Endorsements

‘With an excellent new chapter on troubleshooting, this text remains the best-value and most easily accessible textbook for students taking a Management or Accounting degree. Thoroughly recommended.’

The new edition of Collis & Hussey builds on the strengths of previous editions, providing a clear and accessible foundation for undergraduate and postgraduate management students in undertaking research. The authors combine a sound approach to research methods with a sympathetic understanding of the practical problems regularly faced by students new to individual research. The book is helpful for students working alone (particularly the chapters on collecting and analysing data, expanded for this edition) and for formal research methods courses.

Collis and Hussey take the beginning researcher by the hand and lead them sympathetically and lucidly through the academic maze.

Finding a rigorous overview of the variety of research approaches can be difficult, but a broad grounding is essential if students are to make sensible choices about the relevant approach needed to answer their particular research questions. Collis and Hussey not only provide this starting point but also give signposts to the more detailed literature that will allow students to focus successfully.

“I have used Collis and Hussey’s Business Research: A Practical Guide for Undergraduate & Postgraduate Students since the first edition was published in 1997. Research methods is an impenetrable topic for most students, especially undergraduates, and at the time this book filled a gap in the market, with its readable style and accessible format. I am delighted to see the third edition in updated form with progress tests and activities and a focus on the practical issues that students face when approaching a research project for the first time. The main strength of the work remains the strong student focus, helping them to make sense of the different referencing systems, and copious tips and advice on all aspects of preparing a dissertation or thesis. It is also extremely useful for students preparing their research proposal, which is a key component for the successful completion of any project. The inclusion of screen shots and output files from the latest version of SPSS (16.0) is also a very helpful feature of the third edition. ”

“This is a good introductory book to Business Research Methods. It manages to make very accessible a subject that is, at the same time, important for business students and difficult for them to grasp. The book is user-friendly, and the troubleshooting session at the end is a must for students in difficulties with their research projects.”

Comprehensive, clarifying, convincing … from front to back this book offers everything that the research student requires. Practical help is accompanied by a clear analysis of theoretical concepts. If you have struggled with research in the past this book will be a good companion for your research projects in the future.

Business Research by Collis and Hussey offers a coherent, extremely well thought out and stimulating book on research in business. Activities and progress tests allow the text to be used in class, and also, can be used to refine one’s ‘knowledge’ individually. I especially enjoyed the section ‘Making Academic Decisions’, as having recently joined a university at postgraduate level I think the majority of my recent troubles and woes would have been made less dramatic had I read it before I arrived. I have already recommended the book to many of my colleagues teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students. An excellent book, which can be used as a checklist for experienced researchers, or treated as a ‘sacred text’ by students new to research.

I purchased your book some time ago and am now in the throes of a dissertation at Sheffield University. I just wanted to say thank you for writing such a wonderful book that explains everything really logically and is also inspiring and interesting! Yes, I never thought I would say that about research methods! It’s worth every penny!