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Research methods for social work / Allen Rubin, Earl R. Babbie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Brooks/Cole, ©2008.Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xix, 668 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780495095156
  • 049509515X
  • 0495501727
  • 9780495501725
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV11 .R84
Contents:
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.
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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.

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