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Doing your research project with documents [electronic resource] : a step-by-step guide to take you from start to finish / Aimee Grant ; foreword by Helen Kara.

By: Publisher: Bristol : Policy Press, 2022Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 198 pages) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781447344049 (ePub ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 001.42 23
LOC classification:
  • Q180.55.M4 G7 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- PART I: GETTING GOING -- Working productively -- Working with your supervisor -- Working ethically -- Working reflexively and safely -- PART II: MAKING DECISIONS -- Reviewing literature and writing your literature review -- Finding sources -- Choosing an analysis approach -- Writing research questions and your methods chapter -- PART III: GETTING IT DONE! -- Collecting and analysing data and writing your results chapter -- Assessing data quality and writing your discussion chapter -- Creating the final dissertation -- Concluding remarks
Summary: Encouraging critical consideration of research design, the book guides readers step-by-step through the process of planning and undertaking a research project based on documentary analysis. It covers selecting a research topic and sample through to analysing and writing up the data. Students and researchers have an abundance of materials and sources available to them via the internet for use in their projects. However, there is little practical guidance available on the fundamentals of performing qualitative research with documents. This valuable book enables readers to undertake high-quality, robust research using documents as data. Encouraging critical consideration of research design, the book guides readers step-by-step through the process of planning and undertaking a research project based on documentary analysis. It covers selecting a research topic and sample through to analysing and writing up the data. The book includes: a wealth of case studies demonstrating how lessons can be applied in practice; summary boxes and suggestions for further reading in each chapter to guide learning; helpful online resources to facilitate designing your own research. Accessible and comprehensive, this book will be invaluable for both students and researchers alike who are new to documentary analysis. All the resources included in this book are available to download on the book's webpage at https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/doing-your-research -project-with-documents/online-resources. Look for the Online Resources logo throughout the book.
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Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- PART I: GETTING GOING -- Working productively -- Working with your supervisor -- Working ethically -- Working reflexively and safely -- PART II: MAKING DECISIONS -- Reviewing literature and writing your literature review -- Finding sources -- Choosing an analysis approach -- Writing research questions and your methods chapter -- PART III: GETTING IT DONE! -- Collecting and analysing data and writing your results chapter -- Assessing data quality and writing your discussion chapter -- Creating the final dissertation -- Concluding remarks

Encouraging critical consideration of research design, the book guides readers step-by-step through the process of planning and undertaking a research project based on documentary analysis. It covers selecting a research topic and sample through to analysing and writing up the data. Students and researchers have an abundance of materials and sources available to them via the internet for use in their projects. However, there is little practical guidance available on the fundamentals of performing qualitative research with documents. This valuable book enables readers to undertake high-quality, robust research using documents as data. Encouraging critical consideration of research design, the book guides readers step-by-step through the process of planning and undertaking a research project based on documentary analysis. It covers selecting a research topic and sample through to analysing and writing up the data. The book includes: a wealth of case studies demonstrating how lessons can be applied in practice; summary boxes and suggestions for further reading in each chapter to guide learning; helpful online resources to facilitate designing your own research. Accessible and comprehensive, this book will be invaluable for both students and researchers alike who are new to documentary analysis. All the resources included in this book are available to download on the book's webpage at https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/doing-your-research -project-with-documents/online-resources. Look for the Online Resources logo throughout the book.

Description based on print version record.