吉娜·威斯克著的《研究生科研手册(第2版)(英文版)/学术研究方法指导手册》介绍：This Lively, rigorous and research-informed book is essential reading on any postgraduatecourse. Providing you with invaluable guidance on how to plan and conduct your research,it helps keep your momentum going, shows how you can enjoy the research process itselfand ultimately ensures you are able to produce a high quality dissertation or thesis.Revised and updated throughout, the second edition includes additional material onmethodology and theorising, as well as content on the skills needed to succeed after yourstudy is completed.

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
What the book does not do
What the book does and how it is structured
PART ONE STARTING RESEARCH
2 Starting Your Postgraduate Research
Why do an MA, MPhil, PhD or other Doctorate?
Planning, key issues and suggestions
Starting to think about developing a hypothesis and/or
research questions
3 Choosing the Right Research Degree
Types of degree
Varieties of research degree
Choosing your university and supervisor
4 Choosing Your SupervisorIs)
Introduction
Choosing your supervisor, and internal regulations
Working with your supervisors: initial contracts and contacts
Managing your supervisor
Things to ask/not to ask your supervisor(s)
Planning to get the most from your supervisor
What research students can expect of supervisors - a brief
summary
Stages of supervisions - what you might expect at different
stages
Planning work and supervisions
5 Research Questions and Hypotheses
Developing research questions or hypotheses for research
proposals and the research
The research process
Stating your title
Research questions
Key stages - developing a hypothesis or research questions
'Operationalising' a concept
Boundaries and gaps
What kind of research is yours going to be?
Stages of asking the research question
6 Research Methodologies
Choosing research methodologies
Methodology
Research approaches
Methodology, worldview, methods, data and research
Using qualitative and quantitative research methods together
7 Conceptual Frameworks
Research paradigms and perspectives
Some examples of areas
8 Ethics and Confidentiality
Typical procedures and their history
9 Writing a Research ProposalWhat do you want to research? How you can draw up a good
PART TWO GETTING GOING - SUPERVISORS, TIME AND
COMMUNITY
10 Managing Your Supervisor(s)
Planning work and supervisions
Learning contracts
11 Managing the Balancing Act
Balancing what?
Varieties of roles and activities - an audit
What kind of balancing act suits you?
12 Managing Your Time and Tasks
Good planning: long-, medium- and short-term management
of time
Overall planning and the cycle of research
13 Learning as a Research Student - Learning Approaches,
Styles and Pitfalls
Learning styles: deep, surface and strategic learning
Disciplines
What kind of learner are you?
14 Developing a Supportive Research Culture Locally and at
a Distance
Group/project team supervisions
Self-managed groups and networks
Peer pairing
Peer support systems over a distance
Using electronic and video links to support research students
in their work
Different modes of contact explored
Other peer-support systems - establishing a research culture
PART THREE CARRYING OUT THE RESEARCH AND STARTING
TO WRITE
15 Carrying Out a Literature Review - Developing the
Theoretical Perspectives Chapter
A literature review/theoretical perspectives chapter
International students - some particular issues
Carrying out the literature review
Writing the theoretical perspectives chapter
16 Methods in Brief
Quantitative research methods - designing and using
questionnaires
Qualitative research methods - interviews, focus groups and
observation
Case study 1
Case study 2
17 Using Grounded Theory, Case Studies, Journals and
Synectics
Grounded theory
Case studies
Case study 1
Case study 2Journals
Synectics
18 Action Research and Practitioner-based Research
Benefits of practitioner-based research
Possible pitfalls or problems
Action research
Phenomenography
19 Problem-based or Enquiry-based Research and Problem
Solving
Stages of problem-based or enquiry-based research
Case study
20 Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities
The documenting, critiquing and creative continuum
The form and shape of arts and humanities theses
Case study 1
Case study 2
Researching your own creative work/using the creative in
your research work
PART FOUR SUPPORT, PROGRESS, ANALY