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Your Undergraduate Dissertation in Health and Social Care provides a practical step-by-step guide to both the theoretical and practical aspects of the process of doing an undergraduate dissertation, equipping the reader with all the skills necessary to plan, conduct and write up a research project successfully.
This is a revised edition of Nicholas Walliman's best-selling Your Undergraduate Dissertation, which has been specially tailored to the needs of those studying health, social care and related subjects. All the central topics are covered, with comprehensive information and guidance on crucial issues such as ethics, research governance and appraising the quality of the evidence. Relevant ‘real life’ examples are also included, drawn from a wide range of settings.
This guide offers a genuinely accessible and supportive source of advice that will be welcomed by undergraduates working towards their final year dissertation in health and social care.
How do I Collect Primary Data?
How do I Collect Primary Data?
Chapter Contents
- Introduction
- Research methods
- Questionnaires
- Interviews
- Focus groups
- Standardized scales and tests
- Observation
- Experiments
- What should I do next?
- Further reading
Introduction
Collecting primary data for research purposes needs a plan of action that identifies and uses the most effective and appropriate methods of data collection. This chapter briefly introduces the most common primary data ...
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