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Research methods for social work /

By: Rubin, Allen
Title By: Babbie, Earl R
Material type: BookPublisher: Belmont, CA : Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2008.Edition: 6th int. ed.Description: xix, 668 p. : ill ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780495501725Subject(s): Social service -- Research -- MethodologyDDC classification: 361.0072 RU RE Online resources: Location Map
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Previous ed. published in 2005. Includes glossary, bibliographical references and 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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