Includes bibliographic references and index

Part I: Planning and Designing Your Research Theoretical Background Research Basics Research Strategies and Design The Nature of Data Doing a Literature Review Defining the Research Problem Ethics Writing a Research Proposal Part II: Collecting and Analysing Your Data Sampling Data Collection Methods Quantitative Data Analysis Qualitative Data Analysis Part III: Writing Up Your Research Presenting Data Graphically Writing up a Dissertation or Research Project Part IV: Succeeding in Your Research Project How to Get the Most out of your Lectures and Seminars How to Get the Best out of Reading and Note Taking How to Write Great Essays.

This step by step guide helps to formulate clear aims and objectives, explains the vocabulary to understand the A – Z of research methods, ends each chapter with a reading guide for taking learning further with more resources to help get a deeper understanding of the issues, improves research reports with practical advice on presenting findings in great tables, graphs and diagrams.