Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods: An Investigative Approach Book

	Acknowledgements
	Permissions
1	Order at all Points: Counting and accounting	1
2	Starting the Inquiry: 'But what happened then?'	10
3	Defining the Inquiry: 'Then how do you know?'	33
4	Methods of Inquiry: 'It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data!'	64
5	'Data! Data! Data!': Analysing data from the inquiry	109
6	Finding Answers from the Inquiry: 'Elementary, my dear Watson!'	147
7	Summarizing and Presenting Results: 'Quite so!'	229
App. I	Sample Letter for Informed Consent	237
App. II	BSA Statement of Ethical Practice	239
App. III	The Statistical Inquirer	246
	Index	249