TY - BOOK AU - Saunders,Mark AU - Lewis,Philip AU - Thornhill,Adrian TI - Research methods for business students SN - 9780273750758 AV - HD30.4 .S28 2012 U1 - 650.072 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Harlow, England, New York PB - Pearson KW - Business KW - Research KW - Data processing N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1 Business and management research, reflective diaries and the purpose of this book Chapter 2 Formulating and clarifying the research topic Chapter 3 Critically reviewing the literature Chapter 4 Understanding research philosophy and approaches to theory development Chapter 5 Formulating the research design Chapter 6 Negotiating access and research ethics Chapter 7 Selecting samples Chapter 8 Using secondary data Chapter 9 Collecting primary data through observation Chapter 10 Collecting primary data using semi- structured, in-depth and group interviews Chapter 11 Collecting primary data using questionnaires Chapter 12 Analysing quantitative data Chapter 13 Analysing qualitative data Chapter 14 Writing and presenting your project report Bibliography Appendices Glossary N2 - Research Methods for Business Students has been fully revised for this seventh edition and continues to be the market-leading textbook in its field, guiding hundreds of thousands of student researchers to success in their research methods modules, research proposals, projects and dissertations ER -