Using complexity theory for research and program evaluation
By: Michael Wolf-Branigin
Series: Pocket guides to social work research methods
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199829460
Subjects: Evaluation research (Social action programs); Evaluation; Complexity (Philosophy); Social service; Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the history and theory of complexity; title: Framing social services as complex systems; title: Research and evaluation methods for complexity; title: Shifting from a metaphorical to a mathematical approach; title: Social work applications of complexity; title: Introduction to agent-based modeling; title: Developing agent-based models; title: Concluding remarks and proposed research agenda.