Includes index.

Contents: The Research process -- Selection and formulation of a research problem -- Research design I: Exploratory descriptive studies -- Research design II: studies testing causal hypotheses -- Some general problems of measurement -- Data collection I: observational methods -- Data collection II: questionnaires and interviews -- Data collection III: projective and other indirect methods -- The Use of available data as source material -- Placing individuals on scales -- Analysis and interpretation -- The Research report -- The Application of social research -- Research and theory -- Appendix A: estimating the time and personnel needed for a study -- Appendix B: an introduction to sampling -- Appendix C: Questionnaire construction and interview procedure.