TY - BOOK AU - Saunders,Mark AU - Lewis,Philip AU - Thornhill,Adrian TI - Research methods for business students SN - 0273701487 (pbk.) AV - HD30.4.S28 U1 - 650.072 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Harlow, England, New York PB - Financial Times/Prentice Hall KW - Business KW - Research KW - Data processing N1 - Previous ed.: 2003; Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: The Nature of business and management research and structure of this book -- Formulating and clarifying the research topic -- Critically reviewing the literature -- Understanding research philosophies and approaches -- Formulating the research design -- Negotiating access and research ethics -- Selecting samples -- Using secondary data -- Collecting primary data through observation -- Collecting primary data using semi-structured, in-depth and group interviews -- Collecting primary data using questionnaires -- Analysing quantitative data --Analysing qualitative data -- Writing and presenting your project report -- Appendices UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0704/2006299796.html ER -