Statistics in social work : an introduction to practical applications / Amy Batchelor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batchelor, Amy, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Statistical methods.

Social service.

Social service--Practice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Understanding statistical concepts is essential for social work professionals. It is key to understanding research and reaching evidence-based decisions in your own practice-but that is only the beginning. If you understand statistics, you can determine the best interventions for your clients. You can use new tools to monitor and evaluate the progress of your client or team. You can recognize biased systems masked by complex models and the appearance of scientific neutrality. For social workers, statistics are not just math, they are a critical practice tool.This concise and approachable introduction to statistics limits its coverage to the concepts most relevant to social workers. Statistics in Social Work guides students through concepts and procedures from descriptive statistics and correlation to hypothesis testing and inferential statistics. Besides presenting key concepts, it focuses on real-world examples that students will encounter in a social work practice. Using concrete illustrations from a variety of potential concentrations and populations, Amy Batchelor creates clear connections between theory and practice-and demonstrates the important contributions statistics can make to evidence-based and rigorous social work practice.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CREATING USEFUL DATA

3. UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE AND POPULATIONS

4. VARIANCE: THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US

5. THE STATISTICS OF RELATIONSHIPS

6. SAMPLING: THE WHO AND THE HOW

7. WHAT WORKS?: HYPOTHESIS TESTING AND INFERENTIAL STATISTICS

8. WHEN TWO IS NOT ENOUGH: TESTING WITH MULTIPLE GROUPS

9. AN INTRODUCTION TO ADVANCED CONCEPTS

Appendix I: Glossary

Appendix II: Answer Key for Review Questions

Appendix III: Equations Cheat Sheet

References

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

Other Format:

Statistics in social work :

ISBN:

9780231550222

0231550227

OCLC:

1129451955