Introducing Research Methodology: A Beginner′s Guide to Doing a Research Project

by Uwe Flick

Lecturers/instructors - request a free digital inspection copy In the Second Edition of this textbook designed for new researchers, Uwe Flick takes readers through the process of producing a research project. The book gives readers the fundamental data collection and analysis skills that they need for their first project, as well as a good understanding of the research process as a whole. It covers both quantitative and qualitative methods, and contains plenty of real-life examples from the author′s own research. The book will help readers to answer questions such

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Research

320 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2011

Reviews

[Krishna Chaitanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book is good for beginners (with no knowledge) about scientific methods in research, to get started with. However, some contents, such as coding for content analysis in qualitative research, evaluation of your research project, have been presented in a complex way (for a beginner). There is less emphasis on e-research (doing social research online), and even that is outdated. The worldviews and the state of this practice are from 2014 or even prior (year of publication of 2e), and do not make sense in 2020. However, it is a good book to get an overall idea, and an advantage is, other books/articles have directed to, in case you wish to learn a concept/method in-depth.

[Tarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basic primer on research methodologies that is useful for field review (and/or would be very good intro for students in field).

[Karina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Concise, well structured, very informative and applicable. Best introduction to the subject I’ve found.