How To Do Your Research Project

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Lecturers why waste time waiting for the post to arrive? Click on the above icon & receive your e-inspection copy today! Whether embarking on research as an undergraduate or for a doctorate Gary Thomas book will be of great value to you. It is refreshingly different from other books about doing research: its informative well-written wide-ranging yet sufficiently detailed & above all its enjoyable to read! I recommend it highly". (Professor Peter Earley Institute of Education University of London). Are you doing a research project? Do you need advice on how to carry out research? Using practical examples this book takes you through what should happen at each phase in the projects schedule. Gary Thomas explains the main design frames & methods of data collection & analysis used in education & social science research & provides down to earth advice on how to weave these elements together into a coherent whole. It is structured according to the main phases of doing a project the book covers: deciding your topic & your research question; project management & study skills; doing a literature review; methodology & research design; design frames; ethics & access; how to analyse the information you gather; & discussing findings theorising concluding & writing up. This book is an essential read for undergraduate postgraduate CPD & doctoral students undertaking a project in the applied social sciences. Comments from tutors: "I loved this book! It brought research methods alive". (Gill Richards Nottingham Trent University). " Unputdownable". (Joy Jarvis University of Hertfordshire). " Accessible & encouraging style". (Neil Stott Nottingham Trent University). Comments from students: " Brilliant". (Alison Patterson). " Love the visual models". (Susan Allan). " Filled me with optimism". (Anne Cowan). " Very entertaining as well as extremely useful". (Viv Brown). Gary Thomas is Professor of Education at the University of Birmingham."