If you're struggling with writing your dissertation, or need to write up a practical report as part of your placement, discover how to craft your writing into a well-written project. Using the 'six Ps' - pondering, preparing, planning, pausing, producing and polishing - you'll learn how to produce a persuasive piece of writing, whatever you're studying.

Creative research methods can help to answer complex contemporary questions which are hard to answer using conventional methods alone. Creative methods can also be more ethical, helping researchers to address social injustice. This bestselling book, now in its second edition, is the first to identify and examine the five areas of creative research methods:* arts-based research* embodied research* research using technology* multi-modal research* transformative research frameworks.

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From selecting appropriate methods to publishing your findings, this second edition offers a multidisciplinary introduction to the qualitative research process built around the authors' Qualitative Research Cycle - consisting of the design, data collection and analytic cycles.

Written with Jean McNiff's trademark enthusiasm and accessibility, this book - complete with a practical workbook - gives readers all they need to be able to do action research in their own context with confidence.

"Covers a broad range of subjects that undergraduates in the discipline should be familiar and comfortable with upon graduation. From chapters on the scientific method and fundamental research concepts, to experimental design, sampling and statistical analysis, the text offers an excellent introduction to the key concepts of geographical research. The content is applicable for students at the beginning of their studies right through to planning and conducting dissertations.

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This book explores recent developments and debates around researching ethically and with integrity, and complying with ethical requirements, and has been updated and expanded to now cover issues relating to international, indigenous, interdisciplinary and internet research.

A new edition of this popular student guide to content analysis. Widely adopted on research methods courses across the social sciences.

This accessible guide takes you through the process of designing, conducting and writing up a research project using case study methods. In his characteristic warm and friendly style, Gary Thomas covers each step at a confidence-building pace, helping you to get to grips with the theory and practice of doing a case study. Focusing on vital issues like validity, reliability and quality in research, the author helps you ensure your research is rigorous and methodologically sound.

New to online qualitative research? This book equips you with the skills to make good research choices so you can confidently conduct a project using internet methods.

Ensure research is ethical with this Little Quick Fix. Cheryl N. Poth helps the reader to identify the ethical considerations of their research, protect the privacy of their subjects, develop an ethical research design and respond to ethical issues as they arise.