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How to do research : and how to be a researcher / Robert Stewart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stewart, Robert (Robert James), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Research--Methodology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book is for anyone embarking on a research project or beginning to think about a career involving research, and for those in need of refocusing on why they started research in the first place.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Titlepage
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Image Credit Lines
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Origin Stories
- 3 God or Clockwork?: The Importance of Ignorance
- 4 Careful Observation
- 5 Ideas under Pressure
- 6 Choosing a Solution
- 7 The Ideal and the Reality
- 8 Consensus
- 9 Designing Research: From Description to Theory-Building
- 10 Designing Research: Experiments
- 11 Designing Research: Alternatives to Experiments
- 12 Designing Research: R&
- D
- 13 Communication 1: Getting Published
- 14 Communication 2: Getting Known
- 15 Money
- 16 Power and Politics
- 17 How to be a Researcher: Some Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Stewart, Robert How to Do Research
- ISBN:
- 0-19-196468-9
- 0-19-269504-5
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