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Researching tourism, leisure and hospitality for dissertations and theses /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mason, Peter, 1951- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers, Limited, [2022]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Tourism > Research > Methodology.
Leisure industry > Research > Methodology.
Hospitality industry > Research > Methodology.
Dissertations, Academic.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Contents
  • 1 An Introduction to Research and Your Study
  • 2 The Literature Review
  • 3 Research Philosophy and Research Design
  • 4 Quantitative Research Techniques and Conduct
  • 5 Qualitative Research Techniques and Conduct
  • 6 Mixed Methods Research
  • 7 Presentation of Results
  • 8 Quantitative Data Analysis
  • 9 Qualitative Data Analysis
  • 10 Analysing Mixed Methods Research
  • 11 Conclusions
  • Case Study 1.1: The role of the supervisor
  • Case Study1.2: How I write
  • Case Study 2.1: What to include and what to leave out in terms of the literature review.
  • Case Study 2.2: Should I research my place of work?
  • Case Study 2.3: Aims and objectives
  • Case Study 2.4: The style of the literature review
  • Case Study 3.1: Differences between positivism and constructivism
  • Case Study 4.1: Student designed questionnaire: first draft
  • Case Study 4.2: A representative sample?
  • Case Study 5.1: Observation at Stonehenge
  • Case Study 5.2: Student's first draft of interview schedule with supervisor comments (comments in italics)
  • Case Study 5.3: Two focus groups used in connection with a music festival
  • Case Study 5.4: Mountain biking focus groups, New Zealand
  • Case Study 6.1: An example of mixed methods research in a Masters' dissertation.
  • Case Study 6.2: Sequential mixed methods research
  • Case Study 8.1: An example of the Chi-square test
  • Case Study 8.2: An example of factor analysis and ANOVA
  • Case Study 9.1: Children's understanding of the concept of a tourist
  • Case Study 9.2: Observation at Wellington Zoo
  • Case Study 9.3: Content analysis of a cruise ship brochure
  • Case Study 9. 4: Data analysis for the qualitative phase of the Tourism Destination Quality (TDQ) study
  • Case Study 9.5: Dimensions with their attributes in the TDQ study: two examples 'Hospitable' and 'Safe'
  • Case Study 10.1: Tourism Destination Quality: Analysis of sequential exploratory mixed methods research
  • Case Study 10.2: Mountain biking in New Zealand: An example of sequential explanatory mixed methods research