Designing and Managing Your Research Project: Core Skills for Social and Health Research - Softcover

Thomas, David R; Hodges, Ian D

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184860193X ISBN 13: 9781848601932

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

This book provides information about the key areas needed to do a a successful research project. It includes software skills, developing research objectives, writing proposals, literature reviews, getting ethics approval, seeking funding, managing a project, communicating research findings, and writing reports. There is also a chapter on working as an independent researcher. The book includes numerous examples, checklists, and practical exercises designed to assist the learning of research skills and the completion of crucial project tasks. It covers procedures needed for conducting projects electronically and accessing information from the Internet.

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About this title

About the Author:

David R Thomas is Emeritus Professor in Social and Community Health at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His degrees are from Victoria University in Wellington (BA, MA) and the University of Queensland in Australia (PhD in social and cross-cultural psychology). He is currently a research and evaluation consultant and runs workshops on research methods. Specialist areas include evaluation research, survey research, qualitative methods, proposal writing and management of projects. His publications include 65 journal articles and book chapters and two books.

Review:

Designing and Managing Your Research Project is rich in content, full of practical information with a simple, easy-to-follow layout [...]the book will be ideal for academic and non-academic researchers, teachers and consultants, among others. The authors’ consultative-coaching-advisory and empathy-towards-researchers approaches in discussing the core knowledge in research project management are indeed commendable. Most researchers whilst reflecting on the content will find the book rigorous, relevant, simple and practical
Ronald R. Kumar
The Qualitative Report

David Thomas and Ian Hodges have created a practical straightforward introductory text explaining the knowledge and skills essential for completing a research project...This book will be useful for the more experienced researcher, as well as the novice
Graham Sloan
Nursing Standard

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 184860193X
• ISBN 13: 9781848601932
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264