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Match of the Day and literature reviews
Students embarking on their first substantive research project often struggle to understand where the literature review ends and the research begins, as do more experienced researchers. It is important to remember that a literature review should always be done before carrying out a piece of … Continue reading
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Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences
For those of you who are worried that this was all getting a bit scientific, one of the most interesting and enjoyable books I have read in recent years was Kristen Luker’s Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences. The book … Continue reading
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Developing great research questions
Another interesting article from an American scientific journal, this time The American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists (!). This time about the development of great research questions.
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Choosing a good scientific research problem
This is a short article from the scientific journal, Molecular Cell, about choosing a good scientific problem. You might not be working in the field of cellular research but there is much the social sciences can learn from the natural sciences, … Continue reading
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Professor Brian Cox and the importance of good theory
When embarking on a research project students are very often faced with the question of how their research relates to theory, or what the theoretical framework for their research is. Lisa Harrison, for example, points out ‘much of the research that we can … Continue reading