Planning Research: A Concise Guide for the Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300120066)

This concise yet comprehensive guide describes in detail a successful method for planning and writing about proposed research and management projects. Intended for use by a wide variety of individuals in life sciences, environmental sciences, and management, the volume offers indispensable, step-by-step advice for any student or professional undertaking a research project. John C. Gordon focuses first on the importance of thinking carefully and writing down a research plan, describing each component of such a plan and explaining why it is important. In subsequent chapters he shows how to describe research or management problems, how to write clear objectives, the importance of the hypothesis, how to deal with schedules and budgets, how to communicate completed plans, and how to prepare grant applications. Gordon concludes with an insightful chapter on the social significance of scientific research.

Author: John C. Gordon
ISBN-10: 0300120060
ISBN-13: 9780300120066
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 8.33h x 5.74w x 0.30d