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Developing Effective Research Proposals
2000, SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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0585386072 9780585386072
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction
1.1 Research proposals - purpose and use of this book
1.2 Background to this book
1.2.1 Empirical research - data
1.2.2 Quantitative and qualitative data
1.2.3 Relaxing the quantitative-qualitative distinction
1.2.4 Social science and social science areas
1.2.5 Relationship of this book to Introduction to Social
Research
1.3 A view of research
1.4 Outline of chapters
1.5 Review concepts
Notes
2 The Proposal - Readers, Expectations and Functions
2.1 What is a research proposal?
2.2 Readers and expectations
2.3 Functions and purpose of the proposal
2.4 Pre-structured versus unfolding research
2.5 The research proposal as a plan
2.6 Research questions or research problems?
2.7 A simplified model of research
2.8 Review concepts and questions
Notes
3 A General Framework for Developing Proposals
3.1 An overall framework
3.2 A hierarchy of concepts
3.3 Research areas and topics
3.4 General and specific research questions
3.5 Data collection questions
3.6 Research questions and data - the empirical criterion
3.7 Three tactical issues
3.7.1 The importance of the pre-empirical stage
3.7.2 Questions before methods
3.7.3 Do I need hypotheses in my proposal?
3.8 Review concepts and questions
Notes
4 Some Issues
4.1 The perspective behind the research
4.2 The role of theory
4.2.1 Description versus explanation
4.2.2 Theory verification versus theory generation
4.3 Pre-structured versus unfolding
4.4 The relevant literature
4.5 Quantitative, qualitative or both?
4.6 Review concepts and questions
Notes
5 Methods
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Quantitative data, qualitative data, or both?
5.3 Design
5.3.1 Strategy
5.3.2 Framework
5.3.3 Sample
5.3.4 Data collection (instruments, procedures, ethical issues)
5.3.5 Data analysis
5.4 The question of methodological expertise
5.5 Review concepts and questions
Notes
6 Writing the Proposal
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Proposal headings
6.3 Qualitative proposals
Notes
7 Tactics
7.1 Introduction
7.2 General tactical issues
7.3 Departmental (or University) guidelines
7.4 Getting started
7.4.1 The 'two pager'
7.4.2 The ideas paper
7.4.3 Working deductively
7.5 The value of discussion
7.6 The value of writing it down
7.7 Three common dilemmas
7.7.1 Several topics at once
7.7.2 Getting to closure versus getting to closure
too quickly
7.7.3 Focus on context, background and literature
versusfocus on research questions
7.8 The importance of clarity
7.9 Examples of proposals
Notes
Appendix 1: Disentangling the terms 'perspective', 'strategy'
and 'design'
Appendix 2: Questions to guide proposal development
References
Index.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-121) and index.
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