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• Cover Page
• Title
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Contents
• About This Book
• Preface
• PART I INTRODUCTION
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Power in Research, Ethics, Data Protection and Bias
• 3 The Philosophy and Principles of Research
• PART II METHODOLOGIES
• 4 Qualitative Versus Quantitative Methods: A Relevant Argument?
• 5 Collecting Data Sets: Case Studies, Experimental, Comparative, Longitudinal and Action Research Methods
• PART III COLLECTING INFORMATION
• 6 Critically Evaluating Published Research
• 7 Evaluating Information: Validity, Reliability, Accuracy, Triangulation
• 8 Completing a Literature Review: Accessing Published (β) Information
• 9 Asking Questions: Effective Elite Interviews, Other Interviews, Vignettes, Projective Questions, and Focus Groups
• 10 Questionnaire Surveys
• 11 Observation
• PART IV DATA ANALYSIS
• 12 Analysing Research Data: The Process
• Part IVA Quantitative Analysis
• 13 Calculating and Interpreting Descriptive Statistics
• 14 Using and Understanding Inferential Statistics
• 15 Testing for Association
• 16 Applying Factor Analysis and Other Advanced Techniques
• PART IVB Qualitative Analysis
• 17 Analysing Qualitative Information: Classifying, Coding and Interpreting Information
• 18 Using Content Analysis
• 19 Understanding and Adopting Discourse and Narrative Analysis
• PART V COMMUNICATING RESEARCH
• 20 Writing-up
• Glossary of Terms
• Key Formulae and Symbols
• Bibliography
• Index