Doing Research in the Real World - David E Gray

Doing Research in the Real World

David E Gray (Autor)

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752 Seiten
2013 | 3rd Revised edition
SAGE Publications Ltd
978-1-4462-9531-1 (ISBN)
49,90 inkl. MwSt
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Available with free access to the interactive ebook for 12 months when you buy the paperback version, this is the companion for any student undertaking a research project.
Available with free access to the interactive eBook* for 12 months when you buy the paperback version (ISBN 9781446295311 only), this is the companion for any student undertaking a research project.



Click on the icons in the margins of the eBook to access a wealth of resources including:


Video Content

Chapter introductions and top tips from the author along with tried and tested open access videos on YouTube introduce you to key chapter contents


Datasets

Play around with real data in SPSS and put your statistics knowledge into practice


Weblinks

Direct you to real world examples to broaden your knowledge


Checklists

Guide you through a specific research process such as running a focus group or conducting an interview


Further Reading

Link you to a range of resources to deepen your understanding of a topic 



However you access the content the Third Edition guides you smoothly through the research process from start to finish setting out the skills needed to design and conduct effective research and introduces the reader to the reality of conducting research in the real world. It gives practical advice on how best to select appropriate projects, design strategies, sources and methods and provides the tools needed to collect, analyze and present data.


Applicable to any discipline and firmly rooted in the practicalities of research there are new and exciting chapters on:


- Using SPSS for quantitative data analysis


- Sampling strategies in quantitative and qualitative research


- Approaches to secondary analysis


- Using focus groups


- Ethnography and participant observation


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David Gray was Professor of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Greenwich. His research interests, and publication record, included research methods, management learning (particularly coaching and mentoring), professional identity, action learning, reflective learning, management learning in SMEs and the factors that contribute to SME success. He published books and articles on research methods, organizational learning, and coaching and mentoring. David led a number of EU-funded research programmes including one examining the impact of coaching on the resilience of unemployed managers in their job-searching behaviours and another on how action learning can sustain unemployed managers in starting their own business. He also completed a global survey into the professional identity of coaches.

PART ONE: PRINCIPLES AND PLANNING FOR RESEARCH
Theoretical Perspectives and Research Methodologies
Selecting and Planning Research Proposals and Projects
Research Ethics
Searching, Critically Reviewing and Using the Literature
PART TWO: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Design: Quantitative Methods
Research Design: Qualitative Methods
Research Design: Mixed Methods
Sampling Strategies
Designing Descriptive and Analytical Surveys
Designing Case Studies
Designing Evaluations
Action Research and Change
PART THREE: DATA COLLECTION METHODS
Questionnaires
Interviewing
Non-participant Observation
Ethnography and Participant Observation
Focus Groups
Unobtrusive Measures
Secondary Analysis
PART FOUR: ANALYSIS AND REPORT WRITING
Getting Started Using SPSS
Analyzing and Presenting Quantitative Data
Analyzing and Presenting Qualitative Data
Writing up the Research
Preparing for Presentations and Vivas

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.11.2013
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 184 x 246 mm
Gewicht 1280 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Empirische Sozialforschung
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10 1-4462-9531-1 / 1446295311
ISBN-13 978-1-4462-9531-1 / 9781446295311
Zustand Neuware
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