Doing Sociolinguistics: A practical guide to data collection and analysis is an accessible introduction and guide to the methods of data collection and analysis in the field of sociolinguistics. It provides students with all the knowledge and skills needed to conduct their own analyses of language, featuring excerpts from key research articles, exercises using real data from the authors' own research, and supported by a companion website. Designed to function as both a standard text for methods classes in sociolinguistics and as a companion to the Routledge textbook Introducing Sociolinguistics, this book will be essential reading for all students studying and researching in this area.