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  • What is involved in a small-scale research project/dissertation?
  • Start thinking about your research early
  • Preliminary literature review/discussions to get research ideas
  • Using your supervisor
  • Managing time and resources
  • What do I want to research exactly?
  • Asking research questions
  • Formulating a research proposal
  • The research strategy
  • The research design & using a case study design
  • Ethical considerations in doing research
  • Secondary data and online sources
  • Access and sampling issues
  • Data collection
  • Analysis of results: quantitative and qualitative
  • Writing up your research report
  • The structure of a dissertation
  • The literature review
  • Discussion & conclusions
• Research Project Guide
• Using Excel in data analysis
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  • Excel 2: Descriptive Statistics
  • Excel 3: Contingency Tables (Cross Tabulation)
  • Excel 4: Charting and Regression
  • Excel 5: Inference (Statistical Significance)
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Bryman & Bell: Business Research Methods 2e

What is involved in a small-scale research project/dissertation?

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