Includes discussion of the useful early stages of a research task: planning and drafting a paper. This title explains how to build an argument that motivates readers to accept a claim; and, how to anticipate the reservations of readers and to respond to them appropriately.

For a wide variety of graduate or advanced undergraduate research courses, this text is an understand-it-yourself, do-it-yourself manual designed to help research students in any discipline understand the fundamental structure of quality research and the methodical process that leads to genuinely significant results.

A guide to researching, preparing and writing a dissertation at Masters level. This book takes the student through the stages necessary to complete their research and write a successful dissertation. It includes sections on choosing a topic, research design, methodology and presenting data and writing up.

Provides students with the skills necessary to conduct research outside the laboratory, in real world situations. This book features examples and references from the fields of applied psychology, applied social science, health studies, social work and education. It includes additional coverage of ethnographic and grounded theory approaches.

Suitable for those carrying out a research project, this work provides beginner researchers with the tools to do the job, to help them avoid some of the pitfalls and time-wasting false trails, and to establish good research habits. It includes: chapter on ethics; coverage of the techniques such as grounded theory; and examples from health studies.