TY - BOOK AU - Saunders,Mark AU - Lewis,Philip AU - Thornhill,Adrian TI - Research methods for business students SN - 9780273716860 AV - HD30.4 .S257 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Prentice Hall KW - Business KW - Research KW - Data processing N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 561-572) 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 ER -