Part I : Setting the scene -- Introduction -- Approaches to social research -- Part II : Planning: selecting a strategy -- Developing your ideas -- General design issues -- Desk-based research -- Fixed designs -- Flexible designs -- Multi-strategy (mixed method) designs -- Designs for particular purposes: evaluation, action and change -- Ethical and political considerations -- Part III : 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 IV : Carrying out the project -- Part V : Dealing with the data -- The analysis and interpretation of quantitative data 409 Introduction -- The analysis and interpretation of qualitative data -- Reporting, disseminating and moving forward -- Appendix A : Using specialist software for quantitative analysis -- Appendix B : Using specialist software for qualitative analysis

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