Table of Contents

Preface
PART ONE: THE PROBLEM
Approaches to Research
Research Ethics
Research Proposal and Literature Review
Research Methodology
PART TWO: DATA COLLECTION
Sampling
Case Study Method
Survey Method / Experimental Method
Available Data
Observation
Interviews
Questionnaires
Tests
PART THREE: DATA ANALYSIS
Measurement Principles
Qualitative Data
Quantitative Data
PART FOUR: ACTION
Social Science English
The Report
Using the Results
Glossary
References
Index

About the Author

Gerard Guthrie has been Managing Director of Guthrie Development Consultancy Pty Ltd., Canberra since 2004. He is a Doctor of Philosophy in Education. An educationalist with around 40 years of experience, his career has had two main parts: one as an academic, and the other as a governmental aid official. He has worked in universities, aid management and aid consultancy in Asia, Africa and the South Pacific, particularly China and Papua New Guinea, and also, briefly, in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Dr Guthrie has a background in development theory and practice and in social science research. He has postgraduate degrees in geography, social science and education, with over 180 publications and papers to his name. His own research has included major projects on migration, teacher education and crime victimisation, as well as aid activity design and evaluation. His publications include: Cherbourg: A Queensland Aboriginal Reserve (1977); Mt. Hagen Community Crime Survey, 2006, co-authored with F. Hukula and J. Laki (2007); Urban Crime Victimisation in Papua New Guinea, 2004–2008: A Synthesis (2008); and The Progressive Education Fallacy in Developing Countries: In Favour of Formalism (2010).