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These are the top how to do research books, ranked in order of importance to you: 

  1. Practical Research: Planning and Design by Paul D. Leedy. Read Chapter 1 or ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0132414074 Recommended, but currently out of print. Try your local library. 
  2. How to Get a PhD ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0335155367 
  3. Proposals that Work ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0803950675 
  4. The Research Student's Guide to Success ORDER HERE: ISBN: 033519611X 
  5. Getting what you came for: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or Ph.D. ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0374524777 
  6. Being Bright is not Enough: The Unwritten Rules of Doctoral Study ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0398058482 
  7. Negotiating Graduate School: A guide for Graduate Students ORDER HERE: ISBN: 080397115X 
  8. Writing the Doctoral Dissertation : A Systematic Approach ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0812098005 
  9. Dissertations and Theses from Start to Finish : Psychology and Related Fields ORDER HERE: ISBN: 1557981949 
  10. A Ph.D. Is Not Enough: A Guide to Survival in Science ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0201626632 
  11. How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Dissertation ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0312396066 
  12. Surviving Your Dissertation : A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0803945639 
  13. The Dissertation Cookbook : From Soup to Nuts : A Practical Guide to Help You Start and Complete Your Dissertation or Research Project ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0787245488 
  14. Writing a Thesis: Substance and Style ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0139710868 
  15. A Practical Guide to Graduate Research ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0070615837 
  16. Statistics and Data Analysis: An Introduction ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0471574244 
  17. Understanding Scientific Reasoning ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0155016253 
  18. Supervising the PhD: A guide to success ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0335195164 

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The one book all researchers should buy for themselves is 

Practical Research: Planning and Design 

Practical Research by Paul D. Leedy is dedicated to teaching basic research methodology and the scientific method. It is a broad-spectrum book, suitable for 

  • Business Administration researchers, 
  • Business Education researchers, 
  • Management researchers, 
  • Communications researchers, 
  • Marketing researchers and many others. 

6th Edition
Paperback, 384 pages 
Published by Prentice Hall 1996 

Recommended, but currently out of print. Try your local library. 

ORDER HERE: ISBN: 0132414074

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