This is a practical, student focused text that gets students through a research project using a step by step approach. Containing a balance of theory and practice materials, the text has plenty of learning support and activity features, as well as short case study materials focused on how and why researchers have conducted investigations in the past. This book meets the needs of students of Health and Social Care, Sociology, Social Policy, and Psychology, and those doing a research project for the first time as part of an HND or similar course.