Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-501) and indexes.

Ways of Using the Book -- Carrying Out an Enquiry -- 1. Real World Enquiry -- 2. Developing a Proposal -- 3. General Design Issues -- 4. Experimental Design Outside the Laboratory -- 5. Designing Small Surveys -- 6. Designing Case Studies -- 7. Designing Evaluations -- Selecting the Method(s) - Overview -- 8. Observational Methods -- 9. Interviews and Questionnaires -- 10. Unobtrusive Measures and Other Approaches -- The Qualitative/Quantitative Debate -- Analysing and Interpreting the Data -- 11. The Analysis of Quantitative Data -- 12. The Analysis of Qualitative Data -- 13. Reporting on the Enquiry -- 14. Intervention and Change -- 15. Researchers and Practitioners -- Appendix A Writing a Project Proposal -- Appendix B Ethical Principles for Conducting Research with Human Participants (British Psychological Society) -- Appendix C Guidelines on Anti-sexist Language (British Sociological Association).