The book is a comprehensive text describing various aspects of research with classic examples and case studies. Research becomes meaningful with inclusion of empirical studies conducted in the Indian context. The book includes critical research inquiry topics in each chapter which are relevant for critical evaluation of many research-related concepts. Students and researchers can enhance their knowledge as each chapter has a reading list of good research articles and books. Discussion questions and exercises have also been formulated for the students to evaluate their learning and to practise research. The text also includes the statistical analysis which can help the students to understand the basic characteristics of descriptive and inferential statistics, and for detailed analysis they can refer to the books on statistics.