(Ebook) Doing research - 6TH edition by NEL VERHOEVEN ISBN 9789024445738, 9024445736

(Ebook) Doing research - 6TH edition by NEL VERHOEVEN ISBN 9789024445738, 9024445736

PrefaceSubjects such as research methods and statistics are not the most popularcourses. Students are afraid that they won’t understand the subject matter, letalone be able to apply it. When I wrote the first edition of Doing Research, I triedto lower this threshold for carrying out research and getting to know stats.The sixth editionWhen the previous edition (the fifth) of Doing Research was printed, a different layout was chosen. The reasons for this are the changing landscape withinhigher education, the personal and interactive approach to research educationand the changing exit qualifications for graduates. Whereas fifteen years agothe emphasis was on having as many research skills as possible, and producingwhat to all intents and purposes is an academic graduation thesis, nowadays theemphasis is much more on acquiring skills and producing a professional product. Research skills still come in handy in this respect. In fact, they are indispensable if the student is to produce a good professional product. That said,more and more these days research skills are being used as a tool for answeringpractical questions. It means having a different range of research skills, andfor that the book needed a new layout, one with many short chapters. Unlikeprevious editions, each chapter deals with one subject only. The four phases ofapplied research are the guiding principle.In the sixth edition, the method has been refined even more, with the focus oncase studies. Many of the examples have been updated and the correspondingwebsite has been changed. In this edition, the focus is on the research toolbox,which can be used alongside the book when doing applied research.The new edition of Doing Research is even easier to navigate, and is hands-on,with lots of infographics and visuals, and short, inspiring texts. The book issuitable as an introduction to research methods, but also as a reference workduring internships and graduation projects.