| Description |
xiii, 150 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Palgrave key concepts |
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Palgrave key concepts.
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: Focus Group -- Frame of Reference -- Frequency -- Functionalism -- Generalizability -- Grounded Theory -- Hawthorne Effect -- Hermeneutics -- Histogram -- Hypothesis -- Identity -- Ideographic -- Inductivism -- Information -- Informed Consent -- Interpreting (Data) -- Interpretative Research -- Interview -- Introduction -- Iterative -- Knowledge -- Language -- Likert Rating Scale -- Line Graph -- Linear -- Linear Regression -- Literature Review -- Lived Experience -- Longitudinal Research -- Mean -- Meaning -- Median -- Meta-analysis -- Method -- Methodology -- Mixed Method Research -- Mode -- Modernism -- Narrative Research -- Nomothetic -- Normal Distribution -- Note-taking -- Objectives -- Objectivity -- Observational -- Ontology -- Open Question -- Paradigm -- Participant Observation -- Phenomenology -- Pie Chart -- Pilot Study -- Population -- Positivism -- Postmodernism -- Poststructuralism -- Primary Data -- Qualitative -- Quantitative -- |
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Contents note continued: Questionnaires -- Rationalism -- Realism -- Reductionism -- Referencing -- Rellexivity -- Relativism -- Reliability -- Representation -- Research -- Research Design -- Research Method -- Research Methodology -- Research Proposal -- Research Question (s) -- Researcher -- Respondent -- Sampling -- Secondary Data -- Semiotics -- Sense-making -- Skew -- Social Constructionism -- Statistics -- Storytelling -- Subjectivity -- Survey Research -- Symbolic Interactionism -- Textual Analysis -- Thematic Analysis -- Theory -- Thesis -- Title -- Transcription -- Triangulation -- Truth -- Validity -- Variables -- Weltanschauung -- Writing Up |
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Machine generated contents note: Key Concepts -- Abstract -- Access -- Action Research -- Active Response Rate -- Aim -- Analysis -- Anonymity -- Appendix -- Applied Research -- Archival Research -- Autoethnography -- Axial Coding -- Bar Chart -- Behaviour Variables -- Bias -- Case Study -- Causality -- Chi Square Test -- Closed Question -- Coding -- Cognitive Mapping -- Concept -- Confidentiality -- Consent -- Constant Comparison -- Constructionism -- Content Analysis -- Context -- Control Group -- Correlation -- Covert Research -- Critical Incident Method (CIM) -- Critical Management Studies (CMS) -- Critical Realism -- Critical Theory -- Data -- Data Collection -- Deconstructionism -- Deductivism -- Delphi Technique -- Delphi technique: mini-case illustration -- Determinism -- Discourse (Analysis) -- Discrete Data -- Discussion -- Dissertation -- Distribution -- Ernie -- Empiricism -- Epistemology -- Ethics -- Ethnography -- Etic -- Evaluation -- Experimental Design -- |
| Summary |
This book carefully identifies the key terms that business and management students need to understand in relation to research methodology. With clear and direct insights to the field, it allows students to obtain a rapid grasp on this subject that is often found to be complex and confusing. Features of this approachable text include: An easy-to-use dictionary definition format for quick reference. Fully cross-referenced entries allowing readers to build up a comprehensive understanding of the subject . Useful exemplar case studies and suggestions for further reading. An accessible writing manner that enables the reader to build progressive understanding |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-144) and index |
| Subject |
Business -- Research -- Methodology.
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Management -- Research -- Methodology.
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| ISBN |
0230250335 |
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9780230250338 |
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