How to do Your Research Project: A Guide for Students in Education and Applied Social Sciences

Are you doing a research project? Do you need advice on how to carry out research?

Using practical examples, this book takes you through what should happen at each phase in the project's schedule. Gary Thomas explains the main design frames and methods of data collection and analysis used in education and social science research, and provides down-to-earth advice on how to weave these elements together into a coherent whole.

Structured according to the main phases of doing a project, the book covers

deciding your topic and your research question

project management and study skills

doing a literature review

methodology and research design

design frames

ethics and access

how to analyse the information you gather

discussing findings, theorising, concluding and writing up

This book is an essential read for undergraduate, postgraduate, CPD and doctoral students undertaking a project in the applied social sciences.