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100 1 $aPunch, Keith.
245 10 $aDeveloping effective research proposals /$cKeith F. Punch.
260 $aLondon :$bSAGE,$c2000.
300 $avii, 125 p. ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aEssential resources for social research
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [119]-121) and index.
505 0 $aEmpirical research - data -- Quantitative and qualitative data -- Relaxing the quantitative-qualitative distinction -- Social science and social science areas -- Relationship of this book to Introduction to Social Research -- A view of research -- The Proposal - Readers, Expectations and Functions -- What is a research proposal? -- Readers and expectations -- Functions and purpose of the proposal -- Pre-structured versus unfolding research -- The research proposal as a plan -- Research questions or research problems? -- A simplified model of research -- A General Framework for Developing Proposals -- An overall framework -- A hierarchy of concepts -- Research areas and topics -- General and specific research questions -- Data collection questions -- Research questions and data--the empirical criterion -- Three tactical issues -- The importance of the pre-empirical stage -- Questions before methods -- Do I need hypotheses in my proposal? -- The perspective behind the research -- The role of theory -- Description versus explanation -- Theory verification versus theory generation -- Pre-structured versus unfolding -- The relevant literature -- Quantitative, qualitative or both? -- Methods -- Quantitative data, qualitative data, or both? -- Design -- Strategy -- Framework -- Sample -- Data collection (instruments, procedures, ethical issues) -- Data analysis -- The question of methodological expertise -- Writing the Proposal -- Proposal headings -- Qualitative proposals -- Tactics -- General tactical issues -- Departmental (or University) guidelines -- The 'two pager' -- The ideas paper -- Working deductively -- The value of discussion -- The value of writing it down -- Three common dilemmas -- Getting to closure versus getting to closure too quickly -- Focus on context, background and literature versus focus on research questions -- The importance of clarity -- Examples of proposals -- Disentangling the terms 'perspective', 'strategy' and 'design' -- Questions to guide proposal development.
650 0 $aSocial sciences$xResearch$xMethodology.
650 0 $aProposal writing in the social sciences.
948 $a03/15/2001$b03/15/2001
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