How to Keep Your Research Project on Track: insights from when things go wrong (Record no. 348419)
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| fixed length control field | 01714nam a22002057a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781786435750 (Hardback) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 303.340 |
| Item number | TOW |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | How to Keep Your Research Project on Track: insights from when things go wrong |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Cheltenham: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Edward Elgar Publishing, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2018. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv,208p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Research can be a lonely path and there are myriad challenges and problems to face with any research project. In this research methods book, novice and experienced researchers tell stories of when things went wrong in their research projects. Drawing on real life experiences, researchers from post graduate research students to experienced professors will benefit from these insider insights, advice and lessons about the practical difficulties and how they may be addressed. The result is an engaging read and a helpful and reassuring guide to the research process. Arranged as a series of chapters interspersed with vignettes the researchers’ stories provide the reader with insights into different facets and stages of the research process from finding a supervisor thorough designing surveys and conducting interviews and analysing data, to re-writing and dealing with feedback. It will be invaluable for doctoral and more experienced researchers grappling with the realities of undertaking research |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Developing research ideas |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Getting data. Finding epistemology |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Access, involvement and interference: encounters and experiences of case studies |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Research - Methodology |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Using social media to enhance your research |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Keith Townsend (ed.) |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mark N K Saunders (ed.) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
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