Learning from research : getting more from your data /
Judith Bell and Clive Opie
- Buckingham ; Phildelphia : Open University Press, 2002.
- xiv, 261 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-253) and index.
Acknowledgements Introduction Part one: The descriptive study Background to the study and critics of descriptive studies The preparation Moving on to data collection Using computer statistical packages Part two: The evaluation study Background to the study, obtaining permission and reviewing the literature The preparation Operationalization of the concepts The questionnaire The findings Part three: The experimental study Background to the study The literature review Obtaining permission and ethical dilemmas in experimental research Aims and purpose of the study The plan for data collection and analysis The results Part four: The ethnographic study Statement of the problem and purpose of the study Setting the scene and the analysis of documentary evidence The review of the literature The research contract and the principle of informed consent The fieldwork Analysing the data A solution to the problem? Part five: The survey Background to the study The preparation and the planning The staff questionnaire Discussion of the findings Glossary References Index.
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