Contents
Introduction
1 The research process
2 Design and execution of research
2.1 The research design
2.2 Purpose of the research design
3 Research design in quantitative research
3.1 Basic criteria for quantitative research design
3.2 Structure of quantitative research design
3.3 Steps in quantitative research design
Step 1. Topic and methodology
Step 2. Methodological construction of topic
Step 3. Sampling procedures
Step 4. Data collection
Step 5. Data processing
Step 6. Reporting
General comment
4 Research design in qualitative research
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Fixed qualitative designs
4.3 Flexible qualitative designs
4.4 Quantitative and (flexible) qualitative designs
5 Research design in critical research
6 Examples of research designs
6.1 Quantitative research design: an
example
6.2 Fixed qualitative designs: an
example
6.3 Flexible qualitative design: an example
Introduction to grounded theory
Characteristics of grounded theory
The research process
Why use this
research model?
7 Designing your project
7.1 Pre-design decisions
7.2 Your design
Topic and methodology
Methodological formulation of the topic
Sampling
Data collection
Data analysis
Reporting
Main points
Where to from here?
Further reading