Research without Tears: From the First Ideas to Published Output

摘要

The book draws on John Creedy's many years of experience in doing research, writing books and papers and editing journals. Examples used in the book are from the field of economics, however, the advice is relevant to any researcher in the social sciences.rnResearch without Tears is short at just over 100 pages, clearly presented and well structured. In fact it illustrates in its execution all the good advice on writing style Creedy gives to his readers.rnThe tone of the book is slightly patrician, as you might expect from a senior academic sharing advice and experience with junior colleagues. Sharing experience is the key to understanding the value of this book to potential readers. As Creedy says in his preface, many aspects of research can only be understood through experience, and learning everything from experience is a costly and painful exercise.