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    <title>Research methods for business students</title>
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    <namePart>Saunders, Mark</namePart>
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    <namePart>Lewis, Philip</namePart>
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    <namePart>Thornhill, Adrian.</namePart>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2019</dateIssued>
    <edition>Eighth edition</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xxxiii, 833 pages : colored diagrams, colored illustrations, colored maps, graphs, tables; 27 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Business and management research, reflective diaries and the purpose of this book -- Choosing a research topic and developing your research proposal -- Critically reviewing the literature -- Understanding research philosophy and approaches to theory development -- Formulating the research design -- Negotiating access and research ethics -- Selecting samples -- Utilising secondary data -- Collecting data through observation -- Collecting primary data using research interviews and research diaries -- Collecting primary data using questionnaires -- Analysing data quantitatively -- Analysing data qualitatively -- Writing and presenting your project report.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Mark Saunders, Philip Lewis, Adrian Thornhill.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Research</topic>
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    <topic>Theories</topic>
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    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>moral and ethical aspects</topic>
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  <subject>
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