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020 _a9781786435750 (Hardback)
082 _a303.340
_bTOW
245 _aHow to Keep Your Research Project on Track: insights from when things go wrong
260 _aCheltenham:
_bEdward Elgar Publishing,
_c2018.
300 _axiv,208p.
520 _aResearch 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 _aDeveloping research ideas
650 _aGetting data. Finding epistemology
650 _aAccess, involvement and interference: encounters and experiences of case studies
650 _aResearch - Methodology
650 _aUsing social media to enhance your research
700 _aKeith Townsend (ed.)
700 _aMark N K Saunders (ed.)
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