Advanced research methods in the built environment /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Other Authors:	Knight, Andrew, 1972-, Ruddock, Leslie, 1950-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chichester, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.
Subjects:	Building > Research. Research > Methodology. Construction > Recherche. Recherche > Méthodologie. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Construction > General. Architektur Forschungsmethode Construction > Méthodologie. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Methodological pluralism in construction management / Andrew Dainty
2. Architectural research / Alan Penn
3. Legal research / Paul Chynoweth
4. Feminist research / Pat Morton and Sara Wilkinson
5. Approaches to economic analysis and modelling / Les Ruddock
6. Epistemology / Andrew Knight and Neil Turnbull
7. Scientific theories / Goran Runeson and Martin Skitmore
8. Grounded theory / Kirsty Hunter and John Kelly
9. Case study research / David Proverbs and Rod Gameson
10. Interviews: a negotiated partnership / Richard Haigh
11. Questionnaire design and factor analysis / Mike Hoxley
12. Using software to analyse qualitative data / Andrew King
13. Getting started in quantitative analysis / Chris Leishman
14. Artificial neural network modelling techniques for applied civil and construction engineering research / Hamlin Boussabaine and Richard Kirkham
15. Social Network Analysis / Stephen Pryke
16. Managing the thesis / Alan Griffith and Paul Watson
17. Getting your research published in refereed journals / Will Hughes
18. Researcher attitudes and motivation / David Boyd
19. Built environment futures research: the need for foresight and scenario learning / John Ratcliffe.