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    <title>Research methods for business students</title>
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    <namePart>Saunders, Mark</namePart>
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    <namePart>Thornhill, Adrian</namePart>
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    <publisher>Pitman Publishing</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c1997</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xiv,429 p.: ill; 24cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents: Introduction -- Formulating and clarifying the research topic -- Critically reviewing the literature -- Deciding on the research approach and choosing a research strategy -- Negotiating access and research ethics -- Selecting samples -- Using secondary data -- Collecting primary data through observation -- Collecting primary data using semi-structured and in-depth interviews -- Collecting primary data using questionnaires -- Analysing quantitative data -- Analysing qualitative data -- Writing your project report. </tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Mark Saunders, Philip Lewis and Adrian Thornhill</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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  <identifier type="isbn">0273620177</identifier>
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