Taking you through the entire life cycle of a dissertation, the text covers everything from the purposes of research through to chapters on gathering primary and secondary data; using literature; quantitative and qualitative research; managing your research; using data and research ethics.

Table of Contents

• Biographies
• Preface
• Introduction to the Second Edition
• 1 The Nature of Research - Robert MacIntosh and Nigel Caldwell
• 2 The Key is in the Reading: Finding a Project - Andrew MacLaren and Emma Hill
• 3 The Literature Review - Norin Arshed and Mike Danson
• 4 Mapping Research Methods - Kevin O'Gorman and Robert MacIntosh
• 5 Case Studies and Data - Angeliki Papachroni and Sean Lochrie
• 6 From Archives to the Internet - Keith Gori & Rodrigo Perez-Vega
• 7 Qualitative Data Gathering Techniques - Sean Lochrie, Ross Curran and Kevin O'Gorman
• 8 Qualitative Data Analysis Approaches - Katherine J C Sang and Rafał Sitko
• 9 Quantitative Data Gathering Techniques - Babak Taheri, Catherine Porter, Nikolaos Valantasis-Kanellos and Christian König
• 10 Quantitative Data Analysis Approaches - Babak Taheri, Catherine Porter, Christian König and Nikolaos Valantasis-Kanellos
• 11 Managing Ethics in Research Projects - James Richards, Lakshman Wimalasena and Gavin MacLean
• 12 Writing Up Your Research Project - Robert MacIntosh, Thomas Farrington and John Sanders
• Appendices
• A1 Managing Your Research Project - John Sanders, Vera Tens and Robert MacIntosh
• A2 Assessing Your Research Project - Nigel Caldwell and Robert MacIntosh
• A3 Project Structure and Word Counts - Kevin O'Gorman