Designing and managing your research project : core skills for social and health research /

Written for advanced undergraduate students, postgraduate students planning theses and dissertations and other early career researchers, this book helps you to successfully plan and complete your research project by showing you the key skills that you will need.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thomas, David R. (David Robert), 1943-
Other Authors:	Hodges, Ian
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010.
Subjects:	Social sciences > Research > Methodology. Public health > Research > Methodology. Dissertations, Academic. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Methodology. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Designing and managing research projects: an overview
Designing a new research project: issues to think about
Developing research aims and objectives
Preparing and writing a research proposal
Getting funding for research
Research ethics and ethics reviews
Doing a literature review
Managing a research project
Software for research
Working with colleagues and supervisors
Communicating research findings
Writing for research: some guiding principles
Writing a research report: organisation and presentation
Careers in research
Concluding ideas: research projects and research careers.