Books in the Oxfam Development Guidelines series

Social Survey Methods is a readable guide to selecting and implementing an appropriate, affordable research method. Designed for those without a formal training in statistics, it includes advice on design of survey forms, interview methods and statistical analysis of results.

The book is an attempt to demystify research and to explain how it can be effectively incorporated into the development project cycle, even in small-scale, low-cost development programmes. It considers the broader theoretical issues behind social research and explains and evaluates the different methods of collection in use.

This book discusses the issues and stages in the development of water supplies, from the initiation of a programme through to the community management of a supply system. The importance of involving all the members of a community in decisions about water provision is emphasised, as is the need to incorporate hygiene education.