The author takes the readers through seventeen chapters of rich and relevant contents straddling the entire scope of the major aspects of research methods' course contents in tertiary institutions. The book discusses vividly, the basic fundamental issues in research methods and statistics. The book is unique in many respects. One of the strong points of this textbook is its succinctness and clarity. The language of the textbook is terse and temperate; its content is lucid and its organization is systematic. The book is full of many illustrations and examples which the average readers would understand. Its detailed nature also makes it an indispensable companion of students and teachers. The textbook no doubt will provide a ready guide to the successful undertaking of researches in our schools.This textbook has been specifically written to meet the needs of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes especially in education as well as other courses of a comparable level.The emphasis throughout in this book is on providing the readers with sound skills and with a working knowledge and appreciation of the basic concepts involved in educational research methods and statistics