Paul A Komesaroff MBBS, BSc(Hons)MA, PHD,FRACP December, 2004"The work covers an astonishingly wide range of issues in a lucid, reliable and readable manner. Vigorous efforts are made to keep the material dynamic and accessible. The text manages to be both didactic and engaging. This is a significant achievement and will no doubt serve the purpose of providing a readable text and a useful reference guide."

• Section 1: Introduction 1.Introduction 2.General design issues 3.Reviewing the literature 4.Research ethics Section 2: Strategies 5.Action research 6.Case Studies 7.Ethnography 8.Experiments 9.Surveys 10.Systematic reviews Section 3: Collecting Data 11.Sampling 12.Interviews 13.Questionnaires 14.Observations Section 4: Analysis and Presentation 15.Introduction to analysis 16.Qualitative analysis 17.Quantitative analysis Section 5: Writing Up 1 Writing Up References

Paul A Komesaroff MBBS, BSc(Hons)MA, PHD,FRACP December, 2004"The work covers an astonishingly wide range of issues in a lucid, reliable and readable manner. Vigorous efforts are made to keep the material dynamic and accessible. The text manages to be both didactic and engaging. This is a significant achievement and will no doubt serve the purpose of providing a readable text and a useful reference guide."

• Section 1: Introduction 1.Introduction 2.General design issues 3.Reviewing the literature 4.Research ethics Section 2: Strategies 5.Action research 6.Case Studies 7.Ethnography 8.Experiments 9.Surveys 10.Systematic reviews Section 3: Collecting Data 11.Sampling 12.Interviews 13.Questionnaires 14.Observations Section 4: Analysis and Presentation 15.Introduction to analysis 16.Qualitative analysis 17.Quantitative analysis Section 5: Writing Up 1 Writing Up References

Paul A Komesaroff MBBS, BSc(Hons)MA, PHD,FRACP December, 2004"The work covers an astonishingly wide range of issues in a lucid, reliable and readable manner. Vigorous efforts are made to keep the material dynamic and accessible. The text manages to be both didactic and engaging. This is a significant achievement and will no doubt serve the purpose of providing a readable text and a useful reference guide."

• Section 1: Introduction 1.Introduction 2.General design issues 3.Reviewing the literature 4.Research ethics Section 2: Strategies 5.Action research 6.Case Studies 7.Ethnography 8.Experiments 9.Surveys 10.Systematic reviews Section 3: Collecting Data 11.Sampling 12.Interviews 13.Questionnaires 14.Observations Section 4: Analysis and Presentation 15.Introduction to analysis 16.Qualitative analysis 17.Quantitative analysis Section 5: Writing Up 1 Writing Up References