The Researcher's Toolkit

Designed for those undertaking research for the first time, this fully updated edition of The Researcher's Toolkit is a practical and accessible guide for all those partaking in small-scale research. Jargon-free and assuming no prior knowledge, it covers the entire research process, from defining a research topic or question through to its completion.
This second edition has been fully revised by a collaborating team with a wealth of knowledge and practical experience in research project work. Including activity boxes to highlight key concepts and short summary boxes to indicate fundamental elements of various research areas, the chapters cover:
The importance of research and framing your research question and research ethics
Practical elements associated with planning and executing your research activity
The application of survey-based research methods and the value provided by social media as data collection devices
Deploying both quantitative and qualitative tools and techniques to analyse research data
Writing up your research work and preparing it for wider access and consumption
Examining the effect of your research work through assessing or measuring its impact
The Researcher's Toolkit is a must-read guide for students and budding researchers as well as educators seeking to explain academic research and writing to their pupils. It will benefit anyone looking to complete a research project whether inside academia or beyond.

David Hutchings is a Physics teacher at Pocklington School near York, England. A Fellow of the Institute of Physics, he has written several books about the relationship between science and religion and speaks regularly on the topic around the country at conferences, schools, universities, and churches. David has also run multiple training events for science teachers, specializing in dealing with common misconceptions in the discipline. He lives in York with his wife and two young daughters. David Wilkinson is Principal of St John's College and Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University. He lives in Newcastle with his wife Alison and has two grown up children. He is a writer and speaker on Christianity and Science not just in the UK but around the world. He has doctorates in astrophysics and theology and is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He is a Methodist minister, and author of many books.

1. Why research? What to look out for and what to think of 2. Planning the research 3. Collecting your data: literature and other forms of data 4. Analysing your data 5. Writing it all up 6. Research Impact