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Scientific inquiry in social work / Matthew DeCarlo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DeCarlo, Matthew, author.
- Series:
- Open textbook library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Textbooks.
- Social sciences.
- Sociology--Textbooks.
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 491 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour)
- Irregular
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] Open Social Work Education [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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. There are ancillary materials available for this book.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1: Introduction to research
- Chapter 2: Beginning a research project
- Chapter 3: Reading and evaluating literature
- Chapter 4: Conducting a literature review
- Chapter 5: Ethics in social work research
- Chapter 6: Linking methods with theory
- Chapter 7: Design and causality
- Chapter 8: Creating and refining a research question
- Chapter 9: Defining and measuring concepts
- Chapter 10: Sampling
- Chapter 11: Survey research
- Chapter 12: Experimental design
- Chapter 13: Interviews and focus groups
- Chapter 14: Unobtrusive research: Qualitative and quantitative approaches
- Chapter 15: Real-world research: Evaluation, single-subjects, and action research
- Chapter 16: Reporting and reading research
- Notes:
- Licensed under a Creative CommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 cc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Description based on print resource
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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