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- BookRanjit Kumar.Summary: This practical book is designed for anyone who is planning to undertake a research project in the social sciences for the first time. Organised around eight operational steps, it explains difficult procedures step-by-step.
Contents:
Research: A way of thinking
Research process: a quick glance
Formulating a research problem
Reviewing the literature
Formulating a research problem
Identifying variables
Constructing hypotheses
Step II: Conceptualising a research design
Research design
Selecting a study design
Step III: Constructing an instrument for data collection
Selecting a method of data collection
Collecting data using attitudinal scales
Establishing the validity and reliability of a research instrument
Step IV: Selecting a sample
Selecting a sample
Step V: Writing a research proposal
Step VI: Collecting data
Considering ethical issues in data collection
Step VII: Processing and displaying data
Processing data
Displaying data
Step VIII: Writing a research report.