The Second Edition features:

- Expanded coverage of the areas of 'Theory' and 'Statistical Testing' to incorporate new developments.

- More in-depth detail on theory and associated applications, derived from behavioural, psychological, and qualitative disciplines.

- Expanded chapter in qualitative research to reflect the movement in qualitative methodologies

- Treatment of the practical issues associated with the application of structural equation modelling in quantitative research.

- Revised chapter on fieldwork to give a more considered view of qualitative research in all its alternative forms.