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Building on the hallmarks of this respected bestseller, Rubin and Babbie's "Research Methods for Social Work, International Edition" strikes an optimal balance of quantitative and qualitative research techniques - illustrating how the two methods complement one another. The book combines comprehensive coverage with a clear and often humorous writing style. Considered the best social work research methods resource, Rubin and Babbie's book balances depth of content with relevant user-friendly examples and consistently helps readers see the connections between research and social work practice.
| ISBN | 0495811831 | | Pages | 436 | | ISBN13 | 9780495811831
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 1160 | | Publisher | Cengage Learning, Inc | | Published in | Belmont, CA | | Imprint | Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc | | Previous ISBN | 9780534362171 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 202 | | Publication date | 31 Jan 2010 | | Width (mm) | 252 | | DEWEY | 361.3072 | | Spine width (mm) | 22 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Tertiary education |
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PART I: SCIENCE AND SOCIAL WORK. 1. Scientific and Unscientific Sources of Social Work Practice Knowledge. 2. Evidence-Based Practice. 3. Philosophy and Theory in Social Work Research. PART II: THE ETHICAL, POLITICAL, AND CULTURAL CONTEXT OF SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH. 4. The Ethics and Politics of Social Work Research. 5. Culturally Competent Research. PART III: CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT. 6. Problem Formulation. 7. Explicating Research Elements. 8. Measurement. 9. Constructing Measurement Instruments. PART IV: EVALUATION DESIGNS AND METHODS. 10. Causal Inference and Quasi-Experimental Designs. 11. Experimental Designs. 12. Single-Case Evaluation Designs. 13. Program Evaluation. PART V: SURVEYS, SAMPLING, AND EXISTING DATA. 14. Sampling. 15. Survey Research. 16. Unobtrusive Measures. PART VI: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS. 17. Qualitative Research: General Principles. 18. Qualitative Research: Specific Methods. 19. Qualitative Data Analysis. PART VII: ANALYSIS OF QUANTITATIVE DATA. 20. Quantitative Data Analysis. 21. Inferential Data Analysis: Part 1. 22. Inferential Data Analysis: Part 2. Appendix A: Using the Library. Appendix B: Writing Research Proposals and Reports. Appendix C: Statistics for Estimating Sampling Error.
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