164 Index
Proper names, 20
Punctuation, 25, 27, 30, 125
Q
Qualifiers, 27
Qualitative data, 98, 99
Quantitative data, 98, 99
Quotation marks, 31
Quotations
indicating, 31
R
Referee reports, 145
References
bibliography, 18
checked by examiners, 18
checking as you go, 18
checklist, 134
citing, 18
consolidated alphabetical list, 21
database, 21
Harvard system, 20
numbered notes, 134
style, 20, 125
Referencing tools, 36
Relevance of data, 92
Relevant literature, 2, 51, 65
Repair words, 33
Repeated words, 32
Research
career as, 138
creative elements, 10
dissemination, 138
effective, 147
ethical guidelines, 138
feedback, 40, 149
future, 121, 122
goal, 138
HEAT (hypothesis-evidence-argument-
theory), 105
‘lived experience’ as basis, 62
location-specific, 12
methods, 90
questions and hypothesis, 68
‘scientific method’, 10
simultaneous with writing, 40
technology-specific, 12
Research, disseminating
co-authorship with supervisor, 36
feedback, 138
journals, 145
planning what and when, 141
reasons for, 138
seminars and conferences, 145
Researcher
authority in field, 1
communication skills, 145
effective, 102, 140, 145
interactions with academics, 3
personalities, 114
Research integrity, 35, 36
Research methods
awareness of limitation, 2, 4
defining, 90
different from method, 88
Research questions see Hypothesis and
research questions, 2
Research see also Design chapter, Starting
off, 26
Restarting writing, dangers of, 75
Results
checklist, 132
contradictory data, 98
criteria for inclusion, 112
HEAT analysis, 105
illustrations (graphs, diagrams), 108, 109,
110, 111
implications, 103
presentation, 101–103
qualitative study, 98, 99, 106, 107
quantitative study, 98, 99, 106, 107
reflecting on, 107
reporting preliminary work, 79
setting out, 74
too much information, 104
Results see also Discussion, 110
Reviewing current theory, 12
Reviewing existing work, 39
Reviewing method, 89
Reviewing previous studies, 78
Revising drafts see Structural editing, 23
Routines for writing, 53S
Saving work, 42
Science studies, 14, 45
Scientific method of research, 10
Scope of study
example of, 65
narrowing or expanding, 46
related to significance of study, 66, 67
Section heading style, 19
Semicolons, 31
Seminar and conference presentations, 143,
144, 145
Setting, establishing, 83
Significance of study, 61, 66, 67
Software for presentation, 111