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This book offers a complete introduction to the fundamentals of data and will enable you to think like a data analyst. Using real-world case studies, it sets out theories for understanding quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods data analysis, and develops techniques for applying best practice in your research.
Concise and unintimidating, this book is the only pragmatic, quick-star guide to the main theories, issues and approaches in insider action research.
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This collection of essays addresses the major moral debate regarding research: fraud and deception, controlled expiriments on humans, animal and genetic research, IQ and military research. The essays collected here represent best efforts to date of philosophers and scientists to grapple with these interesting and difficult issues.
Researching with Integrity breaks new ground by analyzing research ethics from the perspective of individual character rather than rule-based codes of practice. The book offers a theoretically grounded yet strongly practical approach to understanding the complexities of research ethics. As such it will be an essential resource for both serious scholars of research ethics and postgraduate students.
The guidelines provided here apply across various types of reviews. Both qualitative and quantitative reviews are covered. The literature review comes in many shapes and sizes. This book will help readers understand the purpose and mechanics of a literature review.
Researching with Integrity breaks new ground by analyzing research ethics from the perspective of individual character rather than rule-based codes of practice. The book offers a theoretically grounded yet strongly practical approach to understanding the complexities of research ethics. As such it will be an essential resource for both serious scholars of research ethics and postgraduate students.
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System thinking, critical realism and philosophy: A confluence of ideas seeks to re-address the whole question of philosophy and systems thinking for the twenty-frist century and to provide a new work that may be of value for both systems and philosophy. This is a highly opportune time when different field – critical realism, philosophy of science and system thinking – are all developing around the same set of concepts and yet not realizing it. This book will be of interest to the academic systems community world wide; due to interdisciplinary coverage, it will also be of relevance to a wide range of scholars in other disciplines, particularly philosophy but also operational research, information system and sociology.
A perennial bestseller since 1997 Understanding Research Methodsprovides a detailed overview of all the important concepts traditionally covered in a research methods class. It covers the principals of both quantitative and qualitative research, and how to interpret statistics without computations, so is suitable for all students regardless of their math background.
