Introduction to Research Methods and Report Writing: A Practical Guide for Students and Researchers in Social Sciences and the Humanities
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Overview
This book provides introductory materials on research methods and report writing that aim at guiding students and researchers towards effective research and reporting of their findings. Unlike the many volumes on research that are mostly theoretical, this book originated in the classroom and grew out of the students’ own needs to design and conduct satisfactory research in order to meet academic requirements. It is also designed to help experienced researchers in their research ventures. In fulfilling this purpose, the author uses simple, straightforward language. He also provides appropriate examples and illustrations to enable the reader to grasp the basic concepts of research. The book will prove a useful guide for students and researchers in social sciences and humanities who wish to transform research theory into real and feasible research projects.
Top Highlights
“clear and logical methods or procedures in order to accomplish it” (source)
“Objective knowledge, therefore, must be that knowledge you contribute to what others have already done” (source)
“In turn the hypotheses are built up of interrelated concepts.” (source)
“a theory is an explanation about an existing phenomenon, idea, or situation” (source)
“our knowledge is incomplete and problems are waiting to be solved” (source)
”Elia Shabani Mligo’s Introduction to Research Methods and
Report Writing is an informative and a critical stepbystep
guide for students and researchers across the social sciences and
humanities. Both experienced researchers and beginners will find
this book a useful tool for understanding the basics of scientific
research planning, execution, and
reporting."
--Cornelius Simba, Senior Lecturer and Director of Library
Services, University of Iringa
“This practical guide to research is an easily accessible book
written after the author’s long experience in teaching and
supervising research projects for degree and nondegree students.
Well-presented, well-documented, and well-argued, this book is
commendable and will greatly serve as a guide and quick reference
for any researcher and supervisor of research."
--Benedict L. K. Mwaibasa, Teofilo Kisanji University, Mbeya,
Tanzania
"This introduction to research methods is extremely valuable and
surprisingly thorough, although generally kept in an accessible
form and language. I will definitely recommend this book to
students in the humanities and social sciences."
--Marius Timmann Mjaaland, Professor of Philosophy and Theology,
Academic Director of PluRel: Interdisciplinary Studies of Religion
in Pluralist Societies, University of Oslo
Product Details
- Title : Introduction to Research Methods and Report Writing: A Practical Guide for Students and Researchers in Social Sciences and the Humanities
- Author: Mligo, Elia Shabani
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Publication Date: 2016
- ISBN: 9781498278515
Elia Shabani Mligo (PhD, University of Oslo, Norway) is Senior Lecturer in Research, Philosophy, and Religious Studies at Tumaini University Makumira, Mbeya Center in Tanzania. He is the author of many books and articles on contextual theology and research. Some of his books include Jesus and the Stigmatized (2011), Writing Academic Papers (2012), Doing Effective Fieldwork (2013), Elements of African Traditional Religion (2013), Symbolic Interactionism in the Gospel According to John (2014), and He Descended into Hell (2015).