Table of Contents:
- Part I: Orientation
- Why social research?
- Worldviews in social research
- Ethical issues in social research
- From research idea to research question
- Part II: Planning and design
- Reading and reviewing the literature
- Planning social research : steps in the research process
- Designing social research
- Deciding on your methods
- Part III: Working with data
- Collecting quantitative and qualitative data
- Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data
- E-research : doing social research online
- Triangulation and mixed methods
- Part IV: Reflection and writing
- What is good research? Evaluating your research project
- Writing up research and using results.