Previous edition: 2007.

Planning your research project. So you're going to do a research project -- Let's make a start -- Preparing for a successfu research project -- Quantitative research. The principles of sampling -- Carrying out your survey -- Questionnaires -- The art and science of survey interviewing -- Analysing your survey data -- Testing for statistical significance : into more complex territory -- A quantitative researcher's briefing sheet -- Qualitative research. Studying a small sample -- Qualitative research interviewing -- There is more to qualitative research than interviewing -- Analysing qualitative data -- A qualitative researcher's briefing sheet -- The last lap. Writing your report.

"The second edition of this no-nonsense textbook, containing further discussion of internet-based research methods, research ethics and more, provides students with the self-discipline and confidence to conduct their own research projects, whatever discipline they are from, and also the understanding required to identify the advantages and disadvantages of different strategies."--page [4] of cover.