A well-constructed research plan is vital to the successful execution of any research project. This book shows how to design and prepare research proposal and present it effectively to a university review committee, funding body, or commercial client. The book is organized around three central themes: What are research proposals; who reads them and why?; what general guidelines and strategies can help students develop a proposal; and what might a finished proposal look like? The book will be invaluable across all areas of social science, both basic and applied, and for students undertaking quantitative, qualitative and mixed-method studies. Developing Effective Research Proposals can be used as a workbook to Keith Punch's bestselling text An Introduction to Social Research (Sage, 1998) or as an independent guide.  

一个完善的研究计划对于任何研究项目的成功执行都是至关重要的。本书展示了如何设计和准备研究计划，并向大学评审委员会、资助机构或商业客户有效地展示它。本书围绕三个中心主题展开。什么是研究计划书；谁会看这些计划书，为什么？；哪些一般准则和策略可以帮助学生制定计划书；完成的计划书可能是什么样子？本书对社会科学的所有领域（包括基础科学和应用科学）以及从事定量、定性和混合方法研究的学生来说，都是非常宝贵的。发展有效的研究提案》可以作为Keith Punch的畅销书《社会研究导论》(Sage, 1998)的工作手册，也可以作为独立指南。