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Introducing Research Methodology
Thinking Your Way Through Your Research Project

Third Edition
  • Uwe Flick - Freie Universtität Berlin, Germany
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March 2020 | 416 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Offering an encyclopedic introduction to research, this book shows students how to think about every stage of their project and equips them with the tools they need to understand different research processes.

Packed with examples showing the diversity of research, this third edition provides hands-on guidance to help students:

  • Develop key academic skills like critical thinking, effective writing and building an argument
  • Confidently interpret findings, assess arguments and understand the wider impact of their research
  • Understand the challenges and opportunities involved in working with new types of data like social media and online data

Supported by a dynamic new website with downloadable templates, case studies, dos and don’ts videos and more, this practical book prepares students for not just getting to grips with methodological concepts, but being ready to apply them.

 
Part I: Orientation
 
Chapter 1: Why Social Research?
 
Chapter 2: Worldviews in Social Research
 
Chapter 3: Ethical Issues in Social Research
 
Chapter 4: From Research Idea to Research Question
 
Part II: Planning and Design
 
Chapter 5: Reading and Reviewing the Literature
 
Chapter 6: Steps in the Research Process
 
Chapter 7: Designing Social Research
 
Part III: Method Selection
 
Chapter 8: Deciding on Your Methods
 
Chapter 9: Triangulation and Mixed Methods
 
Part IV: Working with Data
 
Chapter 10: Using Existing Data
 
Chapter 11: Collecting Data
 
Chapter 12: Analyzing Data
 
Part V: Reflection and Writing
 
Chapter 13: What is Good Research? Evaluating Your Research Project
 
Chapter 14: Writing up Research and Using Results

a very good update to this classic text on methodologies, useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students alike.

Mr Ian Andrew
Business School, Oxford Brookes University
July 12, 2020

A classic text - very user-friendly.

Dr Steve Hothersall
Social Work, Edge Hill University
August 27, 2020

Flick is such a great author for anyone starting out on their research journey

Dr Richelle Duffy
Faculty of Health, Social Work & Educ, Northumbria University
July 5, 2021

The book offers a comprehensive introduction to research methodology

Mrs Lesley Dougan
Education Health & Community, Liverpool John Moores University
February 22, 2021
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Chapter 1: Why Social Research?


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