Successful Dissertation Writing guides students through the involved process of writing an academic dissertation, developing their ability to communicate ideas and research fluently and successfully. From conducting research, working with a supervisor, understanding and avoiding plagiarism, right through to using feedback and editing to improve the written piece, it will help students master the more technical elements of producing well-written academic work.

Introduction to Research Methods contains everything from developing an initial idea into a proposal, through to analysing data and reporting results. Whether you have to undertake a project as part of your coursework, or as part of your employment, or simply because you are fascinated by something you have observed and want to find out more, this book offers you advice on how to turn your ideas into a workable project.

Specifically it will show you how to:

*Choose your research methods

*Choo...

Longman dictionaries are compiled using the Longman Corpus Network - a huge database of 430 million words of spoken and written English - collected from both British and American English sources. They are easy to use and easy to understand: they are written using a limited vocabulary of just 2000 words - the Longman Defining Vocabulary - ensuring that they all have clear and understandable definitions.

Offering guidance on doing experiments, this Little Quick Fix helps students select the most appropriate experiment for their research, collect and record their data, minimise error, and ensure their experiment is ethical and reproducible.

Research Methods in the Social and Health Sciences gives students a thorough and thoughtful introduction to the entire research process from start to finish, covering qualitative and quantitative research throughout. It lays out each step, from the literature review to ethical research to individual methods and dissemination of research.

This approachable introduction to doing data science in R provides step-by-step advice on using the tools and statistical methods to carry out data analysis. Introducing the fundamentals of data science and R before moving into more advanced topics like Multilevel Models and Probabilistic Modelling with Stan, it builds knowledge and skills gradually. This book: Focuses on providing practical guidance for all aspects, helping readers get to grips with the tools, software, and statistical me...

An updated edition of a bestselling text that provides readers with a clear and comprehensive overview of methods for conducting management and business research.

Clear, comprehensive, and trusted, Bryman's Social Research Methods has supported over a quarter of a million students through their research methods course and research project. Spanning theory and practice and covering quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, this bestselling text offers unrivalled coverage of the whole research process. The authors have worked closely with lecturers and students in thoroughly updating the sixth edition to reflect the current social science landscape, ...

This text brings together in one volume the range of methods available for undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis in organizations.