Abstract: Part. 1. Foundations of social research 1. Introduction 2. Varieties of social research 3. Feminist research 4.Principles of social research Part 2. Research planning 5. Research design 6. Initiating social research 7. Sampling procedures Part 3. Methods of data collection 8. Multiple-sample research 9. Field research 10. Observation 11. Questionnaires 12. Interviews 13. The study of documents 14. Applied resarch Part 4. Data analysis 15. Qualitative analysis 16. Quantitative Analysis Part 5.Publication 17. Reporting.