Research methods for social work /
Rubin, Allen.
Research methods for social work / Allen Rubin, Earl R. Babbie. - Sixth edition. - Belmont, CA : Thomson/Brooks/Cole, ©2008. - xix, 668 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Ch. 1. Why study research? --
Ch. 2. Evidence-based practice --
Ch. 3. Philosophy and theory in social work research --
Ch. 4. The ethics and politics of social work research --
Ch. 5. Culturally competent research --
Ch. 6. Problem formulation --
Ch. 7. Conceptualization and operationalization --
Ch. 8. Measurement --
Ch. 9. Constructing measurement instruments --
Ch. 10. Causal inference and correlational designs --
Ch. 11. Experimental designs --
Ch. 12. Single-case evaluation designs --
Ch. 13. Program evaluation --
Ch. 14. Sampling --
Ch. 15. Survey research --
Ch. 16. Analyzing existing data : quantitative and qualitative methods --
Ch. 17. Qualitative research : general principles --
Ch. 18. Qualitative research : specific methods --
Ch. 19. Qualitative data analysis --
Ch. 20. Quantitative data analysis --
Ch. 21. Inferential data analysis : part 1 --
Ch. 22. Inferential data analysis : part 2 --
Ch. 23. Writing research proposals and reports. App. A. Using the library --
App. B. Statistics for estimating sampling error --
App. C. Proportion under normal curve exceeded by effect-size (ES) values --
App. D. Learner's guide to SPSS 11.0 for Windows.
9780495095156 049509515X 0495501727 9780495501725
Social service--Research--Methodology.
HV11 / .R84
Research methods for social work / Allen Rubin, Earl R. Babbie. - Sixth edition. - Belmont, CA : Thomson/Brooks/Cole, ©2008. - xix, 668 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
Ch. 1. Why study research? --
Ch. 2. Evidence-based practice --
Ch. 3. Philosophy and theory in social work research --
Ch. 4. The ethics and politics of social work research --
Ch. 5. Culturally competent research --
Ch. 6. Problem formulation --
Ch. 7. Conceptualization and operationalization --
Ch. 8. Measurement --
Ch. 9. Constructing measurement instruments --
Ch. 10. Causal inference and correlational designs --
Ch. 11. Experimental designs --
Ch. 12. Single-case evaluation designs --
Ch. 13. Program evaluation --
Ch. 14. Sampling --
Ch. 15. Survey research --
Ch. 16. Analyzing existing data : quantitative and qualitative methods --
Ch. 17. Qualitative research : general principles --
Ch. 18. Qualitative research : specific methods --
Ch. 19. Qualitative data analysis --
Ch. 20. Quantitative data analysis --
Ch. 21. Inferential data analysis : part 1 --
Ch. 22. Inferential data analysis : part 2 --
Ch. 23. Writing research proposals and reports. App. A. Using the library --
App. B. Statistics for estimating sampling error --
App. C. Proportion under normal curve exceeded by effect-size (ES) values --
App. D. Learner's guide to SPSS 11.0 for Windows.
9780495095156 049509515X 0495501727 9780495501725
Social service--Research--Methodology.
HV11 / .R84