Social Research Methodology : A Critical Introduction (Paperback, 2nd ed. 2008)

List of Figures.- List of Tables.- List of Panels.- List of Transcripts.- Acknowledgements.- Preface to second edition.- Overview of the book.- Instruments and instrument design.- Controlled experiments.- More naturalism in experiments.- Computer simulation and complexity.- Sample surveys and representativeness.- Natural experiments.- Controlling for time in natural experiments.- Using administrative data in research.- Questions and answers.- Analysing the results of qualitative interviews.- Observing naturally occurring events.- Analysing written documents.- Evaluative and emancipatory research.- Systematic reviews, meta-analysis and synthesis from diverse sources.- Research ethics.- Bibliography.- Index.