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Writing and presenting research /

by Thody, Angela.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2006Description: xvi, 264 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1412902924; 9781412902922; 1412902932 (pbk.); 9781412902939 (pbk.).Subject(s): Proposal writing in research | Report writing | Wetenschapsbeoefening | Schrijven | Wetenschappelijke publicaties | Uitgeven
Contents:
Conventions or alternatives? -- Principles for selecting appropriate writing and presentation styles -- Adapting to audience: adjusting for their aims -- Adapting to audience: adjusting for your purposes -- Arts and craft of writing -- Primary data -- Literature and methodology -- Quantified data -- Qualitative data -- Narrative data -- Beginnings and ends -- Citations: bibliographies, referencing, quotations, notes -- Becoming a presenter -- Getting into print -- Standing on the shoulders of giants: without violating their copyright -- Epilogue -- Appendix: research method for this book -- Bibliography.
Summary: "This book presents a wide-ranging, introductory guide to the choices to be made in deciding how to communicate research findings in documents and presentations"--P. xv.
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Lee Yan Fong Library

Library Collection 		Q180.55 P7 T56 2006 (Browse shelf) Available 00016682
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index.

Conventions or alternatives? -- Principles for selecting appropriate writing and presentation styles -- Adapting to audience: adjusting for their aims -- Adapting to audience: adjusting for your purposes -- Arts and craft of writing -- Primary data -- Literature and methodology -- Quantified data -- Qualitative data -- Narrative data -- Beginnings and ends -- Citations: bibliographies, referencing, quotations, notes -- Becoming a presenter -- Getting into print -- Standing on the shoulders of giants: without violating their copyright -- Epilogue -- Appendix: research method for this book -- Bibliography.

"This book presents a wide-ranging, introductory guide to the choices to be made in deciding how to communicate research findings in documents and presentations"--P. xv.

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