Research Methods for Postgraduates

Guidance in all subject areas  Editor:Tony Greenfield, Industrial Statistics Research Unit (ISRU), University of Newcastle–upon–Tyne, UK Research Methods for Postgraduates brings together guidance for postgraduate students on how to organise, plan and do research from an interdisciplinary perspective. In this new edition, the already wide–ranging coverage is enhanced by the addition of new chapters on social media, evaluating the research process, Kansei engineering and medical research reporting. The extensive updates also provide the latest guidance on issues relevant to postgraduates in all subject areas, from writing a proposal and securing research funds, to data analysis and the presentation of research, through to intellectual property protection and career opportunities.  This thoroughly revised new edition provides: Clear and concise advice from distinguished international researchers on how to plan, organise and conduct research. New chapters explore social media in research, evaluate the research process, Kansei engineering and discuss the reporting of medical research. Check lists and diagrams throughout.  Praise for the second edition: ... the most useful book any new postgraduate could ever buy. (New Scientist) The book certainly merits its acceptance as essential reading for postgraduates and will be valuable to anyone associated in any way with research or with presentation of technical or scientific information of any kind. (Robotica)  Like its predecessors, the third edition of Research Methods for Postgraduates is accessible and comprehensive, and is a must–read for any postgraduate student. INDICE: About the Author ix .List of Contributors xi .Preface to the Third Edition xiii .Preface to the Second Edition xix .Preface to the First Edition xxi .Part I FIRST STEPS 1 .1 A View of Research 3Tony Greenfield .2 The Research Journey: Four Steps to Success 7Tom Bourner and Sue Greener .3 Managing Your Doctorate 13Stan Taylor .4 Documenting Your Work 34Vivien Martin .5 Ethics of Research 46Tony Greenfield .6 Plagiarism 56Tony Greenfield .7 Critically Reviewing Your Own Research 60Tom Bourner and Juliet Millican .Part II SUPPORT 69 .8 Research Proposals for Funding 71Lowry McComb .9 Who Can Help? 81Shirley Coleman .10 Information and Library Services 86Claire Abson and Alastair Allan .11 Research Methods for Advanced Web Searching 94Alastair Allan .12 Searching in Unfamiliar Fields 113Tom Bourner and Sue Greener .13 Sources of Population Statistics 121Keith Dugmore .14 An Introduction to Bibliometrics 130Silvia Salini .15 Choosing and Using Software for Statistics 144Felix Grant .16 Computer Support for Data Analysis 152Clifford E. Lunneborg .Part III MEASUREMENT AND EXPERIMENTATION 157 .17 Instrumentation in Experimentation 159Anand D. Pandyan, Frederike van Wijck and Garth R. Johnson .18 Randomised Trials 171Douglas G. Altman .19 Laboratory and Industrial Experiments 180Tony Greenfield .20 Experiments in Biological Sciences 193Roger Payne .21 Survey Research 202David de Vaus .22 Theory and Practice of Qualitative Research 214Irena Ograjen ek .23 Kansei Engineering 231Lluis Marco–Almagro .24 Principles of Sampling 244Peter Lynn .25 Sampling in Human Studies 255Peter Lynn .26 Interviewing 264Mark Hughes .27 Measurement Error 275Roland Caulcutt .Part IV DATA ANALYSIS 287 .28 Elementary Statistics 289David J. Hand .29 Further Statistical Methods 299David J. Hand .30 Spreadsheets: A Few Tips 307Tony Greenfield and Andrea Benn .Part V SPECIAL TOOLS 323 .31 The Value of Mathematical Models 325Andrew Metcalfe .32 Deterministic Models 342Andrew Metcalfe .33 Stochastic Models and Simulation 357David Green and Andrew Metcalfe .34 Optimisation 372Aiden Fisher and Andrew Metcalfe .Part VI PRESENTATION 387 .35 Writing the Thesis 389Tony Greenfield .36 The Logic of a Research Report 400Tom Bourner and Linda Heath .37 Presenting Data 412Sue Greener .38 Presenting and Sharing Your Research 419Sue Greener .39 Reporting Research 429Iveta Simera and Douglas G. Altman .40 Social Media How to Make ItWork for You as a Post–Graduate 440Suzanne Fraser–Martin and Catherine Fraser–Martin .Part VII NEXT STEPS 455 .41 Protection and Exploitation of Intellectual Property 457Patrick Andrews .42 Career Opportunities 470Sara Shinton .Index 479

• ISBN: 978-1-118-34146-9
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 520
• Fecha Publicación: 07/10/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés