A Guide to conducting online research

This guide is designed to support students, academics and practitioner researchers in using technology as part of their research

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gaiser, Ted J. (Author), Schreiner, Anthony E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles ; London : SAGE , c2009
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Designing an online study
  • 3. Research standards and ethical considerations
  • 4. Using email for data collection
  • 5. Researching using instant messaging and chat
  • 6. Survey research on the Internet
  • 7. The world of Web 2.0: blogs, wikis and websites
  • 8. Accessing and using Web-based data
  • 9. Analyzing the data
  • 10. Emerging research opportunities
  • 11. Presenting your results
  • 12. Some additional challenges for online researchers