Dr Graham R Williamson is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Plymouth. His clinical background is in acute medical nursing. His areas of teaching expertise are in evidence-based practice and research, as well as health policy. His research interests concern supporting students in clinical practice. He is a Core Team Member of the University's Centre of Excellence in professional Placement Learning. Andrew Whittaker, PhD, is Professor of Social Work Research at London South Bank University, England, where he is head of the Risk Resilience and Expert Decision Making (RRED) research group. His research on risk and decision making has ranged from ethnographic to randomised controlled trial research designs. Andrew recently completed a review of professional decision making for a child death inquiry in Queensland, Australia. He is the Convenor of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG) of the European Social Work Research Association. DARSIG is the main European network for researchers in the field of assessment, risk and decision making in social work, with more than 80 members in over 20 countries. Andrew is Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice.
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Section 1: Getting Started Chapter 1: Getting started on your final-year project Section 2: Planning and preparing for your final year project Chapter 2: Planning and undertaking a literature review Chapter 3: Planning your research proposal or dissertation Section 3: Using and critiquing research for your final-year project Chapter 4: Using and critiquing research methods: interviews and focus groups Chapter 5: Analysing qualitative data Chapter 6: Using and critiquing research methods: surveys and experimental designs Chapter 7: Analysing quantitative data and understanding basic statistics Chapter 8: Using and critiquing systematic reviews and meta-analyses Chapter 9: Translating evidence into practice Section 4: Writing and finishing Chapter 10: Writing up your literature review Chapter 11: Writing your research proposal and dissertation