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Research Methods in Information
Fully updated for today’s research environments, the long-awaited second edition of Alison Jane Pickard’s best-selling handbookincludes brand new coverage of online research methods and techniques, mixed methodology and qualitative analysis. The first primer to focus entirely on the needs of the information and communications community, it guides would-be researchers through the variety of possibilities open to them under the heading “research” and provides students with the confidence to embark on their dissertations. While Pickard summarizes the philosophy and theory of research to provide context, she focuses squarely on a practical exploration of the research process, offering examples and exercises tried and tested over a whole teaching career. This book takes readers through each aspect of the research process, including
The major research paradigms
Reviewing the literature
Defining the research
The research proposal
Sampling
Research ethics
Methods, including case studies, surveys, experimental research, ethnography, Delphi study, action research, historical research and grounded theory
Research data management, examined in a new chapter contributed by Professor Julie McLeod, Sue Childs and Elizabeth Loma, which applies evidence from the recent JISC-funded “DATUM” project
Collection techniques, including interviews, questionnaires, observation, diaries, focus groups, usability testing, qualitative and quantitative data analysis
Software for analysis
Virtual research
Presenting the research
The major research paradigms
Reviewing the literature
Defining the research
The research proposal
Sampling
Research ethics
Methods, including case studies, surveys, experimental research, ethnography, Delphi study, action research, historical research and grounded theory
Research data management, examined in a new chapter contributed by Professor Julie McLeod, Sue Childs and Elizabeth Loma, which applies evidence from the recent JISC-funded “DATUM” project
Collection techniques, including interviews, questionnaires, observation, diaries, focus groups, usability testing, qualitative and quantitative data analysis
Software for analysis
Virtual research
Presenting the research
352 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2013
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September 30, 2015
As far as textbooks go, this was pretty good. However as it seems to be an introductory text, there was a lot of unfamiliar terms that weren't defined or explained very clearly which made reading the text as a stand alone quite difficult even with the glossary. Still very knowledgeable though.
July 25, 2016
Read most of this book for MLIS Research in Information Studies. First chapter was very confusing, did get better after that.
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