TY - BOOK AU - Saunders,Mark AU - Lewis,Philip AU - Thornhill,Adrian TI - Research Methods for Business Students SN - 9780273716860 (pbk.) : U1 - 650.072 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Harlow PB - Financial Times Prentice Hall KW - Business KW - Research KW - Data processing N1 - Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index; The nature of business and management research and structure of this book -- Formulating and clarifying the research topic -- Critically reviewing the literature -- Understanding research philosophies and approaches -- Formulating the research design -- Negotiating access and research ethics -- Selecting samples -- Using secondary data -- Collecting primary data through observation -- Collecting primary data using semi-structured, in-depth and group interviews -- Collecting primary data using questionnaires -- Analysing quantitative data -- Analysing qualitative data -- Writing and presenting your project report N2 - Using real-life case studies and written with a student-centred approach, this 5th edition provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to enable them to undertake a piece of business research making the best use of IT where appropriate ER -