Reading this book is your first step to becoming a competent human geography researcher. Whether you are a novice needing practical help for your first piece of research or a professional in search of an accessible guide to best practice, Conducting Research in Human Geography is a unique and indispensable book to have at hand. The book provides a broad overview of theoretical underpinnings in contemporary human geography and links these with the main research methodologies currently being used. It is designed to guide the user through the complete research process, whether it be a one day field study or a large project, from the nurturing of ideas and development of a proposal, to the design of an enquiry, the generation and analysis of data, to the drawing of conclusions and the presentation of findings.

Rob Kitchin

Chapter 1 Thinking about research; Chapter 2 Planning a research project; Chapter 3 Data generation for quantitative analysis; Chapter 4 Preparing, exploring and describing quantitative data; Chapter 5 Analysing and interpreting quantitative data; Chapter 6 Spatial analysis; Chapter 7 Producing data for qualitative analysis; Chapter 8 Analysing and interpreting qualitative data; Chapter 9 Analysing qualitative data using a computer; Chapter 10 Writing-up and dissemination; Chapter 11 Final words;