Offers a guide to making a difference through action research that will build readers confidence and acts as a virtual mentor to those thinking about, preparing, planning or undertaking an action research project. I thoroughly recommend it Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Chock-full of useful pedagogy, Doing Qualitative Research contains interdisciplinary and real-world examples and student diaries that speak to those readers undertaking new research projects and qualitative dissertations.
Allan Mallinson - On His Majesty's Service The year is 1829 and Lieutenant-Colonel Matthew Hervey has been promised command of his regiment, the 6th Light Dragoons. Before he can take up his post, however, there is a six-month assignment as an observer with the Russian army, an undertaking at the personal request of the commander-in-chief which Hervey feels obliged to fulfil.
A Cultural History of the British Census: Envisioning the Multitude in the Nineteenth Century
The British census plays an unquestioned role in governance today, and the recent digitization of nineteenth century census data has allowed millions of amateur and professional researchers to visualize their national and familial past. This study tells the tangled story of how the census took shape over the early decades of its existence, developing from a simple counting of households during the Napoleonic Wars into a centralized undertaking that involved the governmental and intellectual luminaries of Victorian Britain.
Introduction to Research Methods: A Practical Guide for Anyone Undertaking a Research Project
This practical, down-to-earth guide is for researchers, students, community groups, charities or employees - in fact anyone who needs to put together research projects quickly and effectively. It contains everything from developing your idea into a proposal, through to analysing data and reporting results.