This text provides a clear and digestible introduction to completing quantitative research. Taking you step-by-step through the process of carrying out your own quantitative study, it offers guidance on: Developing and defining your research questions, Competing a literature review and meta-analysis, Formulating a research design and specifying your target population an data sources, Choosing an appropriate analytical strategy for your investigation, Collecting, managing, checking and analysing your data, Part of The SAGE Quantitative Research Kit, this volume is the first in the collection and lays the foundations for doing quantitative research to give the know-how and confidence needed to begin your quantitative research journey. Book jacket.