Thomas, David R. 1943-

Designing and managing your research project : core skills for so cial and health research / David R. Thomas and Ian D. Hodges. - Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010. - vii, 253 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Designing and managing research projects: an overview -- Designing a new research project: issues to think about -- Developing research aim s and objectives -- Preparing and writing a research proposal -- Gettin g funding for research -- Research ethics and ethics reviews -- Doing a literature review -- Managing a research project -- Software for resea rch -- Working with colleagues and supervisors -- Communicating researc h findings -- Writing for research: some guiding principles -- Writing a research report: organisation and presentation -- Careers in research -- Concluding ideas: research projects and research careers.

9781848601925 (hbk.) 9781848601932 (pbk.)

2009-943263


Social sciences-- Research
Public health-- Research-- Methodology.
Dissertations, Academic.

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