This approach to learning about quantitative methods assumes no previous knowledge or experience and every stage of the research process is covered. Key topics include: formulating research questions; how to choose the right statistical test for research design; important research issues, such as questionnaire design, ethics, sampling, reliability and validity; conducting simple statistics to explore relationships and differences in the data; writing statistics to explore relationships and differences in the data; and writing the research report and presenting statistics. Simple worksheets and flow diagrams guide the reader through the research stages and each chapter contains exercises with answers to check understanding.