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Researching Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality for Dissertations and Theses
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Researching Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality for Dissertations and Theses.
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9781915097026
9781915097026
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2nd ed.
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Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers, Limited, 2022.
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©2022.
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1 online resource (295 pages)
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Summary
Provides a step-by-step, user friendly guide to successfully researching and compiling your dissertation or thesis. Now in its second edition, this bestselling text has been fully revised and updated, and includes two new chapters looking at conducting mixed methods research, as well as analysing mixed methods research.
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Print version: Mason, Peter Researching Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality for Dissertations and Theses Oxford : Goodfellow Publishers, Limited,c2022
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Language
English
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July 05, 2023
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Contents
1 An Introduction to Research and Your Study
2 The Literature Review
3 Research Philosophy and Research Design
4 Quantitative Research Techniques and Conduct
5 Qualitative Research Techniques and Conduct
6 Mixed Methods Research
7 Presentation of Results
8 Quantitative Data Analysis
9 Qualitative Data Analysis
10 Analysing Mixed Methods Research
11 Conclusions
Case Study 1.1: The role of the supervisor
Case Study1.2: How I write
Case Study 2.1: What to include and what to leave out in terms of the literature review.
Case Study 2.2: Should I research my place of work?
Case Study 2.3: Aims and objectives
Case Study 2.4: The style of the literature review
Case Study 3.1: Differences between positivism and constructivism
Case Study 4.1: Student designed questionnaire: first draft
Case Study 4.2: A representative sample?
Case Study 5.1: Observation at Stonehenge
Case Study 5.2: Student's first draft of interview schedule with supervisor comments (comments in italics)
Case Study 5.3: Two focus groups used in connection with a music festival
Case Study 5.4: Mountain biking focus groups, New Zealand
Case Study 6.1: An example of mixed methods research in a Masters' dissertation.
Case Study 6.2: Sequential mixed methods research
Case Study 8.1: An example of the Chi-square test
Case Study 8.2: An example of factor analysis and ANOVA
Case Study 9.1: Children's understanding of the concept of a tourist
Case Study 9.2: Observation at Wellington Zoo
Case Study 9.3: Content analysis of a cruise ship brochure
Case Study 9. 4: Data analysis for the qualitative phase of the Tourism Destination Quality (TDQ) study
Case Study 9.5: Dimensions with their attributes in the TDQ study: two examples 'Hospitable' and 'Safe'.
Case Study 10.1: Tourism Destination Quality: Analysis of sequential exploratory mixed methods research
Case Study 10.2: Mountain biking in New Zealand: An example of sequential explanatory mixed methods research.
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