The Essential Guide to Doing Research - Softcover

O'Leary, Zina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761941991 ISBN 13: 9780761941996

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

The Essential Guide to Doing Research is a comprehensive, practical, and engaging guide to understanding and embarking upon social science research. By adopting a clear and accessible approach, Zina O′Leary encourages students to think about, and engage with, every aspect of the research process.

The book stresses that all good research should be seen as a process of constantly assessing one′s work and making decisions about the best possible means for obtaining credible data and results.

The Essential Guide to Doing Research is therefore designed to encourage lateral, strategic and creative thinking, while providing essential knowledge and skills to students and researchers.

Key features of the text include:

- coverage of all aspects of doing research, from research design to implementation and dissemination

- an emphasis on the creative and strategic thinking skills needed to negotiate the research process

- extensive use of figures and diagrams to illustrate key points and to create clarity

- chapter previews and summaries; and encouragement for the reader to think for themselves about the best research methods that are suited to their research project

- 223 slides that cover all 13 chapters of the work accompany the book. They can be printed out as separate transparencies or used in PowerPoint based lectures. They would also be suitable for applications in e-learning/ web-based teaching. To access these, please click on the Companion Website logo above

This is a clear and inspiring book. It is a must for both undergraduates and postgraduate researchers embarking on, or already involved in, a research project across the social sciences.

About this title

About the Author

Zina O’Leary is an internationally recognized leader in research methodologies and has a keen interest in the application of research to evidence-based decision-making. Zina is an Adjunct Professor at the Joseph R. Biden Jr, School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware as well as a Senior ­Fellow at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government where she coordinates research and project units for their Executive Masters and Executive Education Programmes. Zina also has an extensive history as a consultant to both government and the private sector and was the research coordinator for the Centre for Environmental Health Development at the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre. She is the author of Researching Real World Problems, The Social Science Jargon Buster, Workplace Research and three books in Sage’s Little Quick Fix Series: Research Questions; Research Proposals; and Presenting Your Research.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761941991
• ISBN 13: 9780761941996
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240