Designing and Managing Your Research Project : Core Knowledge for Social and Health Researchers

by David Thomas

• ISBN13: 9781848601925
• ISBN10: 1848601921
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781446242124
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-10-04
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
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Summary

Written for advanced undergraduate students, postgraduate students planning theses and dissertations and other early career researchers, Designing and Managing Your Research Project helps you to successfully plan and complete your research project by showing you the key skills that you will need.The book covers:- software skills- developing research objectives- writing proposals- literature reviews- getting ethics approval- seeking funding- managing a project- communicating research findings- writing reports- working as an independent researcher.Designing and Managing Your Research Project includes lots of examples, checklists and practical exercises to help you learn the research skills you will need and to help you complete crucial project tasks. It also offers specific guidance on conducting projects electronically and accessing information from the Internet.

Table of Contents

Designing and Managing Research Projects: An Overview

Designing a New Research Project

Developing Research Aims and Objectives

Preparing and Writing a Research Proposal

Getting Funding for Research

Research Ethics and Ethics Reviews

Doing a Literature Review

Managing a Research Project

Software for Research

Working with Colleagues and Supervisors

Communicating Research Findings

Writing for Research: Some Guiding Principles

Writing a Research Report

Careers in Research

Epilogue

Example of a Completed Research Proposal

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