Bell, Judith, 1929-2015.

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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