موضوع: Doing Research in the Real World 17/3/2010, 3:11 pm
Doing Research in the Real World By David E. Gray Sage Publications 2004 440 pages 4.28 mb
The book covers all the essential aspects of actually doing research, providing coverage of both quantitative and qualitative methods, and dealing with all the main elements of the research process and the design of appropriate research tools.
Contents 1 Introduction PART A PRINCIPLES AND PLANNING FOR RESEARCH 2 Theoretical Perspectives and Research Methodologies 3 Selecting and Planning Good Research Projects PART B RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 4 Experimental and Quasi-experimental Research Design 5 Designing Descriptive and analytical surveys 6 Designing Case Studies 7 Designing Evaluations PART C DATA COLLECTION METHODS 8 Collecting Primary Data: Questionnaires 9 Collecting Primary Data: Interviewing 10 Collecting Primary Data: Observation 11 Collecting Primary Data: Unobtrusive Measures PART D ANALYSIS AND REPORT WRITING 12 Analysing and Presenting Quantitative Data 13 Collecting and Analysing Qualitative Data 14 Writing the Research Report PART E RESEARCH AND CHANGE IN THE REAL WORLD 15 Action research and change Glossary of terms References