This book provides a clear, concise, and practical guide to understanding research, particularly for students and researchers across scientific fields. Designed to be user friendly and accessible, it requires no extensive prior knowledge of research methods, enabling readers to quickly locate relevant information and strengthen their work. Focusing on practical application, the handbook offers a comprehensive overview of essential research processes while avoiding complex theoretical discussions that may overwhelm beginners. It covers key concepts in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research, guiding readers from formulating a question to interpreting and sharing findings. The authors developed this handbook to ensure researchers have a solid understanding of the research process, to simplify complex ideas for non-specialists, and to address knowledge gaps which students and emerging researchers may face. Grounded in both theoretical and practical experience, the book aims to equip readers with the essential skills needed to conduct reliable, effective, and ethically sound research, whether using traditional approaches or integrating new AI-driven tools.
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Undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and practitioners.
1: Introducing the Research Handbook: Short and Smart 2: The Purpose and
Significance of Research 3: Literature Review, Theoretical Framework, and
Systematic Reviews 4: Qualitative Research 5: Analysis, Interpretation, and
Presentation of Data from Qualitative Research 6: Quantitative Research 7:
Analysis and Presentation of Quantitative Data 8: Mixed Research Methods 9:
The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools in Research 10: Discussion of
Findings and Conclusions (Applicable to Qualitative, Quantitative, and
Mixed-research Methods) 11: Dissemination of Research Findings at
International Conferences and Publication in Academic Journals
Prokopis A Christou (Author) Prokopis A. Christou is an Assistant Professor at the Cyprus University of Technology. He has published books and articles in various academic journals. His interest in AI stems from his observation that it is becoming increasingly useful in research, yet is associated with a number of risks. As such, he is investigating the implications, potentials, dynamics, limitations and perils of AI in research, society, and different social fields, such as education.
Katerina Pericleous (Author) Katerina Pericleous has a PhD in Statistics (with emphasis in Experimental Designs) from the School of Applied Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. She was a scholarship holder of the Cyprus State Scholarship Foundation and the Special Account for Research Funds of the National Technical University of Athens. She has also an MSc in Applied Statistics from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of Cyprus and a BA (Hons) in Mathematics and Statistics from the same Department of the University of Cyprus.
