Preliminary considerations: The selection of a Research Approach; Review of the Literature; The Use of Theory; Writing Strategies and Ethical Considerations; Designing research: The Introduction, The Purpose Statement, Research Questions and Hypotheses, Quantitative Methods, Quatitative Methods, Mixed Methods Procedures

This book advances a framework, a process and compositional approaches for designing a proposal or research in the human, health and social sciences. The ascendency of qualitative research, the emergence of mixed methods approaches and the growth of quantitative designs have created a need for this book's unique comparison of the three approaches to inquiry.