Using Research Instruments: A Toolkit for Researchers

This companion to The Researcher's Toolkit is a practical, jargon-free, user-friendly guide to the most appropriate use of research instruments. It provides 'real' examples of research instruments used in actual projects by practising social and educational researchers. Readers will be invited to modify these for their own particular projects. The five main research instruments are covered: - questionnaires - observation schedules - interview schedules - focus groups - content analysis Using Research Instruments is suitable for all those who are new to research, including work-based learners and undergraduate researchers in education, nursing, social science and business studies.