INTRODUCTION
SECTION 1: FINDING AND USING SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Activity 1: Distinguishing between Primary and Secondary Sources
Activity 2: Finding and Using Primary Sources
Activity 3: Improving Observation Skills
Activity 4: Assessing Prior Experience and Learning
Activity 5: Reflecting on Your Enquiry Skills
Activity 6: Using the Internet for Background Research
Activity 7: Evaluating Sources
Activity 8: Recognizing Statistics, Facts, Arguments and Opinions
Activity 9: Discovering Questionable Statistics Published Online
Activity 10: Managing Critiques and Reviews
Activity 11: Critiquing Quantitative Research Papers
Activity 12: Critiquing Qualitative Research Papers
Activity 13: Evaluating Science in the Media
Activity 14: Recognizing Media and Political Bias
Activity 15: Recognizing Research(er) Bias
SECTION 2: PLANNING A RESEARCH PROJECT
Activity 16: Choosing a Research Topic
Activity 17: Producing Aims and Objectives
Activity 18: Developing a Research Question
Activity 19: Designing a Research Project
Activity 20: Choosing Research Methods
Activity 21: Using Multiple or Mixed Approaches
Activity 22: Knowing About Probability Samples
Activity 23: Knowing About Non-Probability (Purposive) Samples
Activity 24: Choosing Sample Size
Activity 25: Avoiding Sampling Problems
Activity 26: Justifying Your Research Topic
Activity 27: Defending Methodology
Activity 28: Costing a Research Project
Activity 29: Producing and Justifying Your Budget
Activity 30: Producing a Research Proposal
Activity 31: Obtaining Funding
Activity 32: Working Collaboratively With Others
SECTION 3: CONDUCTING RESEARCH
Activity 33: Understanding the Process of Science
Activity 34: Knowing About Real-World Scientific Research
Activity 35: Avoiding Mistakes in Experiments
Activity 36: Undertaking Ethnographic Work
Activity 37: Conducting Interviews
Activity 38: Constructing Questions
Activity 39: Producing an Interview Schedule
Activity 40: Running a Focus Group
Activity 41: Establishing Rapport
Activity 42: Listening to Interviewees
Activity 43: Understanding Group Dynamics
Activity 44: Recording Techniques
Activity 45: Using Observation Techniques
Activity 46: Using Visual Methods
Activity 47: Designing Questionnaires
Activity 48: Administering Questionnaires
Activity 49: Improving Response Rates
Activity 50: Using the Internet as a Tool for Research
SECTION 4: USING AND ANALYSING DATA
Activity 51: Reading Scientific Material
Activity 52: Improving Data Search Techniques
Activity 53: Storing and Using Data
Activity 54: Making Use of Statistics
Activity 55: Choosing Software for Statistical Analysis
Activity 56: Finding and Using Datasets
Activity 57: Analysing Quantitative Data
Activity 58: Operationalizing and Classifying
Activity 59: Ensuring Validity and Reliability in Quantitative Research
Activity 60: Understanding Data Management
Activity 61: Analysing Qualitative Data
Activity 62: Analysing Visual Data
Activity 63: Coding and Categorizing Qualitative Data
Activity 64: Evaluating Qualitative Analyses
Activity 65: Drawing Conclusions from Qualitative Data
Activity 66: Knowing About Data Protection
SECTION 5: DISSEMINATING RESULTS
Activity 67: Presenting to a Lay Audience
Activity 68: Dealing With the Media
Activity 69: Presenting Conference Papers
Activity 70: Writing Journal Papers
Activity 71: Disseminating via Social Media
Activity 72: Publishing Online
Activity 73: Writing an Impact Statement
Activity 75: Planning and Writing a Dissertation
Activity 74: Overcoming Writer's Block
SECTION 6: ACTING ETHICALLY
Activity 76: Recognizing Ethical Issues
Activity 77: Understanding Legal Requirements
Activity 78: Avoiding Plagiarism
Activity 79: Producing a Code of Ethics
Activity 80: Understanding Issues of Informed Consent
Activity 81: Treating Participants with Respect
Activity 82: Avoiding Conflict of Interest
Activity 83: Understanding Biased Financial Relationships
Activity 84: Recognizing and Managing the Funding Effect
Activity 85: Knowing about the Ethical Approval Process
Activity 86: Collaborating and Co-Operating Ethically
Activity 87: Conducting Research that Involves Risk
Activity 88: Conducting Research with Vulnerable People
Activity 89: Conducting Research with Children
SECTION 7: DEVELOPING DEEPER RESEARCH SKILLS
Activity 90: Knowing About Epistemology and Ontology
Activity 91: Asking Epistemological Questions
Activity 92: Understanding Methodology
Activity 93: Asking Methodological Questions
Activity 94: Locating Epistemological and Methodological Standpoint
Activity 95: Understanding Theoretical Perspective
Activity 96: Reasoning Inductively and Deductively
Activity 97: Recognizing Problems with Reasoning
Activity 98: Hypothesizing and Theorizing
Activity 99: Generating Theory Inductively and Deductively
Activity 100: Identifying Effective Theory
