About the Author

Colin Robson is Emeritus Professor in the School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield. From 1996-2007 he was chief consultant to the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation project on the development of statistics and indicators on the performance of national systems for the education of children with disabilities, learning or behaviour difficulties, and social disadvantages. He is currently consultant to a follow-up project funded by Eurostat. He is author of the best selling Wiley text, Real World Research (3rd edition, 2011).