Research Methods for Postgraduates 3e
Published on 17. September 2016
Software
Other digital
520 pages
978-1-118-76302-5 (ISBN)
Description
guidance in all subject areas Editor:Tony Greenfield, Industrial Statistics Research Unit (ISRU), University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK Research Methods for Postgraduates brings together guidance for postgraduate students on how to organise, plan and do research from an interdisciplinary perspective. In this new edition, the already wide-ranging coverage is enhanced by the addition of new chapters on social media, evaluating the research process, Kansei engineering and medical research reporting. The extensive updates also provide the latest guidance on issues relevant to postgraduates in all subject areas, from writing a proposal and securing research funds, to data analysis and the presentation of research, through to intellectual property protection and career opportunities. This thoroughly revised new edition provides: * Clear and concise advice from distinguished international researchers on how to plan, organise and conduct research. * New chapters explore social media in research, evaluate the research process, Kansei engineering and discuss the reporting of medical research. * Check lists and diagrams throughout. Praise for the second edition: ...the most useful book any new postgraduate could ever buy.
(New Scientist) The book certainly merits its acceptance as essential reading for postgraduates and will be valuable to anyone associated in any way with research or with presentation of technical or scientific information of any kind. (Robotica) Like its predecessors, the third edition of Research Methods for Postgraduates is accessible and comprehensive, and is a must-read for any postgraduate student.
(New Scientist) The book certainly merits its acceptance as essential reading for postgraduates and will be valuable to anyone associated in any way with research or with presentation of technical or scientific information of any kind. (Robotica) Like its predecessors, the third edition of Research Methods for Postgraduates is accessible and comprehensive, and is a must-read for any postgraduate student.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
666 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-76302-5 (9781118763025)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Tony Greenfield | Sue Greener
Research Methods for Postgraduates
E-Book
08/2016
3rd Edition
Wiley
€47.99
Available for download
Tony Greenfield | Sue Greener
Research Methods for Postgraduates
E-Book
08/2016
3rd Edition
Wiley
€47.99
Available for download
Persons
Editors: Tony Greenfield, Industrial Statistics Research Unit (ISRU), University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK; and Sue Greener, Brighton Business School, Brighton, UK
Content
About the Author Preface PART I: FIRST STEPS 1. A view of research Tom Bourner 2. The Research Journey: four steps to success Tom Bourner and Sue Greener 3. Managing your doctorate Stan Taylor 4. Documenting Your Work Vivien Martin 5. Ethics of research Tony Greenfield 6. Plagiarism Tony Greenfield 7. Critically Reviewing Your Own Research Tom Bourner and Juliet Millican PART II: SUPPORT 8. Research Funding Proposals Lowry McComb 9. Who Can Help? Shirley Coleman 10. Information and Library services Claire Abson 11. The research methods for advanced Web searching Alastair Allan 12. Searching in Unfamiliar Fields Tom Bourner and Sue Greener 13. Sources of Population Statistics Keith Dugmore 14. An Introduction to Bibliometrics Silvia Salini 15. Choosing and using software for statistics Felix Grant and Sue Greener 16. Computer support for data analysis Clifford E Lunneborg and Sue Greener PART III: MEASUREMENT AND EXPERIMENTATION 17. Instrumentation in experimentation Anand D Pandyan, Frederike van Wijck and Garth R Johnson 18. Randomised trials Douglas Altman 19. Laboratory and industrial experiments Tony Greenfield 20. Experiments in biological sciences Roger Payne 21. Survey Research David de Vaus 22. Theory and Practice of Qualitative Research Irena Ograjen ek 23. Kansei Engineering Lluis Marco-Almagro 24. Principles of sampling Peter Lynn 25. Sampling in Human Studies Peter Lynn 26. Interviewing Mark Hughes 27. Measurement Error Roland Caulcutt PART IV: DATA ANALYSIS 28. Elementary Statistics David J. Hand 29. Further statistical methods David J. Hand 30.. Spreadsheets: a few tips Tony Greenfield and Andrea Benn PART V: SPECIAL TOOLS 31. The value of mathematical models Andrew Metcalfe 32. Deterministic models Andrew Metcalfe 33. Stochastic models and simulation David Green and Andrew Metcalfe 34. Optimisation Aiden Fisher and Andrew Metcalfe PART VI: PRESENTATION 35. Writing the thesis Tony Greenfield 36. The Logic Of A Research Report Tom Bourner and Linda Heath 37. Presenting data Sue Greener 38. Presenting and sharing your research Sue Greener 39. Social Media How to make it work for you as a Post-Graduate Suzanne and Catherine Fraser-Martin PART VII: NEXT STEPS 40. Protection and Exploitation of Intellectual Property Patrick Andrews 41. Career opportunities Sara Shinton Index