Showing posts with label Research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Research. Show all posts

Monday, 4 July 2011

Reading and understanding research

LOCKE, L. F., SILVERMAN, S.J & SPIRDUSO, W.W.
2010
Reading and understanding research.
3rd ed
Los Angeles, Calif; London : Sage
978-1-4129-7574-2



Suggested Reading
Chapter 2: When to believe what you read p 23-52
Chapter 3: How to select and read research reports p53-70

Research methods for managers

GILL, J, JOHNSON, P & CLARK, M.
2010.
Research methods for managers
4th ed.
Los Angeles, [Calif.]; London: SAGE
978-1-84787-094-0



suggested reading
Chapter 8: Philosophical disputes and management research p187-213
Chapter 9: Evaluating management research p214-239
Glossary also very useful (p240-242)

Doing your research project: a guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science

BELL, J.
2010
Doing your research project: a guide for first-time researchers in education, health and social science
5th ed.
Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Open University Press
978-033523582-7



Suggested Reading
Chapter 1 Approaches to research p 5-26
Chapter 10 Diaries, logs and critical incidents p177-190
Several others chapters of relevance in this book (see chapters 2-9)

Wednesday, 29 June 2011

Research Methods for Science

MARDER, Michael P.
2011
Research Methods for Science
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
978-0-521-14584-8



Suggested reading
Chapter 2: Overview of experimental analysis and design
Chapter 3: Statistics

Doing Your Undergraduate Social Science Dissertation

SMITH, Karen
2009
Doing Your Undergraduate Social Science Dissertation
London: Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
978-0415467490



Suggested Chapters
Chapter 1: What is a dissertation? page 1-8
Chapter 2: Getting support page 9-23

Further Reading: Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students

NAOUM, S.G.
2007
Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students. Second Edition.
Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann
0-7506-8264-7


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Recommended sections or chapters:
Chapter 2, p11 - 17 Selecting a topic and writing the dissertation proposal
Appendix 1, p 171-186 Examples of dissertation proposals