Full Description
This is your step-by-step guide to success with your research proposal. This new edition covers every section of the proposal, telling you all you need to know on how to structure it, bring rigour to your methods section, impress your readers and get your proposal accepted. With practical tips and advice throughout, new features include:
Comprehensive explanation of method and methodology, and how to maximize this crucial section of your proposal
A new section on mixed methods: an increasingly common approach in research
A new chapter on how to get it right with ethics
Fresh exercises and activities, now for each key chapter.
The Third Edition provides an authoritative and accessible guide for anyone tackling a research proposal. It is perfect for students in education, nursing, health, and across the social sciences.
Contents
Introduction: Reading this Book
Understanding Readers, Expectations and Functions
Including Ethics in Social Science Research Alis Oancea
Developing a General Framework for Proposals
Using Theory and Dealing with the Literature
Presenting Methods and Methodologies
Writing the Proposal
Getting Tactics Right
Examples of Proposals
