With a calming, reassuring tone, Nicholas Walliman gives you the ability and confidence to plan, design, and prepare for your research project. The new edition of this bestselling book will help you:
- Explain research theory within the context of your own project
- Curate, structure, and format your literature review
- Anticipate the challenges of social media and web-based research
- Apply ‘how to’ tips quickly to your own research planning and design
- Monitor your progress in the field with checklists
- Develop writing habits to use as a springboard for dissertations, reports, and articles
- Build a foundation of practical, general research skills like time management, organization, and critical thinking to carry you beyond your project.


New to the 4th Edition:
- New step-by-step chapter on how to write a successful research proposal

- New chapter ′Writing Strategies′ offers guidelines for different assignments to help carry students beyond their research proposal

- More ‘How To’ examples of literature reviews, proposals and ethics applications

- Expanded coverage of literature review strategies - more emphasis on accessing on-line resources and use of the internet

- Enhanced checklists of issues for consideration or tasks students should undertake in order to progress their work

- More information surrounding online and social media research and implications on information sourcing, ethics, and methods

- Increased coverage of the research methods section to include more practical support and additional information on mixed-methods

- Further stresses the importance of avoiding plagiarism with an expanded section on this topic.




Format Häftad Omfång 416 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Sage Publications Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2019-12-20 ISBN 9781526441201