Lecturers, request your electronic inspection copy This is your step-by-step guide to success with your research proposal. This new edition covers every section of the proposal, telling you all you need to know on how to structure it, bring rigour to your methods section, impress your readers and get your proposal accepted. With practical tips and advice throughout, new features include: Comprehensive explanation of method and methodology, and how to maximize this crucial section of your proposal A new section on mixed methods: an increasingly common approach in research A new chapter on how to get it right with ethics Fresh exercises and activities, now for each key chapter. The Third Edition provides an authoritative and accessible guide for anyone tackling a research proposal. It is perfect for students in education, nursing, health, and across the social sciences.
Author description
Keith F. Punch is a social research expert and was Winthrop Professor in the Graduate School of Education, the University of Western Australia, and is now Professor Emeritus in the University of Western Australia.
Table of contents
Introduction: Reading this BookUnderstanding Readers, Expectations and FunctionsIncluding Ethics in Social Science Research Alis OanceaDeveloping a General Framework for ProposalsUsing Theory and Dealing with the LiteraturePresenting Methods and MethodologiesWriting the ProposalGetting Tactics RightExamples of Proposals
