How To Do Your Research Project: A Guide For Students in Education & Applied Social Sciences

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Are you doing a research project? Do you need advice on how to carry out research? With many practical examples, How to do a Research Project takes you through what should happen at each phase in the project's schedule. Gary Thomas explains the main design frames and methods of data collection and analysis used in education and social science research, and he provides down to earth advice on how to weave these elements together into a coherent whole. Structured according to the main phases of doing a project, the book covers: - deciding your topic and your research question - project management and study skills - doing a literature review - revising your question and theorising - deciding on an approach: methodology and research design - design frames - ethics and access - the right tools for the job: data gathering - how to analyse the information you gather - discussing findings, concluding and writing up. This book will be invaluable for undergraduate, postgraduate, CPD and doctoral students undertaking a project in the applied social sciences.