READING LIST

MIRS_RMMP_2025-26_Exam_Reading List_20260511.pdf


Steps of a research project

Sarantakos_2012_Cap5.pdf

Choosing the topic of the TFM

Bryman_2012_Cap4.pdf
Bettany-Saltikov_2012_Cap2.pdf

Literature Review

Judging the Evidence

Knopf_McMenamin_2008_Chpt6.pdf

Most Common Research Gaps

Adu_Miles_2004_Capt-5.pdf

Strategies for Organising the Structure of the Literature Review

Efron_Ravid_2019_Chpt-7.pdf


Objectives, Research Question & Hypothesis

Objectives

Adu_Miles_2004_Capt-7.pdf

Types of Research Questions

White_2009_Chpt-2.pdf

Quantitative vs. Qualitative Research Questions

Doody_Bailey_2016.pdf

Assessing the Quality of The Research Question
Huelley_etal_2013_Chpt2.pdf

Formulating the Research Question

Bettany-Saltikov_2012_Cap2.pdf

Ressearch Hypothesis

Kumar_2012_Chpt6.pdf
Sarantakos_2012_Chpt6.pdf

Research Designs

Quantitative vs. Qualitative Research Designs 

Kumar_2012_Chpt8.pdf

Case Study

Bryman_2012_Chpt3.pdf

Cluster Analysis

Lewis-Beck_etal_2004_Cluster_Analysis.pdf

Multi-Level Models

Lewis-Beck_etal_2004_MLM.pdf

Experimental Designs & Longitudinal Designs

Babbie_2016_Chpt-4.pdf


Qualitative Data Collection

Purpose and Characteristics

Creswell_Creswell_2023_Chpt-9.pdf

Ethnography

Mason_2002_Chpt5.pdf

Field Diary & Semi-Structured/Directed Interviews

Mason_2002_Chpt4.pdf

Focus Groups

Coghlan_Brydon-Miller_2014_Focus-Groups.pdf

Journey Mapping

Neale_2017.pdf

Digital Ethnography:


Pink_etal_2015_Chpt-1.pdf


Quantitative Data Collection

Questionnaires, Questions & Scales

Bolton_Brace_2022_Cap4.pdf
Bolton_Brace_2022_Capt6.pdf

Questionnaire Structure/Flow/Format

Sarantakos_2012_Cap11.pdf
Bolton_Brace_2022_Capt9.pdf
 
Questionnaire Key Steps

Sarantakos_2012_Cap11.pdf


Quantitative Data Collection: Secondary Data

Quantitative Secondary Data

Smith_2008_Chpt1.pdf
Smith_2008_Chpt4.pdf

Composite Indicators

OECD-JRC_Handbook_2008.pdf


Reporting Findings

Tables vs. Graphs

Few_2012_Chpt-3.pdf

Data & Scales of Measurement

Wilke_2019_Chpt-2.pdf

Which Graph to Choose?

Wilke_2019_Chpt-5.pdf