Methods in Human Geography: A guide for students doing a research project

ISBN-13: 9780582473218 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 392 str.

Robin Flowerdew

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Robin Flowerdew