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| Table of Content |
| Theories and Definitions |
| Literature Review |
| Planning Research |
| Research Methodology |
| Data Collection |
| Ethics and Law in Research |
| Data Analysis |
| Data Presentation and Conclusions |
| Disseminating Research |
| Additional Resources |
| Glossary |
| About the Authors |
| Contact Information |
| Table of Contents | |
| Theories and definitions | |
| Definition of research and stages of the research process | |
| Theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of research | |
| The qualitative-quantitative debate | |
| Literature Review | |
| Reviewing the literature and identifying gaps | |
| Specifying a relevant research topic | |
| Formulating research questions and hypotheses | |
| Developing and phrasing research aims and objectives | |
| Writing a research proposal | |
| Planning research | |
| Planning | |
| Timetabling | |
| Costing | |
| Research methods | |
| Quantitative | |
| Qualitative | |
| Mixed Methods | |
| Sampling and Recruitment | |
| Sampling | |
| Recruitment | |
| Data collection | |
| Data collection methods: types, development and piloting | |
| Questionnaire design and administration | |
| Interviews and focus groups | |
| Observations | |
| Validity, reliability and generalisability of research | |
| Ethics and law in research | |
| Data analysis | |
| Quantitative data analysis: descriptive statistics | |
| Quantitative data analysis: inferential statistics | |
| Computer-assisted quantitative data analysis | |
| Qualitative data analysis | |
| Computer-assisted qualitative data analysis | |
| Data presentation and conclusions | |
| Result presentation: script, graphs and tables | |
| Writing the discussion, summary and conclusions | |
| Research study limitations | |
| Research implications: theory, practice, skill training, education, and future research | |
| Dissemination | |
| Writing an abstract | |
| Referencing and concerns related to plagiarism | |
| Preparing an oral presentation | |
| Preparing a poster presentation | |
| Writing a peer-reviewed publication | |
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