Applied cross-cultural data analysis for social work / Thanh V. Tran, Keith T. Chan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tran, Thanh V., author.

Chan, Keith T., author.

Series:

Pocket guides to social work research methods.

Oxford scholarship online.

Pocket guides to social work research methods

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work with minorities--United States--Methodology.

Social work with minorities.

Social service--Research--Methodology.

Social service.

Cultural awareness--United States--Methodology.

Cultural awareness.

Quantitative research--Methodology.

Quantitative research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This volume offers practical guides for data analysis in cross-cultural research. It shows how social workers can employ commonly-used statistical approaches to make meaningful comparisons in health, mental health, social and psychological phenomena across cultural groups. It can also be used as a textbook for advanced research course in social work and allied fields and would benefit graduate students, faculty, and researchers.

Contents:

Introduction

Culture and Social Work

Data Management and Cross-Cultural Descriptive Analysis

Applied Multiple Regression Analysis in Cross-Cultural Comparisons

Comparing A Binary Dependent Variable Across Cultural Groups Using Applied Logistic Regression

Applied Structural Equation Modeling for Cross-Cultural Comparison

Applied Hierarchical Linear Modeling for Cross-Cultural Comparison

Conclusion and Future Directions.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-088852-0

0-19-088854-7

OCLC:

1235904311