Welcome to the Student Resources Site

This section of the site is freely accessible by any student who is using the third edition of Doing Research in the Real World.

Here you’ll find a wide range of online resources arranged by chapter. If you’re using this website alongside your textbook, you’ll find all the resources indicated in the page margins here online.

Please click on the chapter links on the left to access helpful content to accompany your study of the book, including:

Videos: watch a variety of videos made by the author, as well as authoritative clips from YouTube. Choose from a selection of:

• Author Chapter Introduction Videos: David Gray introduces each chapter.
• Author Top Tip Videos explaining some of the trickier research method processes.
• YouTube Videos which have been vetted by Research Methods experts, to aid revision or in class discussion.

Weblinks give you access to useful online resource to inform your study.

• Book Chapters: access free chapters from SAGE Research Methods
• Encyclopaedia Entries give a more in depth definition of research principles.
• Journal Articles provide real world examples of research in action.

Datasets: real world data allows you to practice statistics principles in your own time.

Checklists help you plan challenging research activities like interviews and focus groups.

• Methodspace is an online research method community for students and lecturers. Ask questions. Get answers. Get good grades.