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Research methods in information / Alison Jane Pickard

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [London] : Facet, [2007]Description: xix, 329 p. : figs., tabs. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781856045452
  • 9781856045452
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Major research paradigms -- Reviewing literature -- Defining the research -- The research proposal -- Sampling -- Ethics in research -- Case studies -- Surveys -- Experimental research -- Ethnography -- Delphi study -- Action research -- Historical research -- Grounded theory: method or analysis? -- Interviews -- Questionnaires -- Observation -- Diaries -- Focus groups -- Usability testing -- Qualitative analysis -- Quantitative analysis -- An overview of software for analysis -- Presenting the research
Summary: Focusing on the needs of the information and communications community, this book guides the would-be researcher through the variety of options and possibilities open to them under the heading 'research'. Each chapter is supported by examples and exercises that reinforce the text and provide guidelines.
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General General ATU Dublin Road General Shelves 300.72 PIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G104964

Includes bibliographical references and index

Major research paradigms -- Reviewing literature -- Defining the research -- The research proposal -- Sampling -- Ethics in research -- Case studies -- Surveys -- Experimental research -- Ethnography -- Delphi study -- Action research -- Historical research -- Grounded theory: method or analysis? -- Interviews -- Questionnaires -- Observation -- Diaries -- Focus groups -- Usability testing -- Qualitative analysis -- Quantitative analysis -- An overview of software for analysis -- Presenting the research

Focusing on the needs of the information and communications community, this book guides the would-be researcher through the variety of options and possibilities open to them under the heading 'research'. Each chapter is supported by examples and exercises that reinforce the text and provide guidelines.

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