This is one of the few books to provide guidance on researchformulation, methodologies, and methods specifically forconstruction students.
The third edition has been updated throughout and extended inscope to cover many areas of concern in quantitative andqualitative research, including research ethics.
Three main sections - producing a proposal; executing theresearch; and reporting the results - discuss the key issues inresearch and examine the primary approaches, both qualitative andquantitative. The methods adopted for scientific and engineeringexperiments, model building and simulations are discussed, as wellas those employed for research into management, social and economicissues.
The authors examine the requirements for data and analysis, including the important statistical considerations and a range ofqualitative techniques that enable construction researchers toappreciate what needs to be evaluated in devising how research maybe carried out effectively and efficiently. Research Methods inConstruction will help you instil rigour into yourproblem-solving, and your reports and publications. It will be ofvalue to construction, surveying, architecture and civilengineering students undertaking research, whether for bachelorsand masters degree dissertations, or for masters and doctoralresearch degree theses.
The third edition has been updated throughout and extended inscope to cover many areas of concern in quantitative andqualitative research, including research ethics.
Three main sections - producing a proposal; executing theresearch; and reporting the results - discuss the key issues inresearch and examine the primary approaches, both qualitative andquantitative. The methods adopted for scientific and engineeringexperiments, model building and simulations are discussed, as wellas those employed for research into management, social and economicissues.
The authors examine the requirements for data and analysis, including the important statistical considerations and a range ofqualitative techniques that enable construction researchers toappreciate what needs to be evaluated in devising how research maybe carried out effectively and efficiently. Research Methods inConstruction will help you instil rigour into yourproblem-solving, and your reports and publications. It will be ofvalue to construction, surveying, architecture and civilengineering students undertaking research, whether for bachelorsand masters degree dissertations, or for masters and doctoralresearch degree theses.
