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Essential research methods for social work / Allen Rubin, Earl Babbie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Brooks/Cole empowerment seriesPublisher: Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xv, 429 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1305101685
  • 9781305101685
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.3072 23
Contents:
Part I. AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN SOCIAL WORK -- Part II. THE RESEARCH PROCESS -- Part III. ETHICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH -- Part IV. PROBLEM FORMULATION AND MEASUREMENT -- Part V. SAMPLING AND SURVEYS -- Part VI. DESIGNS FOR EVALUATING PROGRAMS AND PRACTICE -- Part VII. ADDITIONAL QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS -- Part VIII. DATA ANALYSYS -- --
Part I. AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN SOCIAL WORK -- 1. Why Study Research? -- 2. Evidence-Based Practice -- -- Part II. THE RESEARCH PROCESS -- 3. Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods of Inquiry -- 4. Factors Influencing the Research Process -- -- Part III. ETHICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH -- 5. Ethical Issues in Social Work Research -- 6. Culturally Competent Research -- -- Part IV. PROBLEM FORMULATION AND MEASUREMENT -- 7. Problem Formulation -- 8. Measurement in Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry -- 9. Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement Instruments -- -- Part V. SAMPLING AND SURVEYS -- 10. Surveys -- 11. Sampling: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches -- -- Part VI. DESIGNS FOR EVALUATING PROGRAMS AND PRACTICE -- 12. Experiments and Quasi-Experiments -- 13. Single-Case Evaluation Designs -- 14. Program Evaluation -- -- Part VII. ADDITIONAL QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS -- 15. Additional Methods in Qualitative Inquiry -- 16. Analyzing Available Records: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods -- -- Part VIII. DATA ANALYSYS -- 17. Quantitative Data Analysis -- 18. Qualitative Data Analysis.
Summary: "Rubin and Babbie's ESSENTIAL RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK provides students with a concise introduction to research methods that offers illustrations and applications specific to the field, as well as a constant focus on the utility of social work research in social work practice. Outlines, introductions, boxed features, chapter endings with main points, review questions and exercises, and Internet exercises provide students with the information and practice they need to succeed in the course. Part of the Cengage Empowerment Series, the fourth edition is up to date and thoroughly integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the current Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)."--Publisher's website.
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Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 361.3072 RUB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A556057B

Previously published: 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN SOCIAL WORK -- Part II. THE RESEARCH PROCESS -- Part III. ETHICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH -- Part IV. PROBLEM FORMULATION AND MEASUREMENT -- Part V. SAMPLING AND SURVEYS -- Part VI. DESIGNS FOR EVALUATING PROGRAMS AND PRACTICE -- Part VII. ADDITIONAL QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS -- Part VIII. DATA ANALYSYS -- --

Part I. AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN SOCIAL WORK -- 1. Why Study Research? -- 2. Evidence-Based Practice -- -- Part II. THE RESEARCH PROCESS -- 3. Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods of Inquiry -- 4. Factors Influencing the Research Process -- -- Part III. ETHICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH -- 5. Ethical Issues in Social Work Research -- 6. Culturally Competent Research -- -- Part IV. PROBLEM FORMULATION AND MEASUREMENT -- 7. Problem Formulation -- 8. Measurement in Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry -- 9. Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement Instruments -- -- Part V. SAMPLING AND SURVEYS -- 10. Surveys -- 11. Sampling: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches -- -- Part VI. DESIGNS FOR EVALUATING PROGRAMS AND PRACTICE -- 12. Experiments and Quasi-Experiments -- 13. Single-Case Evaluation Designs -- 14. Program Evaluation -- -- Part VII. ADDITIONAL QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS -- 15. Additional Methods in Qualitative Inquiry -- 16. Analyzing Available Records: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods -- -- Part VIII. DATA ANALYSYS -- 17. Quantitative Data Analysis -- 18. Qualitative Data Analysis.

"Rubin and Babbie's ESSENTIAL RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK provides students with a concise introduction to research methods that offers illustrations and applications specific to the field, as well as a constant focus on the utility of social work research in social work practice. Outlines, introductions, boxed features, chapter endings with main points, review questions and exercises, and Internet exercises provide students with the information and practice they need to succeed in the course. Part of the Cengage Empowerment Series, the fourth edition is up to date and thoroughly integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the current Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)."--Publisher's website.

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