First steps in research / Kobus Maree, editor, [and 9 others].
Material type: TextPublisher: Pretoria : Van Schaik, 2016Copyright date: 2016Edition: Second editionDescription: xv, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780627033698
- 0627033695
- 001.42 FIRÂ 23
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is a research question and why is it important? -- Introduction to the language of research -- Planning a research proposal -- Introducing qualitative research -- Qualitative research designs and data-gathering techniques -- Analysing qualitative data -- First steps in action research -- The quantitative research process -- Surveys and the use of questionnaires -- Sampling -- Statistical analysis I: Descriptive statistics -- Statistical analysis II: Inferential statistics -- Standardisation of a questionnaire -- Overview of some of the most popular statistical techniques -- Foundations and approaches to mixed methods research.
First steps in research facilitates the understanding and application of theories, goals, methods and strategies, being easy to read and use without diluting the conceptual and terminological complexities of the field. It examines the historical and philosophical underpinnings of qualitative, quatitative and integrated or mixed methods of conducting research and suggests how these three approaches may best be used.
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