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Table of Contents:

• Part 1. Getting started. 1. The enquiring mind in action
• 2. Starting research
• 3. Good research : the essentials
• 4. International students and those new to research learning in higher education
• 5. Carrying out research for a project or dissertation
• 6. Putting ethics into practice
• 7. Research paradigms, theorising and conceptual frameworks
• 8. Writing a research proposal
• 9. Carrying out a literature review : engaging with the literature
• 10. Research methodology and methods
• 11. Finding and using sources
• 12. Using the internet for research, and some introductory digital technology
• 13. Quantitative methods in action: questionnaires or surveys, observation
• 14. Qualitative methods in action
• 15. Varieties of research: practitioner-based and action research, phenomenology, phenomenography and ethnography, and other real-world research
• Part 2. managing people and processes. 16. Collecting, selecting, organising, analysing and interpreting data
• 17. Managing your supervisor/adviser
• 18. Managing your time, life, paid work and research
• Part 3 Writing and moving on. 19. Researching and writing in different disciplines: arts and humanities
• 20. Developing good writing habits

• 21. Writing well, in the right shapes and forms : the authority of your research and your writing
• 22. Maintaining momentum and overcoming difficulties with time, writing, and theorising the project and the research processes
• 23. What do examiners look for? What do employers look for? How to ensure your work matches their expectations.

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Author/Creator:

Wisker, Gina, 1951- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The undergraduate research handbook [by Wisker, G.]

Related Series:

Palgrave study skills

Subjects:

Research — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Research — Methodology — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Academic writing — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Report writing — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Research — Methodology

Report writing

Research

Academic writing

Genres:

Handbooks and manuals

General Notes:

"Macmillan International Higher Education."
Previous edition: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-340) and index.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 343 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

LB2369 .W57 2019

ISBNs:

9781137341488 (paperback)
1137341483 (paperback)

OCLC Numbers:

1063592308