TY - BOOK AU - Saunders,Mark AU - Lewis,Philip AU - Thornhill,Adrian TI - Research methods for business students SN - 0273658042 AV - HD30.4.S28 U1 - 650/.072 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Harlow, England, New York PB - Prentice Hall KW - Business KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Data processing KW - Management N1 - 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 -- 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 ER -