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Practicing and Presenting Social Research

This open-access textbook is for those who want to write exemplary social research. It provides an extensive outline of each step of the research process: outlining practical tools for conceptualizing its beginnings, generating proposals, getting ethics approval, relaxing from the stresses of research, writing academically, conducting a literature review, drafting a methods section, collecting the right data, formulating the findings, and sharing the results.

Social Work and Human Services Social Sciences

Tác giả: Oral Robinson and Alexander Wilson
Nhà xuất bản: University of British Columbia
Nguồn: LibreTexts
Giấy phép: CC BY-NC
Ngôn ngữ: EN
Danh mục: Khoa học cơ bản

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01: Generating and Developing Original Research Ideas
1.01: The First Research Question is About You
1.02: A Note on Reflexivity and Positionality
1.03: Relational Accountability
1.04: Finding the Right Question
1.05: Evaluating the Question
1.06: Summary
1.07: Worksheet - Surveying the Universe of Potential Topics
02: Developing a Research Proposal
2.01: Introduction- the Question
2.02: Components of a Research Proposal
2.03: Writing Abstracts
2.04: The Body of the Research Proposal
2.05: Timeline
2.06: Summary
2.07: Worksheet - Writing the Proposal
2.08: Additional Resources
03: Ethics Review
3.01: Introduction- Reviewing Your Ethics
3.02: Do You Need Institutional Ethics Approval
3.03: Getting Approval
3.04: Walkthrough of Each Step
3.05: Summary
04: Researching with Self-Care
4.01: Introduction- What is self-care
4.02: Time Management
4.03: Rituals and Self-Care When Writing
4.04: Mindfulness
4.05: Working With a Supervisor
4.06: Peer Support
4.07: Imposter Syndrome
4.08: Summary
4.09: Additional Resources
05: Academic Writing
5.01: Introduction- Effective Academic Writing
5.02: The Basics
5.03: Many Genres Many Masters
5.04: Eight More Tips For Every Analysis
5.05: Summary
5.06: Additional Resources
06: The Literature Review
6.01: Introduction- Literature Reviews Daunting but Clarifying
6.02: Demystifying the Literature Review
6.03: Conducting the Review
6.04: Assuring Proper Citation and Writing the Review
6.05: Summary
6.06: Worksheet - The Literature Review
6.07: Additional Resources
07: Writing the Methods Section
7.01: Introduction- Why Methods
7.02: Drafting the Methods Section
7.03: Summary
7.04: Worksheet - Writing the Methods Section
08: Data Collection
8.01: Introduction
8.02: Enhancing Data Quality and Overcoming Bad Data
8.03: Sampling
8.04: Collecting Primary Data
8.05: Collecting Secondary Data
8.06: Systematic Literature Reviews Essays and Theoretical Theses
8.07: Data Organization
8.08: Summary
8.09: Worksheet - Resolving Data Doubts
8.10: Additional Resources
09: Qualitative Data Analysis
9.01: Introduction- Learning to Swim in the Data
9.02: Transcribing and Coding
9.03: Other Strategies of Qualitative Data Analysis
9.04: Presenting Your Findings
9.05: Mapping Data- It's All 'Storylining'
9.06: Summary
9.07: Worksheet - Qualitative Data Analysis
9.08: Additional Resources
10: Quantitative Data Analysis
10.01: Getting Started- Cleaning Data and Establishing Procedures
10.02: Secondary Data Analysis
10.03: Types of Quantitative Data Analysis and Presentation Format
10.04: Descriptive Statistics
10.05: Inferential Statistics
10.06: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
10.07: Student Testimonial- Data Visualizations with R
10.08: Correlations
10.09: Regressions
10.10: Drawing Conclusions From Your Data
10.11: Summary
10.12: Additional Resources
11: Writing the Discussion and Conclusion
11.01: Introduction- Data Analyzed What Now
11.02: The Contents of the Discussion
11.03: Writing Your Conclusions
11.04: Summary
11.05: Worksheet - Discussing and Concluding
11.06: Additional Resources
12: Presenting Your Research
12.01: Introduction- Speech
12.02: Types of Conference Presentations
12.03: Applying to Conferences
12.04: Oral Presentations
12.05: Poster Presentations
12.06: Question Period
12.07: Summary
12.08: Additional Resources
13: Publishing Your Research
13.01: Introduction- Contemplating Publication
13.02: Understanding Peer-Review
13.03: Where to Submit
13.04: Assessing the Journal and Improving Publication Success
13.05: Further Considerations for Journal Submission- Open Access Cover Letters and Predatory Journals
13.06: Some Tips for Good Writing Revisited
13.07: Receiving and Dealing with Decisions
13.08: Summary
13.09: Additional Resources