Emerging researchers need a range of specific skills to plan and successfullycomplete their research projects. While there are multiple books available onmethods, there is much less information on the key skills needed to complete a project. Designing and Planning Your Research Project provides information about the key areas needed for a successful 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. Designing and Planning Your Research Project helpfully 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. This book is designed to complement texts covering quantitative and qualitative research methods in health and social sciences. It will be particularly useful to advanced undergraduate students, postgraduate students planning theses and dissertations and other researchers in theearly stages of their career. INDICE: Skills needed for doing research / Software skills / Developing research objectives and questions / Doing a literature review / Preparing and writing a research proposal / Getting funding for research / Preparing for an ethics review / Managing a research project / Working with colleagues and supervisors / Communicating research findings / Writing a research report / Working as an independent researcher
- ISBN: 978-1-84860-193-2
- Editorial: Sage Publications
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 160
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés