Your Research Project

In the third edition of this bestselling book, you'll find everything you need to embark upon your research project and write your proposal with confidence. Written with the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as practitioners in mind, Your Research Project will guide you through the process of formulating a research question, choosing your research methods, planning your research, and writing your proposal.

Fully updated and revised, the new edition features:

o A comprehensive introduction to the purpose and nature of research

o Expanded coverage of writing a research plan or proposal

o An overview of qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis, as well as more on mixed methods research designs

o New sections on digital media and online research methods

o Exercises and examples to provide students from across the social sciences with the practical tools needed to succeed in their project.

Nicholas Walliman is Senior Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University.

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I can heartily recommend the third edition of this popular text. It has been up-dated and enhanced to recognise the needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate students who are new to the research process, and deserves to be on every reading list
Graham Stew
Principal Lecturer in Health, University of Brighton

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This book is a must have for anyone embarking on a research project. It guides the reader through each step of the research project, providing clear summary boxes and exercises, making it particularly relevant for students and lecturers alike
Kalwant Bhopal
Head of the Social Justice and Inclusive Education Research Centre, University of Southampton

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'Having run a PhD programme (comprising over 40 students) for six years and supervised 16 research students, nine to completion, I feel qualified to testify to the value of this book. Learning has become increasingly structured in the last two decades and new research students are often overwhelmed by the demands of PhD study, which requires conceptual thinking, independence, self-motivation and creativity. In my view, this unique publication offers an excellent and indispensable guide to research for first-timers. I wholeheartedly recommend it
Elizabeth Burton
Professor of Sustainable Building, Design and Wellbeing, University of Warwick

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The third edition of Walliman's guide for novice researchers has been thoroughly updated to reflect methodological developments. It retains the unique characteristics which made earlier versions so successful: a theoretically-informed introduction to the research process grounded in an understanding of how individuals learn most effectively
Emma Wincup
University of Leeds

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Nicholas Walliman is a qualified architect and Senior Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University and a researcher associate in the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development. After many years of practice in architecture in the UK and abroad, he returned to academic life to do his PhD. This experience raised his interest in research theory and methods, and he was subsequently asked by the university to write a distance learning course to guide postgraduate students embarking on research degrees. This course provided the raw material and incentive for writing this book. He has subsequently published several other books on research theory and methods for students and practitioners at various levels of expertise. He is currently conducting research with a team of architects and environmental scientists as part of the Oxford Brookes Institute for Sustainable Development. They are engaged in nationally and internationally funded projects on a range of aspects of building technology, such as energy saving building envelope design, mitigation of the effects of floods on buildings and advanced construction methods. He has published numerous research papers on aspects of architectural technology. He is also supervising several PhD and Masters students. Despite this emphasis on science and technology, his work with research students covers many other aspects of architecture and its relationship to society, such as vernacular architecture, the effects of westernisation, architectural education, conservation, administration and sustainable design.

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Introduction Research and the Research Problem Aims Introduction What Is Research? What Is It for: The Objectives of Research Types of Research The Research Process Starting Your Own Research Planning a Research Project The Next Steps: Finding Your Research Problem Area Further Reading Research Theory and the Nature of Knowledge Aims Philosophy and the Debate About the Structure of Science and the Nature of Knowledge Hypothesis Approaches to Social Research Conclusions The Next Steps: The Theoretical Basis of Your Research Project Further Reading Concepts, Language and Argument Aims Introduction Concepts and Theory Language and Argument Conclusions The Next Steps: Which Type of Research for Your Topic? Further Reading Information and How to Deal With It Aims Introduction Finding the Literature Dealing With Information Doing a Literature Review Conclusions The Next Steps: Devising your Own Information System and Writing Your Literature Review Further Reading Research Methods Aims Introduction Data Collection and Analysis Collecting Secondary Data Analysing Secondary Data Collecting Primary Data Combined Data Generation and Analysis Analysing Data Conclusions The Next Steps: Which Research Methods Will You Use? Further Reading Honesty and Research Ethics Aims Introduction Honesty In Your Work Situations That Raise Ethical Issues Ethics Policies, Permissions and Committees Conclusions The Next Steps: Plan Your Code of Ethics Further Reading Preparing the Research Proposal and Starting to Write Aims Introduction The Recipe for a Successful Research Proposal Types of Research Proposal The Main Ingredients and Sequence Finalizing Your Proposal How To Get Started With Writing Conclusions The Next Steps: Your Research Proposal Further Reading Answers to Exercises Key Words Glossary References Index

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