Ch. 1. Introducing research Ch. 2. Methodology and research design Ch. 3. Evaluating research Ch. 4. Secondary data analysis in leisure and tourism research Ch. 5. Qualitative methods Ch. 6. Social surveys Ch. 7. Sampling techniques Ch. 8. The analysis of qualitative data : content analysis and semiological analysis Ch. 9. Summarising data : descriptive statistics and the graphical presentation of data Ch. 10. Bivariate and multivariate analysis Ch. 11. Inferential statistics Ch. 12. Writing a research report
Written for undergraduates, this textbook introduces the use of research methods in leisure and tourism. The author specifically explores the use of SPSS for Microsoft Windows and offers suggestions for further research activities