Your Research Project – Nicholas Stephen Robert Walliman

Designing, Planning, and Getting Started

With a calming, reassuring tone, Nicholas Walliman gives you the ability and confidence to plan, design, and prepare for your research project. The new edition of this bestselling book will help you: – Explain research theory within the context of your own project – Curate, structure, and format your literature review – Anticipate the challenges of social media and web-based research – Apply ‘how to’ tips quickly to your own research planning and design – Monitor your progress in the field with checklists – Develop writing habits to use as a springboard for dissertations, reports, and articles – Build a foundation of practical, general research skills like time management, organization, and critical thinking to carry you beyond your project. New to the 4th Edition: – New step-by-step chapter on how to write a successful research proposal – New chapter ‘Writing Strategies’ offers guidelines for different assignments to help carry students beyond their research proposal – More ‘How To’ examples of literature reviews, proposals and ethics applications – Expanded coverage of literature review strategies – more emphasis on accessing on-line resources and use of the internet – Enhanced checklists of issues for consideration or tasks students should undertake in order to progress their work – More information surrounding online and social media research and implications on information sourcing, ethics, and methods – Increased coverage of the research methods section to include more practical support and additional information on mixed-methods – Further stresses the importance of avoiding plagiarism with an expanded section on this topic.

Author: Nicholas Stephen Robert Walliman
Format: Paperback / Soft Cover
Pages: 416
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