Chapter Outline
Preface to Second Edition. Ways of Using the Book.
PART I: Before You Start:
1. Real World Enquiry.
2. Approaches to Social Research.
3. Developing a Proposal.
PART II: Designing the Enquiry:
4. General Design Issues.
5. Fixed Designs.
6. Flexible Designs.
7. Designs for Particular Purposes: Evaluation, Action & Change.
PART III: Tactics - the Methods of Data Collection:
8. Surveys and Questionnaires.
9. Interviews.
10. Test and Scales.
11. Observational Methods.
12. Additional Methods of data Collection.
PART IV: Dealing with the Data:
13. The Analysis of Quantitative Data.
14. The Analysis of Qualitative Data.
15. Reporting on the Enquiry.
PART IV: Dealing with the Data:
13. The Analysis of Quantitative Data.
14. The Analysis of Qualitative Data.
15. Reporting on the Enquiry.
Afterword.
Appendix A: Writing a Project Proposal.
Appendix B: The Roles of Practitioner-Researchers, Researchers and Consultants in Real World Research.
Glossary.
References and Author Index.
Subject Index.
