Academic Skills for Interdisciplinary Studies : Revised Edition.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- About this book -- Central theme: research practice and the empirical cycle -- Part 1. Orientation and reading -- 1. Preparatory reading and searching -- Familiarizing yourself with a topic -- Finding your bearings outside the university -- Finding your bearings at university -- Finding your bearings between university and society -- An initial literature search -- Concepts and theories -- Scholarly literature -- Grey literature -- Academic literature and 'ordinary' search engines -- Scholarly search engines -- Availability -- The library -- Digital search engines and databases -- Search methods -- Ordering your search results -- Continuous search -- Exploratory reading -- Speed reading -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 2. Gathering and organizing key information -- Optimizing your study environment -- Learning objectives -- Reading strategies -- Reading textbooks -- Reading academic articles and books -- Systematic reading -- Organizing information -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 3. Studying thoroughly and critically -- Sentence-level analysis -- Types of argumentation -- Simple argumentation -- Plural argumentation -- Coordinating argumentation -- Subordinate argumentation -- Implicit motivation -- Critically evaluating texts -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- Part 2. Making your research measurable -- 4. From your topic to your question -- Theoretical framework -- From theories to concepts and dimensions -- The theoretical framework and interdisciplinary research -- The problem statement -- Sources -- 5. Formulating a good question -- Characteristics of a research question -- Types of questions -- Sources -- 6. A testable concept -- Why operationalize? -- From dimensions to indicators and variables -- Operationalization and validity -- Other forms of operationalization.

Sources -- 7. Making a research instrument -- Qualitative versus quantitative -- When qualitative and when quantitative? -- Operationalization -- Structure of the instrument -- Determining your sample -- Making a qualitative research instrument -- Formulating interview questions -- From indicators to topic lists or questionnaires -- Order of the questionnaire -- Phrasing interview questions -- Validity and reliability of your instrument -- Assessment by an ethics committee -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- Part 3. Doing and writing up research -- 8. Research practice -- Research practice: quantitative research -- Safeguarding the validity of quantitative research -- Keeping a log -- Organizing your data -- Getting familiar with your data -- Research practice for qualitative research: conducting interviews -- Before the interview -- During the interview -- After the interview -- Analysing the interview -- After coding -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 9. The structure of your article -- Argumentation structure -- Objections -- Framing an argument: pitfalls -- The structure of a scholarly article -- The introduction -- The middle section -- The literature review -- The research article -- Methodology -- Results -- Presenting data -- Figures -- Table -- The discussion and the conclusion -- Valorization -- Sources -- 10. Finishing your article: academic writing, titles, and abstracts -- The title and the abstract -- Writing clearly -- Academic language use -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 11. Citing sources and the bibliography -- Reference management software -- In-text citations -- Quotes -- Paraphrasing -- Citations in the bibliography -- Journals -- Books -- Research reports -- Internet resources -- Personal communication and interviews -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- Part 4. Reflecting and communicating.

12. Preventing fraud and plagiarism -- Plagiarism of written work -- Plagiarism of fellow students -- Working responsibly in a team -- Fraud: falsifying data -- 13. Collaboration, feedback, and peer review -- Collaborating: drawing up a team charter -- Evaluating teamwork -- Giving and receiving feedback -- Feedback on behaviour -- Feedback on content -- Peer review -- Reflecting on assumptions -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 14. Presenting -- Defining the theme of your presentation -- Structure and coherence -- Visual aids -- Using figures, tables, images, or film clips -- Presentation skills -- Practising your presentation -- Leading a discussion -- Ask good questions -- Creating a safe atmosphere -- Giving poster presentations -- Points to bear in mind when designing a poster -- Your elevator pitch -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- Appendices -- Appendix A. Sample literature review -- Appendix B. Sample research article -- Index.

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