Table of Contents
About the Author ix
List of Contributors xi
Preface to the Third Edition xiii
Preface to the Second Edition xix
Preface to the First Edition xxi
Part I First Steps 1
1 A View of Research 3Tony Greenfield
2 The Research Journey: Four Steps to Success 7Tom Bourner and Sue Greener
3 Managing Your Doctorate 13Stan Taylor
4 Documenting Your Work 34Vivien Martin
5 Ethics of Research 46Tony Greenfield
6 Plagiarism 56Tony Greenfield
7 Critically Reviewing Your Own Research 60Tom Bourner and Juliet Millican
Part II Support 69
8 Research Proposals for Funding 71Lowry McComb
9 Who Can Help? 81Shirley Coleman
10 Information and Library Services 86Claire Abson and Alastair Allan
11 Research Methods for Advanced Web Searching 94Alastair Allan
12 Searching in Unfamiliar Fields 113Tom Bourner and Sue Greener
13 Sources of Population Statistics 121Keith Dugmore
14 An Introduction to Bibliometrics 130Silvia Salini
15 Choosing and Using Software for Statistics 144Felix Grant
16 Computer Support for Data Analysis 152Clifford E. Lunneborg
Part III Measurement and Experimentation 157
17 Instrumentation in Experimentation 159Anand D. Pandyan, Frederike van Wijck and Garth R. Johnson
18 Randomised Trials 171Douglas G. Altman
19 Laboratory and Industrial Experiments 180Tony Greenfield
20 Experiments in Biological Sciences 193Roger Payne
21 Survey Research 202David de Vaus
22 Theory and Practice of Qualitative Research 214Irena Ograjenšek
23 Kansei Engineering 231Lluis Marco-Almagro
24 Principles of Sampling 244Peter Lynn
25 Sampling in Human Studies 255Peter Lynn
26 Interviewing 264Mark Hughes
27 Measurement Error 275Roland Caulcutt
Part IV Data Analysis 287
28 Elementary Statistics 289David J. Hand
29 Further Statistical Methods 299David J. Hand
30 Spreadsheets: A Few Tips 307Tony Greenfield and Andrea Benn
Part V Special Tools 323
31 The Value of Mathematical Models 325Andrew Metcalfe
32 Deterministic Models 342Andrew Metcalfe
33 Stochastic Models and Simulation 357David Green and Andrew Metcalfe
34 Optimisation 372Aiden Fisher and Andrew Metcalfe
Part VI Presentation 387
35 Writing the Thesis 389Tony Greenfield
36 The Logic of a Research Report 400Tom Bourner and Linda Heath
37 Presenting Data 412Sue Greener
38 Presenting and Sharing Your Research 419Sue Greener
39 Reporting Research 429Iveta Simera and Douglas G. Altman
40 Social Media – How to Make ItWork for You as a Post-Graduate 440Suzanne Fraser-Martin and Catherine Fraser-Martin
Part VII Next Steps 455
41 Protection and Exploitation of Intellectual Property 457Patrick Andrews
42 Career Opportunities 470Sara Shinton
Index 479