| An Introduction to Inquiry | Modes of Observation |
| 1. Human Inquiry and Science | 8. Experiments |
| 2. Paradigms, Theory, and Research | 9. Survey Research |
| 3. The Politics and Ethics of Social Research | 10. Qualitative Field Research |
| The Structuring of Inquiry | 11. Unobtrusive Research |
| 4. Research Design | 12. Evaluation Research |
| 5. Conceptualization, Measurement, and Operationalization | Analysis of Data |
| 6. Indexes, Scales, and Typologies | 13. Qualitative Data Analysis |
| 7. The Logic of Sampling | 14. Quantitative Data Analysis |