Part 1: Setting the scene -- Approaches to social research -- Part 2: Planning : selecting a strategy -- Developing your ideas -- General design issues -- Fixed designs -- Flexible designs -- Multi-strategy (mixed method) designs -- Designs for particular purposes : evaluation, action and change -- Ethical and political considerations -- Part 3: Tactics : the methods of data collection -- Surveys and questionnaires -- Interviews and focus groups -- Tests and scales -- Observational methods -- Additional methods of data collection -- Writing a project proposal -- Part 4: Carrying out the project : arranging the practicalities -- Part 5: Dealing with the data -- The analysis and interpretation of quantitative data -- The analysis and interpretation of qualitative data -- Reporting and disseminating

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