Designing and Managing Your Research Project
Core Skills for Social and Health Research
David R Thomas author Ian D Hodges author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Sage Publications Ltd
Published:21st Sep '10
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Written for advanced undergraduate students, postgraduate students planning theses and dissertations and other early career researchers, Designing and Managing Your Research Project helps you successfully plan and complete your research project by showing the key skills that you will need.
The book covers:
" choosing research methods
" developing research objectives
" writing proposals
" literature reviews
" getting ethics approval
" seeking funding
" managing a project
" software skills
" working with colleagues and supervisors
" communicating research findings
" writing reports, theses and journal articles
" careers in research.
Designing and Managing Your Research Project includes lots of examples, case studies and practical exercises to help you learn the research skills you will need and also to help you complete crucial project tasks. A key feature is its user-friendly guidance on planning projects and accessing information from the Internet.
Designing and Managing Your Research Project is rich in content, full of practical information with a simple, easy-to-follow layout [...]the book will be ideal for academic and non-academic researchers, teachers and consultants, among others. The authors’ consultative-coaching-advisory and empathy-towards-researchers approaches in discussing the core knowledge in research project management are indeed commendable. Most researchers whilst reflecting on the content will find the book rigorous, relevant, simple and practical
Ronald R. Kumar
The Qualitative Report
David Thomas and Ian Hodges have created a practical straightforward introductory text explaining the knowledge and skills essential for completing a research project...This book will be useful for the more experienced researcher, as well as the novice
Graham Sloan
Nursing Standard
ISBN: 9781848601925
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 600g
264 pages