Methods in Human Geography: A Guide for Students Doing a Research Project

List of figures List of tables List of boxes List of contributors Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Philosophies underlying human geography research Section A Preparing for the research project 3 Choosing a topic 4 Finding previous work on the topic 5 Secondary data Section B Collecting primary data 6 Questionnaire design and sampling 7 Tell me about …: using interviews as a research methodology 8 Focus groups 9 ‘Participatory’ approaches and diagramming techniques 10 Participant observation Section C Analysis of data 11 Analysing numerical spatial data 12 Analysing categorical data 13 Analysing qualitative materials 14 Textual analysis: reading culture and context 15 Visual methodologies: what you see is not always what you get 16 Geographical information systems and spatial analysis Section D Producing the report 17 Designing the report 18 Writing the report 19 Illustrating the report 20 Conclusion References Index