Introducing Research Methodology

Thinking Your Way Through Your Research Project
Fourth Edition
Uwe Flick - Freie Universtität Berlin, Germany
Introducing Research Methodology
February 2025 | 384 pages | Sage UK
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New to research? This book helps you understand, think about and interpret each stage of the research process before you dive in. The holistic coverage helps you 'think through' each step, from formulating questions and selecting methods to collecting data and analyzing results.

With new content on the ethics of digital research, online interviews and data protection, you will also find:

  • 10 new Student Research Spotlights that demonstrate how you can foster a reflexive mindset;
  • A strong emphasis on social justice, including principles for culturally-responsive research and methodologies that challenge colonial perspectives;
  • 34 case studies of real-world research that apply theory to global contexts, from Portugal to Germany to Canada.

This new edition is essential for any undergraduate or postgraduate student looking to conduct social research with confidence and capability.

Contents

Part I Orientation

  • 1 Why Social Research?
  • 2 Worldviews in Social Research
  • 3 Ethical Issues in Social Research
  • 4 From Research Idea to Research Question

Part II Planning and Design

  • 5 Reading and Reviewing the Literature
  • 6 Steps in the Research Process
  • 7 Designing Social Research

Part III Method Selection

  • 8 Deciding on Your Methods
  • 9 Triangulation and Mixed Methods

Part IV Working with Data

  • 10 Using Existing Data
  • 11 Collecting Data
  • 12 Analyzing Data

Part V Reflection and Writing

  • 13 What is Good Research? Evaluating Your Research Project
  • 14 Writing up Research and Using Results

Additional materials

Description

New to research? This book helps you understand, think about and interpret each stage of the research process before you dive in. The holistic coverage helps you 'think through' each step, from formulating questions and selecting methods to collecting data and analyzing results.

With new content on the ethics of digital research, online interviews and data protection, you will also find:

  • 10 new Student Research Spotlights that demonstrate how you can foster a reflexive mindset;
  • A strong emphasis on social justice, including principles for culturally-responsive research and methodologies that challenge colonial perspectives;
  • 34 case studies of real-world research that apply theory to global contexts, from Portugal to Germany to Canada.

This new edition is essential for any undergraduate or postgraduate student looking to conduct social research with confidence and capability.

Contents

Part I Orientation

  • 1 Why Social Research?
  • 2 Worldviews in Social Research
  • 3 Ethical Issues in Social Research
  • 4 From Research Idea to Research Question

Part II Planning and Design

  • 5 Reading and Reviewing the Literature
  • 6 Steps in the Research Process
  • 7 Designing Social Research

Part III Method Selection

  • 8 Deciding on Your Methods
  • 9 Triangulation and Mixed Methods

Part IV Working with Data

  • 10 Using Existing Data
  • 11 Collecting Data
  • 12 Analyzing Data

Part V Reflection and Writing

  • 13 What is Good Research? Evaluating Your Research Project
  • 14 Writing up Research and Using Results

Additional materials

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Introducing Research Methodology

Thinking Your Way Through Your Research Project

Uwe Flick
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February 2025 | 384 pages | Sage UK

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New to research? This book helps you understand, think about and interpret each stage of the research process before you dive in. The holistic coverage helps you 'think through' each step, from formulating questions and selecting methods to collecting data and analyzing results.

With new content on the ethics of digital research, online interviews and data protection, you will also find:

  • 10 new Student Research Spotlights that demonstrate how you can foster a reflexive mindset;
  • A strong emphasis on social justice, including principles for culturally-responsive research and methodologies that challenge colonial perspectives;
  • 34 case studies of real-world research that apply theory to global contexts, from Portugal to Germany to Canada.

This new edition is essential for any undergraduate or postgraduate student looking to conduct social research with confidence and capability.


Table Of Contents:

  • Part I Orientation
  • 1 Why Social Research?
  • 2 Worldviews in Social Research
  • 3 Ethical Issues in Social Research
  • 4 From Research Idea to Research Question
  • Part II Planning and Design
  • 5 Reading and Reviewing the Literature
  • 6 Steps in the Research Process
  • 7 Designing Social Research
  • Part III Method Selection
  • 8 Deciding on Your Methods
  • 9 Triangulation and Mixed Methods
  • Part IV Working with Data
  • 10 Using Existing Data
  • 11 Collecting Data
  • 12 Analyzing Data
  • Part V Reflection and Writing
  • 13 What is Good Research? Evaluating Your Research Project
  • 14 Writing up Research and Using Results

Recent Product Reviews:

This is a good book, especially for those who are just being introduced to research methodology
Dr Alice Lungu, Urban Studies, Copperbelt University
Praise for the third edition: A significant effort has been made to present a detailed, contemporary overview of designing and conducting social research. The author goes beyond the usual content covered in this type of textbook, by elaborating on worldview methodological approaches to research.
Shakiela K Davies, University of South Wales
Praise for the third edition: This continues to be a stand-out resource for students who are undertaking their first social research project, and this edition brings many welcome updates. Particularly welcome are the strengthening of the section on ethics, and the integration of online and digital research throughout the text.
Cathy Lasher, The Metanoia Institute
This book offers a solid grounding for research projects enabling insight into the what, when and why questions. Chapters provoke engagement with methods, reasoning and analysis so that those undertaking research find their own starting point and positionality.
Angela Scollan, Middlesex University

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