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Kreuger, Larry.

Social work research methods : qualitative and quantitative approaches : with research navigator / Larry W. Kreuger, W. Lawrence Neuman. - Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2006. - xvii, RN-25, 624 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Rev. ed. of : Social work research methods / W. Lawrence Neuman. 1st ed. 2003.
Includes index.

Part one: foundations --
Science and social work ressearch --
Dimensions of social work research --
Theory and research --
The meanings of methodology --
The ethics and politics of social work research --
Part two: planning and preparation --
Qualitative and quantitative research designs --
Qualitative and quantitative measurement --
Qualitative and quantitative sampling --
Part three: quantitative data collection and analysis --
Experimental research --
Survey research --
Nonreactive research and secondary analysis --
Analysis of quantitative data --
Part four: qualitative data collection and analysis --
Field research --
Evaluation research --
Analysis of qualitative data --
Part five: Social work research and communication with others --
Reviewing the literature and writing a report.




ISBN: 0205470114

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social service--Research--Methodology.

LC Class. No.: HV11 / .N39