This companion to The Researcher's Toolkit is a practical, jargon-free, user-friendly guide to the most appropriate use of research instruments. It provides 'real' examples of research instruments used in actual projects by practising social and educational researchers. Readers will be invited to modify these for their own particular projects. The five main research instruments are covered: - questionnaires - observation schedules - interview schedules - focus groups - content analysis Using Research Instruments is suitable for all those who are new to research, including work-based learners and undergraduate researchers in education, nursing, social science and business studies.

Using Research Instruments: A Toolkit for Researchers

WILKINSON, DAVID

Birmingham, Peter

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Falmer Pr

Using Research Instruments: A Guide for Researchers (Routledge Study Guides)

Clear, accessible and practical, this guide introduces the first-time researcher to the various instruments used in social research. It assesses a broad range of research instruments - from the well-established to the innovative - enabling readers to decide which are particularly well suited to their research. The book covers: <ul>
<li>questionnaires</li> <li>interviews</li> <li>content analysis</li> <li>focus groups</li> <li>observation</li> <li>researching the things people say and do.</li>
</ul>
This book is particularly suitable for work-based and undergraduate researchers in education, social policy and social work, nursing and business administration. It draws numerous examples from actual research projects, which readers can adapt for their own purposes. Written in a fresh and jargon-free style, the book assumes no prior knowledge and is firmly rooted in the authors' own extensive research experience. Using Research Instruments is the ideal companion volume to The Researcher's Toolkit. Together they offer a superb practical introduction to conducting a social research project.

Using Research Instruments (Routledge Study Guides)

Routledge

Using Research Instruments: A Guide for Researchers

Clear, accessible and practical, this guide introduces the first-time researcher to the various instruments used in social research. It assesses a broad range of research instruments - from the well-established to the innovative - enabling readers to decide which are particularly well suited to their research. The book covers: <ul> <li>questionnaires</li> <li>interviews</li> <li>content analysis</li> <li>focus groups</li> <li>observation</li> <li>researching the things people say and do.</li> </ul> This book is particularly suitable for work-based and undergraduate researchers in education, social policy and social work, nursing and business administration. It draws numerous examples from actual research projects, which readers can adapt for their own purposes. Written in a fresh and jargon-free style, the book assumes no prior knowledge and is firmly rooted in the authors' own extensive research experience. Using Research Instruments is the ideal companion volume to The Researcher's Toolkit. Together they offer a superb practical introduction to conducting a social research project.

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