Research Methods in Information - Softcover

Pickard, Alison

9781555709365: Research Methods in Information

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ISBN 10: 1555709362 ISBN 13: 9781555709365

Verlag: NEAL SCHUMAN PUBL, 2013

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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

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