How to Do Your Research Project: A Guide for Students in Education and Applied Social Sciences - Softcover

Thomas, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1446258874 ISBN 13: 9781446258873

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Direct, informative and accessible the new edition of Gary Thomas′s bestselling title is essential reading for anyone doing a research project.

Packed full of relevant advice and real world examples the book guides you through the complete research process. Using refreshingly jargon-free language and anecdotal evidence it is a witty, easy to follow introduction that will answer your questions, set out best practice and walk you through every stage of your project step-by-step.

It covers:

- How to choose your research question

- Project management and study skills

- Doing an effective literature review

- Methodology, theory and research design

- Design frames

- Ethics and access

- Tools for data collection

- Effective data analysis

- Discussing findings, concluding and writing up

The expanded, insightfully redesigned second edition has a fully integrated companion website including student worksheets, annotated examples and links to SAGE Journals.

Gary Thomas also has an exciting new video in which he explains what’s new to this Second Edition.

This popular book is ideal for anyone undertaking a research project in the applied social sciences.

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About this title

About the Author

Gary Thomas is an emeritus professor of education at the University of Birmingham. His teaching and research have focused on inclusion, special education, and research methodology in education, with a particular focus on case study. He has conducted research funded by the AHRC, the ESRC, the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, the Department for Education, Barnardos, local authorities, and a range of other organisations. He has coedited the British Educational Research Journal and is currently an executive editor of Educational Review. He is author of many books, most recently Education: A Very Short Introduction published by Oxford University Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1446258874
• ISBN 13: 9781446258873
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 328