This book covers the essential stages of research, from posing the right questions and designing a study, through to the methods for collecting, presenting, and analyzing data. Three case studies that represent the three main categories of research question exploratory, descriptive, and explanatory illustrate relevant issues in design, data collection, and analysis. Ethical issues are discussed in detail, and both qualitative and quantitative data are examined. Sim teaches in the Primary Care Sciences Research Centre at Keele University. Wright teaches research methods in the School of Health and Social Sciences at Coventry University. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)