The bestselling Handbook of Research Design and Social Measurement offers social scientists the basic mechanics of how contemporary research is being designed and carried out. This best-selling Fifth Edition has a new orientation which emphasizes social scientists' three major research activities: basic, applied, and evaluation. New topics include coverage of software used in research, and new methodological tools such as event history analysis, Delphi techniques, network analysis, meta-analysis, and probit and logit models. Plus, this edition includes a thorough review and critique of sociometric scales as well as an updated guide to funding.