Shaping a research problem: Introduction to social research ; Concepts, hypotheses, and theories in research ; Ethical issues in social research ; Problem formulation and research design development -- Measurement and sampling: The process of measurement ; Constructing questions, indexes, and scales ; Sampling -- Common research designs: Experimental research ; Survey research ; Unobtrusive and available data research ; Field research and qualitative methods ; Evaluation research -- Data preparation and analysis: Data preparation and presentation ; Descriptive and inferential statistics ; Analysis of qualitative data -- Putting research findings to use: Research grant proposals and report writing ; Applications of social research ; A guide to the library ; Generating random numbers

1. Sociology -- Research -- Methodology
2. Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology