Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-284) , glossary, and ind exes.

Part I: Orientation -- Why social research? -- Worldviews in social research -- Ethical issues in social research -- From research idea to research question -- Part II: Planning and design -- Reading and review ing the literature -- Planning social research : steps in the research process -- Designing social research -- Deciding on your methods -- Par t III: Working with data -- Collecting quantitative and qualitative dat a -- Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data -- E-research : doing social research online -- Triangulation and mixed methods -- Part IV: R eflection and writing -- What is good research? Evaluating your researc h project -- Writing up research and using results.

In the Second Edition of this textbook designed for new researchers, Uwe Flick takes readers through the process of producing a research pr oject. The book gives readers the fundamental data collection and analy sis skills that they need for their first project, as well as a good un derstanding of the research process as a whole. It covers both quantita tive and qualitative methods, and contains plenty of real-life examples from the author's own research. The book will help readers to answer q uestions such as: Why do social research in the first place? How do I d evelop a researchable question? What is a literature review and how do I conduct one? How could I collect and analyze data? What if I want to do my research online?