Contents

pp v-vi

About the Editors

pp vii-x

Contributor

pp xi-xii

Foreword

pp xiii-xvi

Preface

pp xvii-xviii

PART 1 - GETTING STARTED

pp 1-2

1 - What are research, evaluation and audit?

pp 3-14

2 - Building confidence

pp 15-30

3 - Asking the right question

pp 31-44

4 - Writing your project plan

pp 45-64

5 - Ethics and best practice

pp 65-76

PART 2 - DOING RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND AUDIT

pp 77-78

6 - Reviewing the literature

pp 79-96

7 - Qualitative approaches

pp 97-120

8 - Quantitative approaches

pp 121-144

9 - Data analysis

pp 145-176

10 - Tools to facilitate your project

pp 177-188

PART 3 - IMPACT OF RESEARCH, EVALUATION AND AUDIT

pp 189-190

11 - Writing up your project findings

pp 191-202

12 - Disseminating your project findings

pp 203-214

13 - What next? Applying your findings to practice

pp 215-226

Closing remarks

pp 227-228

Index

pp 229-236