Data Collection and Analysis

PART ONE: DESIGN ISSUES Validating Evidence - Roger Sapsford and Victor Jupp Survey Sampling - William Schofield PART TWO: DATA COLLECTION Observational Research - Peter Foster Asking Questions - Michael Wilson and Roger Sapsford Research and Information on the Net - Roger Sapsford Using Documents - Ruth Finnegan PART THREE: DATA ANALYSIS Preparing Numerical Data - Betty Swift Extracting and Presenting Statistics - Roger Sapsford Statistical Techniques - Judith Calder and Roger Sapsford Analysis of Unstructured Data - David Boulton and Martyn Hammersley Discourse Research - Roger Sapsford Documents and Critical Research - Victor Jupp PART FOUR: CONCLUSION Ethics, Politics and Research - Pamela Abbott and Roger Sapsford