Research methods : guidance for postgraduates /
edited by Tony Greenfield.
- London : New York : Arnold ; J. Wiley, 1996.
- xii, 306 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. A view of research / Tony Greenfield Ch. 2. The research process: four steps to success / Tom Bourner Ch. 3. Research proposals / David Williams Ch. 4. Finding funds / David Williams Ch. 5. Ethics of research / Tony Greenfield Ch. 6. Documenting your work / Vivien Martin Ch. 7. Reviewing the literature: use of library and information systems / Susan Frank Ch. 8. Data handling on computers / R. Allan Reese Ch. 9. Buying your own computer / R. Allan Reese Ch. 10. Who can help? / Shirley Coleman Ch. 11. Managing your PhD / Stan Taylor Ch. 12. Randomised trials / Douglas Altman Ch. 13. Laboratory and industrial experiments / Tony Greenfield Ch. 14. Agricultural experiments / Roger Payne Ch. 15. Surveys / Roger Thomas Ch. 16. Principles of sampling / Peter Lynn Ch. 17. Sampling in human studies / Peter Lynn Ch. 18. Problems of measurement / Jim Rowlands Ch. 19. Sources of population statistics / Tony Rowntree. Ch. 20. Instrumentation for experiments / Andrew Penney Ch. 21. Interviewing / Mark Hughes Ch. 22. Elementary statistics / David Hand Ch. 23. Further statistical methods / David Hand Ch. 24. Data analysis by computer / C. E. Lunneborg and David Hand Ch. 25. Mathematical models and simulation / Andrew Metcalfe Ch. 26. Deterministic models / Andrew Metcalfe Ch. 27. Stochastic models / Andrew Metcalfe Ch. 28. Writing the thesis / Tony Greenfield Ch. 29. Presenting your research: reports and talks / Paul Levy Ch. 30. Graphical presentation / Paul Levy Ch. 31. Protecting and exploiting technology / Edward Nodder and Fiona Dickson Ch. 32. Career opportunities / Ralph Coates.