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- Resource Links:Author: DeCarlo, MatthewContributor: Open Social Work Education (Organization); BC Open Textbook Project; BCcampusDate:Created2018Summary:
As an introductory textbook for social work students studying research methods, this book guides students through the process of creating a research project. Students will learn how to discover a researchable topic that is interesting to them, examine scholarly literature, formulate a proper research question, design a quantitative or qualitative study to answer their question, carry out the design, interpret quantitative or qualitative results, and disseminate their findings to a variety of audiences. Examples are drawn from the author's practice and research experience, as well as topical articles from the literature.
Contents:- Introduction to research
- Beginning a research project
- Reading and evaluating literature
- Conducting a literature review
- Ethics in social work research
- Linking methods with theory
- Design and causality
- Creating and refining a research question
- Defining and measuring concepts
- Sampling
- Survey research
- Experimental design
- Interviews and focus groups
- Unobtrusive research: Qualitative and quantitative approaches
- Real-world research: Evaluation, single-subjects, and action research
- Reporting and reading research.
Sujets: Research--Methodology | Social service | TextbooksOriginal Publisher: Roanoke, VA, Open Social Work EducationLanguage(s): EnglishCollection(s)/Series: BC Open Textbooks