| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 250 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Wiley SCELC e-books
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| Contents |
Research today / Malcolm Crowe -- Studying complexity : are we approaching the limits of science? / Ian Boyd -- A sustainable environment? : a 'lopsided view' of an environmental geochemist / Andrew S. Hursthouse -- Use and abuse of statisticians / Mario Hair -- Research in information systems : mine and my colleagues' / Abel Usoro -- Hearing lips and seeing voices : illusion and serendipity in auditory-visual perception research / John MacDonald -- Research in modern history / Martin Myant -- 'Scientificity' and its alternatives : aspects of philosophy and methodology within media and cultural studies research / Neil Blain -- The truth as personal documentation : an anthropological narrative of hospital portering / Nigel Rapport -- Philosophy, nursing and the nature of evidence / P. Anne Scott -- Researching the spiritual : outcome or process? / Harriet Mowat and John Swinton -- Using narrative in care and research : the patient's journey / John Atkinson |
| Summary |
An important book by researchers from across disciplines introducing varying ideas on research, important in these days of inter-disciplinary and multi-centered investigation. The book introduces academics to new areas of endeavour and encourages researchers and students to think broadly when devising their studies |
| Analysis |
Electronic books |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Health -- Miscellanea.
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Science -- Miscellanea.
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Social medicine -- Miscellanea.
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Technology -- Miscellanea.
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Ethics, Research.
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Interdisciplinary Communication.
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Research Design.
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| Genre/Form |
Miscellanea.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Atkinson, John, 1953-
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Crowe, M. K. (Malcolm K.)
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| ISBN |
0470029471 (electronic bk.) |
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0470777931 |
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1280720972 |
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9780470029473 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470777930 |
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9781280720970 |
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(paper ; alk. paper) |
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(paper ; alk. paper) |
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