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Real World Research supplies the multidisciplinary skills necessary to conduct social research projects inside and outside of the classroom or the workplace. Offering well-balanced coverage of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods, this highly practical resource incorporates approaches from different social science disciplines to help readers find answers to real-life research questions in healthcare, education, business and management, and in many other public and private settings. Detailed yet accessible chapters include step-by-step advice for developing a research question, choosing a research design strategy, collecting and analyzing the data, interpreting and reporting the results, and more.
The fifth edition contains timely coverage of contemporary methodologies, key ethical issues, and ongoing debates within the field of social research. New and expanded sections address topics such as evidence-based approaches to social research, ethical considerations when conducting research involving people, carrying out projects based solely on existing research, and the importance and implications of internet-based research. Featuring a wealth of up-to-date examples drawn from a wide range of disciplines, this classic textbook:
* Focuses on useful real-world research in applied settings such as homes, schools, businesses, and other workplaces
* Provides a concise overview and a well-defined example of each main step of the research process
* Highlights the importance of collaboration, cooperation, and active participation in social research
* Explains flexible research designs using largely qualitative methods, including additional coverage of ethnographic and grounded theory approaches
* Includes an extensive companion website with numerous research examples, links to journal articles, PowerPoint slides, and many other additional resources
Real World Research, Fifth Edition, remains essential reading for those tasked with developing, performing, and reporting the findings of a research project, including students, academics and educators, social scientists, health practitioners, and professionals in a diverse range of fields.
Real World Research supplies the multidisciplinary skills necessary to conduct social research projects inside and outside of the classroom or the workplace. Offering well-balanced coverage of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods, this highly practical resource incorporates approaches from different social science disciplines to help readers find answers to real-life research questions in healthcare, education, business and management, and in many other public and private settings. Detailed yet accessible chapters include step-by-step advice for developing a research question, choosing a research design strategy, collecting and analyzing the data, interpreting and reporting the results, and more.
The fifth edition contains timely coverage of contemporary methodologies, key ethical issues, and ongoing debates within the field of social research. New and expanded sections address topics such as evidence-based approaches to social research, ethical considerations when conducting research involving people, carrying out projects based solely on existing research, and the importance and implications of internet-based research. Featuring a wealth of up-to-date examples drawn from a wide range of disciplines, this classic textbook:
* Focuses on useful real-world research in applied settings such as homes, schools, businesses, and other workplaces
* Provides a concise overview and a well-defined example of each main step of the research process
* Highlights the importance of collaboration, cooperation, and active participation in social research
* Explains flexible research designs using largely qualitative methods, including additional coverage of ethnographic and grounded theory approaches
* Includes an extensive companion website with numerous research examples, links to journal articles, PowerPoint slides, and many other additional resources
Real World Research, Fifth Edition, remains essential reading for those tasked with developing, performing, and reporting the findings of a research project, including students, academics and educators, social scientists, health practitioners, and professionals in a diverse range of fields.
Preface xv
Why a resource for users of social research methods in applied settings? xvii
Ways of using the book xviii
The main steps in carrying out a project xx
The readership for this book xxi
About the companion website xxiv
Part I Setting the Scene 1
Keeping a project diary 2
Chapter 1 What is real-world research? 5
What is real-world research? 5
Leaving the laboratory 7
Research evidence and real-world experience 8
Evaluation and change 8
Participation and collaboration 9
Ethical and political issues 10
Returning to the real world 10
Why do research in the real world? 12
Website examples 13
Beginning the journey 14
Chapter 2 Approaches to social research 18
What is science? 20
Postmodernism and extreme relativist approaches 22
The two traditions: Quantitative and qualitative social research 23
The quantitative paradigm 26
The qualitative paradigm 29
Paradigms and research questions 31
A pragmatic approach 33
Mixed research designs 35
Realism and real-world research 35
Working in open systems 42
The purposes of research 44
Practical value of the theoretical material covered in the chapter 46
Part II Planning: Selecting a Strategy 55
Chapter 3 Developing your ideas 57
Design matters 57
Deciding on the focus of a project 60
Searching and reviewing the literature 65
Research questions 73
Developing your research question(s) 78
The place of theory 81
Chapter 4 General design issues 92
A framework for research design 93
Getting a feel for design issues 96
Choosing a research design strategy 97
Establishing trustworthiness 103
Chapter 5 Desk-based research 106
Types of desk-based research 107
Doing a literature review as a desk-based project 116
The main steps to take in carrying out a literature review as a desk-based project 117
Doing a systematic review 121
Doing a realist review 126
In summary 129
Chapter 6 Fixed designs 135
General features of fixed designs 137
Establishing trustworthiness in fixed-design research 139
True experiments 158
Quasi-experiments 163
Single-case experiments 172
Non-experimental fixed designs 178
Sample size in fixed designs 183
Chapter 7 Flexible designs 190
General features of flexible designs 191
Research traditions in qualitative research 194
Case studies 195
Ethnographic studies 201
Grounded theory 206
Other approaches 210
Sampling in flexible designs 210
Establishing trustworthiness in flexible-design research 213
Chapter 8 Mixed designs 223
The quantitative-qualitative incompatibility thesis 224
The mixed- methods movement 225
Types of mixed designs 226
Designing and carrying out mixed- design research 229
Pragmatism, realism or 'anything goes'? 232
Dealing with discrepancies in findings 233
Concluding comments 235
Chapter 9 Designs for particular purposes: Evaluation, action, participation and change 239
Evaluation 240
Action research 255
Intervention and change 259
Researchers and practitioners 260
Chapter 10 Et
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Psychologie |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | 704 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9781119523604 |
| ISBN-10: | 1119523605 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 1W119523600 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Robson, Colin |
| Auflage: | 5. Aufl. |
| Hersteller: |
Wiley
Wiley & Sons |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, product-safety@wiley.com |
| Maße: | 35 x 190 x 235 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Colin Robson |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 02.05.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 1,394 kg |
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