The SAGE handbook of social research methods / edited by Pertti Alasuutari, Leonard Bickman, Julia Brannen.

methodology involves the fit between theory, research questions, research design and analysis.Includes several chapters that describe historical and current directions in social research, debating crucial subjects such as qualitative versus quantitative paradigms, how to judge the credibility of types of research, and the increasingly topical issue of research ethics.

Charts the new and evolving terrain of social research methodoly, ceovering qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods . Includes chapters on each phase of the research process: research design,methods of data collection, and the processes of analyzing and interpreting data. As its editors maintain , there is much to research than learning skills and techniques