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    <title>First steps in research</title>
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    <title>Research</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Maree, Kobus</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1951-</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Van Schaik</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2010</dateIssued>
    <edition>1st ed., rev. 4th impr.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xvi, 349 p. ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>The research question -- The language of research -- Planning a research proposal -- Introducing qualitative research -- Qualitative research designs and data gathering techniques -- Analysing qualitative data -- First steps in action research -- The quantitative research process -- Surveys and the use of questionnaires -- Sampling -- Statistical analysis I: Descriptive statistics -- Statistical analysis II: Inferential statistics -- Standardisation of a questionnaire -- Overview of statistical techniques -- Foundations and approaches to mixed methods research.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Kobus Maree, editor.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Methodology</topic>
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