Martyn Hammersley gives an introduction to analytic induction as a social scientific method. Analytic induction claims to specify what is required if we are to archieve reliably sound conclusions about the causes of some type of outcome, and it is aimed at identifying the necessary and jointly...

Jane Elliott gives an introduction to cohort studies. She talks about the content and design of the British Birth Cohort studies at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, the distinction between a cohort study and a panel study, and examples of research using cohort data.

Graham Crow gives an introduction to community studies. He talks about the tradition of community studies, definitions, methodological issues and examples of such studies.