The Essential Guide to Doing Your Research Project
- Zina O'Leary - The Australia and New Zealand School of Government
- Emma Tennent - Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington
Doing a research project or dissertation can be daunting. This practical book will help you dive straight in, driving each step of the process with confidence. Packed with features to support your learning, this guidebook gives you invaluable advice at each stage, from picking a topic, designing your study and navigating ethics to collecting and analysing data then sharing your findings.
This fifth edition
- Empowers you to be critical and self-reflective when consuming and doing research, with 19 critical thinking challenges.
- Equips you with the skills to make good decisions, prepare effectively, and take charge of your own project.
- Draws on case studies of real-world research to inspire your creativity and curiosity.
This popular, down-to-earth guide is a must-have for undergraduate and postgraduate students embarking on research projects across the social sciences.
Supplements
For lecturers (log-in needed)
- A detailed Lecturer’s guide supports you to teach using the book, featuring case studies, real datasets, teaching suggestions, checklists, as well as additional further reading resources for each chapter.
- Download PowerPoint slides for each chapter featuring content summaries, key figures, examples and discussion point which can be customized for use in your own lectures and presentations.
Really useful text, accurate, brief and clear direction for students and staff. I do not manage research but supervise researchers and this is an excellent framework for creating excellence in this essential discipline.
This is an awesome account, taking the reader from first thoughts of becoming a researcher through to how best to disseminate the findings. All presented in a casual and reader friendly style, which I thoroughly recommend.
The writing style is appropriate to all levels and is totally accessible to the students I teach. Overall, this is a very welcome book for research.