2 Introduction to the philosophy of science
Miran Epstein

3 Research and theory
David Silverman

4 Research and policy
David Silverman

5 Ethics and social research
Moira Kelly and Suki Ali

6 Doing a literature review
Duncan Branley

7 Research questions and proposals
Moira Kelly

8 Research design
Clare Rutterford

9 Sampling
Clive Seale

10 Doing a dissertation
Chetan Bhatt

11 Structured methods: interviews, questionnaires and observation
Constantinos N. Phellas, Alice Bloch, Clive Seale

12 Qualitative interviewing
Bridget Byrne

13 Focus groups
Fran Tonkiss

14 Doing ethnography
David Walsh

15 Doing historical and documentary research
Ben Gidley

16 Visual analysis
Suki Ali

17 Secondary analysis and official statistics
Clive Seale

18 Preparing data for statistical analysis
Clive Seale

19 Statistical reasoning: from one to two variables
Alice Bloch

20 Statistical reasoning: causal arguments and multivariate analysis
Clive Seale

21 Coding and analysing qualitative data
Carol Rivas

22 Generating grounded theory
Clive Seale

23 Discourse analysis
Fran Tonkiss

24 Analysing conversation
Tim Rapley

25 Narrative analysis and interpretive phenomenological analysis
Ann Griffin and Vanessa May

26 Content and comparative keyword analysis
Clive Seale and Fran Tonkiss

27 Combining qualitative and quantitative methods
Neil Spicer

28 Writing a research report
Carol Rivas

29 Giving oral presentations
David Silverman

30 Validity, reliability and the quality of research
Clive Seale

31 When things go wrong
Mike Michael