Much more than a style guide that teaches students the correct way to set up a footnote, Where Credit is Due provides complete nuts-and-bolts information for all aspects of researching, writing, laying out, and presenting a research or term paper.
A comprehensive resource manual for both students and instructors to help students carry out library research in the social sciences, develop writing strategies for formal papers, and orally present and defend their work.
This user-friendly book covers the principles and history of action research, ethical and legal considerations, how to conduct both formal and informal action research, data collection methods, data analysis and interpretation, planning and initiating action, and evaluating the results of action. Illustrations are included in each chapter.
Qualitative Health Research seeks to map the field through tracking the gradual wider adoption of qualitative methods in health research by showcasing seminal research in the field. The three volumes will focus, respectively on 'Patients and Disease', 'Health Professionals and Patients', and 'Organisations and Work Places'.
Doing Practitioner Research focuses on helping practitioners conduct research in their own organisations, and attention is given to the best methods for doing this effectively and sensitively. The authors have provided the perfect introduction to why practitioners are in the unique position to conduct research that improves professional practice.