Social work research and evaluation : examined practice for action / Elizabeth DePoy, University of Maine, Stephen Gilson, University of Maine.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to Examined Practice -- 2. Problems, Issues and Needs (What, Why, How, When, Where) -- 3. Setting Goals and Objectives for Reflexive Intervention -- 4. Exploring Outcomes -- 5. Sharing Examined Practice to Generate Social Work Knowledge -- 6. Two Design Traditions and then Mixing Them -- 7. The Role of Literature in Examined Practice -- 8. Questions, Hypotheses and Queries: The basis for Rigor Assessment -- 9. Design in Both Traditions -- 10. Setting and Protecting the Boundaries of a Study -- 11. Obtaining Information -- 12. Analysis -- 13. Putting the Model to Work.

"Social Work Research and Evaluation applies systematically developed research knowledge to social work practice and emphasizes the "doing" of social work as a reciprocal avenue for generating research evidence and social work knowledge. Using the Examined Practice Model, authors Elizabeth G. DePoy and Stephen F. Gilson present research as the identification of a problem and then proceed to evaluate the efficacy of social work practice in its resolution. Diverse theories, actions, and sets of evidence from a range of professional and disciplinary perspectives are included to underscore the importance of integrating evaluation and practice in research."--Publisher's website.