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    <title>Research methods for business students</title>
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    <namePart>Saunders, Mark</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Lewis, Philip</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1945-</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Thornhill, Adrian.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Prentice Hall</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2003</dateIssued>
    <edition>3rd ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xviii, 504 p. : ill.  25 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents: The Nature of business and management research and structure of this book -- Formulating and clarifying the research topic -- Critically reviewing the literature -- Deciding on the reserach approach and chosing 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 questionaires -- Analysing quantitative data -- Analysing qualitative data -- Writing and presenting your project work.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Mark Saunders, Philip Lewis, Adrian Thornhill.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Business</topic>
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Methodology</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Business</topic>
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Data processing</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Management</topic>
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Methodology</topic>
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    <topic>Management</topic>
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Data processing</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc" edition="21">650/.072</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">0273658042</identifier>
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