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Please use these pages as you need to. There is no need to work through all the sections.
Several external sources have been used in creating these pages. They are all online, and they are:
Bryman A., and Bell, E. (2006) Business Research Methods. Oxford: OUP.
Basic Steps in the Research Process is an accessible, clear and useful resource which is at:
http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/
The reference is: Samuels, H. (2004) Basic Steps in the Research Process. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
ABCs of writing is a site "to provide a user friendly online resource, for students or teachers, no matter what they are being challenged to write", which it manages to do (despite incorrect use of the apostrophe in the title!). It is at:
http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/
The reference is: Lipkewich, A. E. (2001) ABCs of writing. Edmonton, Canada: Westmount Schoo
This checklist can be used to help you keep in touch your progress with the project. The items on the checklist (adapted from Bryant and Bell -2006) will help you to be sure every stage has been completed as you work though them. You can download the checklist by clicking here, and complete sections as you work through the project. Even of you don't use the whole checklist, you should find some useful questions to ask.
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What is / are the objective(s) of the research? Are all stakeholders clear? Have you written a suitable research proposal? Have you got all permissions to carry it out? Have you obtained resources to carry out your research? Have you got support / advice available? |
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Will your approaches, methods and techniques meet the research objectives? |
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Have you negotiated access? Are you ensuring ethical considerations are met? |
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What are your primary sources? Are you using interviews, observation, visits, surveys, literature reviews, statistical analysis? |
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Have you carefully planned your questions? |
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How are you to analyse the data? |
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What are you conclusions and recommendations? Do they answer the research objectives? Are the results significant? What are their limitations? |
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What potential sources of bias are there throughout all the research process? |
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What have you done to minimise them? |
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