Practical research (9th ed )

For a wide variety of graduate or undergraduate research courses.

Written in uncommonly engaging and elegant prose, this text is a "do-it-yourself, understand-it-yourself' manual designed to help research students in any discipline understand the fundamental structure of quality research and the methodical process that leads to genuinely significant results. It guides the reader, step-by-step, from the selection of a problem, through the process of conducting authentic research, to the preparation of a completed report, with practical suggestions based on a solid theoretical framework and sound pedagogy.

Suited for the core text in any introductory research course or even for self-instruction, this text will show students two things: 1) that quality research demands planning and design and, 2) how their own research projects can be executed effectively and professionally.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I: THE FUNDAMENTALS

Chapter 1. WHAT IS RESEARCH?

Chapter 2. TOOLS OF RESEARCH

PART II: FOCUSING YOUR RESEARCH EFFORTS

Chapter 3. THE PROBLEM: THE HEART OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS

Chapter 4. REVIEW OF THE RELATED LITERATURE

Chapter 5. PLANNING YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT

Chapter 6. WRITING THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL

PART III: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES

Chapter 7. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH...