Research methods for social work / (Record no. 2429)
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| fixed length control field | 02087cam a2200181 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0534174787 |
| 050 00 - CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | HV11 |
| Item number | .R82 |
| 100 1# - AUTHOR | |
| Personal name | Rubin, Allen. |
| 245 10 - TITLE | |
| Title | Research methods for social work / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Allen Rubin, Earl Babbie. |
| 250 ## - EDITION | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION | |
| Place of publication | Pacific Grove, Calif. : |
| Name of publisher | Brooks/Cole, |
| Year of publication | c1993. |
| 300 ## - DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxviii, 723 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 500 ## - NOTES | |
| General note | Includes index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Table of Content | An Introduction to Inquiry --<br/>Scientific Inquiry and Social Work --<br/>Two Realities --<br/>Natural Human Inquiry --<br/>Errors in Personal Inquiry --<br/>Philosophical Issues in Science and Research --<br/>The Scientific Method --<br/>What's Really Real? --<br/>Paradigms --<br/>Determinism, Probability, and Causation --<br/>Quantitative and Qualitative Methods of Inquiry --<br/>Objectivity and Subjectivity in Scientific Inquiry --<br/>Theory and Research --<br/>Two Logical Systems --<br/>The Links Between Theory and Research --<br/>Social Work Practice Models --<br/>The Ethics and Politics of Social Work Research --<br/>Ethical Issues in Social Work Research --<br/>Weighing Benefits and Costs --<br/>NASW Code of Ethics --<br/>Four Ethical Controversies --<br/>Institutional Review Boards --<br/>Bias and Insensitivity Regarding Gender and Culture --<br/>The Politics of Social Work Research --<br/>Problem Formulation and Measurement --<br/>Problem Formulation --<br/>Overview of the Research Process --<br/>The Research Proposal --<br/>Problem Identification --<br/>Purposes of Research --<br/>The Time Dimension --<br/>Units of Analysis --<br/>Answers to Units of Analysis Exercise --<br/>Conceptualization and Operationalization --<br/>Conceptual Explication --<br/>Operational Definitions --<br/>Measuring Anything That Exists --<br/>Definitions and Research Purposes --<br/>Operationalization Choices --<br/>Some Operationalization Illustrations --<br/>Operationalization Goes On and On --<br/>More Examples of Operationalization in Social Work --<br/>Existing Scales --<br/>Measurement --<br/>Levels of Measurement --<br/>Single or Composite Indicators --<br/>Common Sources of Measurement Error. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECTS | |
| Topical Term | Social service |
| General subdivision | Research |
| -- | Methodology. |
| 700 1# - OTHER AUTHORS | |
| Personal name | Babbie, Earl R. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Copy number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Methodist University Library Main | Methodist University Library Main | General Stacks | HV11 .R82 | 4117 | 1 | Books |