Practical Social Research

DAVID HALL and IRENE HALL both gained MA degrees in sociology from the University of Manchester. From there they moved to Swansea, where David Hall worked at the Medical Sociology Research Centre, gaining his PhD, and Irene Hall was a Research Fellow for the Community Development Project in the South Wales Valleys. Now living on the Wirral, they both work in Liverpool, teaching and researching at the University of Liverpool and the Liverpool Institute of Higher Education respectively.

• Philosophy and Practice of Applied Social Research - Issues in Methodology - Negotiating an Agreement - From Agreement to Research Brief - Producing Data: The Questionnaire - Data Analysis: The Questionnaire - Recording Data: Ethnography - Analysing Ethnographic Data - Documentary and Other Sources - Presenting the Client Report - Presenting the Methodology Report or Reflexive Report