Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First-Time Researchers in Education and Social Science
by Judith Bell
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Manufacturer: Open University Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.78
EAN: 9780335190942
ISBN: 0335190944
Label: Open University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 1993-07
Publisher: Open University Press
Studio: Open University Press
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Summary: Useful Reference for the Researcher
Comment: Author Judith Bell has assembled an extremely useful guide for the researcher undertaking a project of any size. The author examines the preparatory stages; such as: various styles of research applicable to the needs of the project, planning and record keeping of your notes and data. Part Two looks at: collection of data; designing and administering questionnaires and planning and conduct of interviews. The final Part Three looks at interpretation of your data, presentation of those findings in various formats and writing of your report.
I found the book well written with an easy-to-read style and complimented by good illustrations of the various charts and diagrams a researcher could use to present data and findings. The book is not comprehensive due to its 176 pages, however further reading lists at the end of each chapter will steer the reader onto additional information where required.
In summary a very useful book, which is well laid out with an easy to read style. This second edition is now fifteen years old and researchers would be better advised to go for the newer fourth edition of this book. Well done, Judith Bell!
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Summary: SO INFORMATIVE!!!
Comment: This book is great for people who find research boring, because this book actually makes doing the research fun! It's easy to read, as well.
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Summary: Review of Doing Your research Report
Comment: The book was very useful for me in preparing my research project for an undergraduate study.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Useful Reference for the Researcher
Comment: Author Judith Bell has assembled an extremely useful guide for the researcher undertaking a project of any size. The author examines the preparatory stages; such as: various styles of research applicable to the needs of the project, planning and record keeping of your notes and data. Part Two looks at: collection of data; designing and administering questionnaires and planning and conduct of interviews. The final Part Three looks at interpretation of your data, presentation of those findings in various formats and writing of your report.
I found the book well written with an easy-to-read style and complimented by good illustrations of the various charts and diagrams a researcher could use to present data and findings. The book is not comprehensive due to its 176 pages, however further reading lists at the end of each chapter will steer the reader onto additional information where required.
In summary a very useful book, which is well laid out with an easy to read style. This second edition is now fifteen years old and researchers would be better advised to go for the newer fourth edition of this book. Well done, Judith Bell!
Customer Rating:
Summary: SO INFORMATIVE!!!
Comment: This book is great for people who find research boring, because this book actually makes doing the research fun! It's easy to read, as well.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Review of Doing Your research Report
Comment: The book was very useful for me in preparing my research project for an undergraduate study.
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Reviewers comments on the 2nd Edition:
"The first edition of this book was something of a classic, and a battered and thumbed copy will be found on most researchers' shelves. The second edition deserves to enjoy every bit as much success" - Nursing Times
..."Nicely done Judith Bell - no wonder the book is in its 10th printing" - Social Work Review
Since it was first published in the late 1980s, Doing Your Research Project has become the benchmark reference for first-time researchers in social science. This third edition reflects advances in technology and methodology and positions the book to support researchers in the twenty first century. However, the book's formula remains essentially the same because of its unmatched ability to deliver two key benefits:
* it enables students to get through their first research projects successfully and without wasting lots of time in trial and error;
* in the process, it helps students to develop sound techniques and good practice which will serve them well in future research projects
Doing Your Research Project assumes that the reader has no prior knowledge of research methodology or experience of carrying out research. Written in lucid, plain English, it takes the reader step by step through each stage of preparing for, carrying out and writing up a research project.
Judith Bell speaks directly to the beginner student, frequently introducing examples from her own experience of, for example, supervision, the problems of getting access to data, and so on. There are regular checklists to help students monitor the progress of their own projects and the book is full of examples of good practice and warnings about pitfalls to be avoided. It serves as a guide to practice for beginner researchers who are embarking on undergraduate or postgraduate study and professionals such as teachers, nurses and social workers who are involved in the preparation and production of research projects.
The third edition includes coverage of Narrative Inquiry, Supervision, Intellectual Property, Ethics, Finding and Searching Information Sources (including an extensive section on use of electronic resources such as CD-Roms and the Internet), and the production of Literature Reviews.
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