| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, color |
| Current Frequency |
Updated irregularly. |
| Description |
text file PDF |
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Open educational resources |
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Textbooks |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| 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. |
| 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."--Open Textbook Library. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
Open Educational Resources (OER). Open Textbooks |
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Open Textbook Library |
| Terms Of Use |
Textbook content produced by Open Social Work Education is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. $fCC BY NC SA 4.0 $2cc $u https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Subject |
Social service -- Research -- Methodology -- Textbooks.
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Social service -- Research -- Methodology. |
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Textbooks.
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Open educational resources.
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Textbooks.
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| Added Author |
Open Social Work Education (Organization), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781975033729 |
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1975033728 |
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