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  <titleInfo>
    <title>First steps in research</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Maree, Kobus</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1951-</namePart>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2016</dateIssued>
    <copyrightDate encoding="marc">2016</copyrightDate>
    <edition>Second edition.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xv, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>What is a research question and why is it important? -- Introduction to 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 some of the most popular statistical techniques -- Foundations and approaches to mixed methods research.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Kobus Maree, editor, [and 9 others].</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Methodology</topic>
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    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Methodology</topic>
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  <classification authority="ddc" edition="23">001.42</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780627033698</identifier>
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