Research Methods in Accounting and Finance
A Practical Guide
Book
Paperback/Softback
362 pages
978-0-7494-8007-3 (ISBN)
Description
This concise guide is a must-have book for all students and researchers in the areas of Accounting, Finance and Investments. Its step-by-step, practical approach will guide you through the research process, helping with decision flow, and offering tips and hints to get you along the right path and advice about how to elevate your work to make your research project stand out from the crowd.
The book covers:
? Preparing for the research
? Choosing your methodology
? Collecting your data
? Analysing and writing up your findings
While most books in this area are either business focussed or theory based, this is a truly practical guide written specifically for Accounting, Finance and Investments students. It is packed full of advice accompanied by graphs, charts and screen shots in SPSS, Excel and NVIVO to demonstrate how to put the theory you have learned into practice. Exercises throughout the book help to demonstrate the research process further and the range of research methods available.
The book covers:
? Preparing for the research
? Choosing your methodology
? Collecting your data
? Analysing and writing up your findings
While most books in this area are either business focussed or theory based, this is a truly practical guide written specifically for Accounting, Finance and Investments students. It is packed full of advice accompanied by graphs, charts and screen shots in SPSS, Excel and NVIVO to demonstrate how to put the theory you have learned into practice. Exercises throughout the book help to demonstrate the research process further and the range of research methods available.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7494-8007-3 (9780749480073)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Arun Sukumar is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance, Accounting and Business Systems at Sheffield Hallam University.
Firoz Bhaiyat is Senior Lecturer in Banking, Investment and FInancial Management at Sheffield Hallam University.
Firoz Bhaiyat is Senior Lecturer in Banking, Investment and FInancial Management at Sheffield Hallam University.
Content
Section - 1: Preparing for the Research
Chapter - 1: The nature of research in finance and accounting
Chapter - 2: Commonly researched ideas in finance and accounting
Chapter - 3: The research process
Chapter - 4: Planning the research
Chapter - 5: Formulating the research topic and deciding on your question
Chapter - 6: Getting ethics clearance - why this is important
Chapter - 7: Reviewing the Literature
Chapter - 8: Writing your Research Proposal
Chapter - 9: Making the most of your supervisor
Section - 2: Choosing your Research Methodology
Chapter - 10: Choosing a strategy: quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods
Chapter - 11: Chapters devoted to different strategies most suited to research in finance and accounting
Section - 3: Collecting your Data
Chapter - 12: Questionnaires
Chapter - 13: Interviews
Chapter - 14: Observation
Chapter - 15: Using secondary data
Chapter - 16: Social Media
Section - 4: Analysing and Writing up the findings
Chapter - 17: Quantitative Data Analysis
Chapter - 18: Qualitative Data Analysis
Chapter - 19: Writing the Report
Chapter - 1: The nature of research in finance and accounting
Chapter - 2: Commonly researched ideas in finance and accounting
Chapter - 3: The research process
Chapter - 4: Planning the research
Chapter - 5: Formulating the research topic and deciding on your question
Chapter - 6: Getting ethics clearance - why this is important
Chapter - 7: Reviewing the Literature
Chapter - 8: Writing your Research Proposal
Chapter - 9: Making the most of your supervisor
Section - 2: Choosing your Research Methodology
Chapter - 10: Choosing a strategy: quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods
Chapter - 11: Chapters devoted to different strategies most suited to research in finance and accounting
Section - 3: Collecting your Data
Chapter - 12: Questionnaires
Chapter - 13: Interviews
Chapter - 14: Observation
Chapter - 15: Using secondary data
Chapter - 16: Social Media
Section - 4: Analysing and Writing up the findings
Chapter - 17: Quantitative Data Analysis
Chapter - 18: Qualitative Data Analysis
Chapter - 19: Writing the Report