Doing Your Research Project with Documents: A Step-By-Step Guide to Take You from Start to Finish

This book provides practical guidance for conducting qualitative research with documents, including selecting a research topic, sample, and analyzing and writing up the data. It includes case studies, summary boxes, and online resources to facilitate designing research projects.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 220 pages
Publication date: 15 March 2022
Publisher: Bristol University Press

Students and researchers have an abundance of materials and sources available to them via the internet for use in their projects. However, there is little practical guidance available on the fundamentals of performing qualitative research with documents. This valuable book enables readers to undertake high-quality, robust research using documents as data. Encouraging critical consideration of research design, the book guides readers step-by-step through the process of planning and undertaking a research project based on documentary analysis. It covers selecting a research topic and sample through to analyzing and writing up the data. The book includes:
• a wealth of case studies demonstrating how lessons can be applied in practice;
• summary boxes and suggestions for further reading in each chapter to guide learning;
• helpful online resources to facilitate designing your own research.
Accessible and comprehensive, this book will be invaluable for both students and researchers alike who are new to documentary analysis. All the resources included in this book are available to download on the books webpage at https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/doing-your-research-project-with-documents/online-resources. Look for the Online Resources logo throughout the book.

Weight: 384g
Dimension: 171 x 238 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781447344032