7 Making a research instrument

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Part 1 From ‘An Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research’
4. 1 Introduction 9
5. 2 What is science? A brief philosophy of science 13
6. 4 Interdisciplinarity 21
7. 7 The interdisciplinary research process 24
8. 8 The problem 30
9. 9 Theoretical framework and research question 41
10. 10 How to collect and analyze your data 62
11. 11 Discussion and conclusion(s) 69
12. References 74
13. Part 2 From ‘Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies’
14. 1 Preparatory reading and searching 79
15. 2 Gathering and organizing key information 93
16. 3 Studying thoroughly and critically 102
17. 4 From your topic to your question 112
18. 5 Formulating a good question 118
19. 6 A testable concept 122
20. 7 Making a research instrument 127
21. 8 Research practice 138
22. 9 The structure of your article 149
23. 10 Finishing your article: academic writing, titles, and abstracts 165
24. 11 Citing sources and the bibliography 170
25. 12 Preventing fraud and plagiarism 180
26. Appendices
27. Appendix A Sample literature review 184
28. Appendix B Sample research article 194
29. Colophon 206