Research methods for social work / (Record no. 3075)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0534263887 (acidfree paper)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780534263881
050 00 - CALL NUMBER
Classification number HV11
Item number .R84
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 3rd ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Place of publication Pacific Grove :
Name of publisher Brooks/Cole Pub. Co.,
Year of publication c1997.
300 ## - DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 1 v. (various pagings) :
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.
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