A Practical Guide to Academic Research

Whether a scholar's field is training or management, history, archaeology or botany, research is a matter of course. Covering all aspects of research methodology in a user-friendly & comprehensive manner, this vital research tool also deals with often neglected areas of planning issues & self-management techniques needed by the researcher. With detailed information on data analysis & specific advice for members of staff needing support from their institutions to pursue research, this book offers a new tool to aid research that is largely ignored in existing books.

Graham Birley was Head of the Education Research Unit at Wolverhampton University, UK.