PART ONE -- Preperation -- 1. Introduction to research: what, why and who? -- 2. Approaches to leisure and tourism research -- 3. Starting out -- research plans and proposals -- 4. Research ethics -- 5. The range of research methods -- 6. Reviewing the literature -- PART TWO -- Data Collection -- 7. Secondary data sources -- 8. Observation -- 9. Qualitative methods: introduction and data collection -- 10. Questionnaire surveys: typology, design and coding -- 11. Experimental research -- 12. Case Study method -- 13. Sampling: quantitative and qualitative -- PART THREE -- Data Analysis -- 14. Analysing secondary data -- 15. Analysing qualitative data -- 16. Analying survey data -- 17. Statistical analysis -- PART FOUR -- Communicating Results -- 18. Preparing a research report.