附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section 1. Research process and philosophy. Chapter 1. Integrated-flexible research methodology: an alternative approach ; Chapter 2. Paradigm: positivism, interpretivism, pragmatists, and critical thought ; Chapter 3. Pragmatism and non-native English speakers: pragmatism paradigm for social science research ; Chapter 4. Research philosophy: paradigms, world views, perspectives, and theories ; Chapter 5. Social science philosophy behind data analysis with special reference to philosophical perception -- Section 2. Research methods and literature review. Chapter 6. Research design ; Chapter 7. Research design and methods in social sciences research ; Chapter 8. Writing a literature review ; Chapter 9. The acceptable R-square in empirical modelling for social science research -- Section 3. Quantitative research strategies. Chapter 10. An overview of structural equation modeling and its application in social sciences research ; Chapter 11. Analytical hierarchical process in decision making ; Chapter 12. Analytical network process in decision making ; Chapter 13. Estimating latent growth curve models: an introduction ; Chapter 14. Simple guide to conduct qualitative research using grounded theory method ; Chapter 15. Doctrinal legal research: a library-based research -- Section 4. Research results. Chapter 16. Basics of research report writing for behavioural science students and emerging scholars ; Chapter 17. Scientific publication guide for non-native English-speaking researchers ; Chapter 18. Publishing: selecting journals, writing abstracts, and addressing issues raised by reviewers.
摘要:"The focus of this book is not only on doing research as course work, but also to organise and conduct the whole research process with a view to publishing important results. The editor's own 7Ps model (Saliya, 2021), will be improved by adding three more essential elements to match the purpose of this book to include activities such as Planning (research design), Programming (time frames, co-ordinating and budgeting) and Publishing. The 10 elements are identified as;1. Paradigm; Positivism, Interpretivism, Constructivism and Critical thought etc. 2. Perspective; Marxism, Power-knowledge, Feminism, Structuralism, Bourdieu's theory etc. 3. Purpose; Articulating research problem, constructing hypothesis etc. 4. Previous knowledge; literature review, Knowledge gap and significance etc. 5. Planning: Research resign 6. Programming; Ethical issues, timing and budgeting etc. 7. Plot (strategies); Quantitative methods, Introducing commonly used software and their strengths and weaknesses, Qualitative methods, Mixed methods and Quantitative Vs Qualitative debate etc etc. 8. Procedures (methods); Gathering/collecting, recording and storing data/evidence via surveys, interviews, observations and exploring insights etc. 9. Persuasion (drawing conclusions); Developing cogent arguments, methods of reasoning such as deduction, induction and abduction etc. 10. Publishing; Selecting journals, writing abstracts, addressing issues raised by reviewers. This exercise is not a smooth process that moves from one stage to another, or a sequential process like peeling an onion, layer by layer; nor is it a process that starts from roots of ontology and epistemology andspreads like a tree growing upwards for methodology, it is not a straitjacket where the researcher is confined to a particular box"--
