Watch David introduce each chapter, provide valuable top tips for conducting effective research and showcase best practice to help you prepare for your own research project and future career.
Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives and Research Methodologies
Chapter 3: Selecting and Planning Research Proposals and Projects
Top Tips: How to write a proposal
Chapter 4: Research Ethics
Top Tip: Thinking ethically
Chapter 5: Searching, Critically Reviewing and Using the Literature
Top Tip: Finding good literature
Chapter 6: Quantitative Research Design
Using quantitative methods
Chapter 7: Qualitative Research Design
Top Tip: Using qualitative methods
Chapter 8: Mixed Methods Research Design
Top Tip: Using mixed methods
Chapter 9: Sampling Strategies
Top tip: Finding a good sample
Chapter 10: Designing Descriptive and Analytical Surveys
Top tip: choosing your survey method
Chapter 11: Designing Case Studies
Top tip: using case studies
Chapter 12: Designing Evaluations
Top tip: how to use evaluations
Chapter 13: Action Research and Change
Top tip: How to do action research
Chapter 14: Questionnaires and Surveys
Top tip: testing your questionnaires
Top tip: Learn from case study 14.2
Chapter 15: Qualitative Interviewing
Top tip: Being the interviewer
Chapter 16: Non-Participant Observation
Chapter 17: Ethnography and Participant Observation
Chapter 18: Focus Groups
Top tip: planning your group
Top tip: learn from an SME example
Chapter 19: Unobtrusive Measures
Top tip: Using unobtrusive measures
Chapter 20: Visual Research Methods
Top tip: using visual methods
Chapter 21: Digital Research Methods
Chapter 22: Secondary Data and Research
Top tip: writing with secondary data
Chapter 24: Getting Started Using SPSS
Top tip: Understanding SPSS
Chapter 25: Analysing and Presenting Quantitative Data
Top tip: analysing beyond the data
Chapter 26: Getting Started Using NVivo
Top tip: planning your learning process
Chapter 27: Analysing and Presenting Qualitative Data
Top tip: Compiling a code book
Chapter 28: Writing Up the Research
Top tip: Developing a writing style
Chapter 29: Preparing for Presentations and Vivas
Top tip: Preparing a successful presentation
