Methods in Human Geography

Subtitle:: A Guide for Students Doing a Research Project
Author:: David Martin; Robin Flowerdew
Format:: Softcover

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This text is an essential guide to current research approaches in human geography, covering all aspects of undertaking a geography research project, from the selection of an appropriate topic through to the organisation and writing of the final report. Covering a wide range of contemporary research methods, the authors provide practical advice on how to actually undertake a project.

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Publisher:: PRENTICE HALL
ISBN:: 9780582473218
Publication date:: October 2005
Length:: 243mm
Width:: 190mm
Thickness:: 20mm
Weight:: 744g
Edition:: 2nd Edition
Pages:: 392
Illustrations:: Illustrated
Readership:: Tertiary education
Prescribed at:: UNISA 2012
Subject / Course:: HPGGH80

List of figures List of tables List of boxes List of contributors Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Philosophies underlying human geography research Section A Preparing for the research project 3 Choosing a topic 4 Finding previous work on the topic 5 Secondary data Section B Collecting primary data 6 Questionnaire design and sampling 7 Tell me about !: using interviews as a research methodology 8 Focus groups 9 'Participatory' approaches and diagramming techniques 10 Participant observation Section C Analysis of data 11 Analysing numerical spatial data 12 Analysing categorical data 13 Analysing qualitative materials 14 Textual analysis: reading culture and context 15 Visual methodologies: what you see is not always what you get 16 Geographical information systems and spatial analysis Section D Producing the report 17 Designing the report 18 Writing the report 19 Illustrating the report 20 Conclusion References Index

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