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Research Matters
F DU PLOOY-CILLIERS, C DAVIS & RM BEZUIDENHOUT (EDITORS)
Research Matters is a text written for South African under-graduate students. It diffuses typically dense content into easy-to-read chapters to guide beginners through each step in the research process. Examples and applications utilised in the text focus on research problems and objectives in South Africa which students can identify with.
CONTENTS
• What is research?
• Research paradigms and traditions
• Theory in research
• From topic to research question
• The aims of research
• Formulating hypotheses
• The research rationale
• The literature review
• Conceptualisation
• Constructing arguments in research
• Sampling
• Quantitative data collection
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dr Franzél du Plooy-Cilliers is Head of
Independent Institute of Education. Dr Rose-Marié Bezuidenhout teaches at Monash University and Dr Corné Davis is in the Department of Communication at the University of Johannesburg.
SUITABLE FOR
Undergraduate students in all disciplines.
Research Methodology
An introduction
W GODDARD & S MELVILLE
Research Methodology: An Introduction covers all facets of the research process, from finding a topic to disseminating the results. The subject is placed in the context of the academic scene and research needs in South Africa, and methodologies discussed include traditional modes of inquiry, research technology such as the Internet, and the role of oral tradition in the social sciences.
KEY FEATURES
• Includes discussion questions and exercises for those who want to use it as the basis for course instruction.
• Highly suitable for new researchers needing a guide for self-study.
SUITABLE FOR
• Advanced undergraduate students
• Postgraduate students
• New researchers.
• Qualitative data collection • Action research
• Quantitative data analysis • Qualitative data analysis
• Validity and reliability
• Ethics in research
• Limitations, delimitations and
recommendations
• The research proposal • The research report
• Referencing
978 1 48510 201 4 978 1 48510 433 9 2014
352 PAGES
ZAR R433.00 ZAR R404.00
Faculty: Applied Humanities at the
978 0 70215 660 1 978 0 70219 612 6 2e 2001
158 PAGES
ZAR R442.00 ZAR R413.00
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