Bryman & Bell: Research Project Guide

Table of Contents

1. Preparing Yourself to Do Research
2. What Do I Want to Research Exactly?
3. The Research Process
4. Writing Up Your Research Report
   1. Preliminary planning
   2. The structure of a dissertation
   3. Title page, acknowledgements and contents page
   4. Abstracts
   5. Introduction
   6. The literature review
   7. Research Methods
   8. Results
   9. Discussion & Conclusions
   10. References, appendices and obligations
   11. Referencing
   12. Writing up research checklist

References, appendices and obligations

Chapter 26, Pages 564-5

Appendices

1. in your appendices you might include such things as your questionnaire, coding frame, or observation schedule, letters sent to sample members and letters to and from gatekeepers where the cooperation of an organization was required

References

1. include all references cited in the text; you should follow whichever format is prescribed by your department. Nowadays, the format is usually a variation of the Harvard method, such as the one employed for this book

Obligations

1. remember to fulfil any obligations you entered into, such as supplying a copy of, or report on, your dissertation if your access was predicated on providing one and maintaining the confidentiality of information supplied and the anonymity of your informants and other research participants