- Asking questions
- The five ‘Ws’
- Summary
- How to Decide Upon a Methodology
- Understanding the difference between qualitative and
- quantitative research
- Summary
- Further reading
- How to Choose Your Research Methods
- Interviewing
- Focus groups
- Questionnaires
- Participant observation
- Choosing your methods
- Summary
- Further reading
- How to Conduct Background Research
- Primary research and secondary research
- Summary
- Further reading
- How to Choose Your Participants
- Sampling
- Sample size
- Summary
- Further reading
- How to Prepare a Research Proposal
- The contents of a proposal
- What makes a good proposal?
- Reasons why research proposals fail
- Summary
- Further reading
- How to Conduct Interviews
- Methods of recording
- The interview schedule
- Establishing rapport
- Asking questions and probing for information
- Summary
- Further reading
- How to Conduct Focus Groups
- The role of the moderator
- Recording equipment
- Choosing a venue
- Recruiting your participants
- Summary
- Further reading
- How to Construct Questionnaires
- Deciding which questionnaire to use
- Wording and structure of questions
- Length and ordering of questions
- Piloting the questionnaire
- Obtaining a high response
- Summary
- Further reading
- How to Carry Out Participant Observation
- Gaining access
- Ethics
- Collecting and analysing information
- Withdrawal from the field
- Summary
- Further reading
- How to Analyse Your Data
- Deciding which approach to use
- Qualitative data analysis
- Quantitative data analysis
- Measuring data
- Summary
- Further reading
- How to Report Your Findings
- Written reports
- Written report format
- Journal articles
- Oral presentations
- Summary
- Further reading
- How to be an Ethical Researcher
- Treating participants with respect
- Overt and covert research
- Code of ethics
- Summary
- Further reading
