What is (and is not) social research?
The goals of social research
The process of social research: ideas and evidence
The ethics of social research
Using qualitative methods to study commonalities
Using comparative methods to study diversity
Using quantitative methods to study covariation.
Constructing social research : the unity and diversity of method by Charles C. Ragin. ISBN 9781412960182. Published by Pine Forge in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.