Research methods for social work
Subtitle: being producers and consumers of research
By: James R. Dudley.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780205707461
Subjects: Social service -- Research; Social service -- Research -- Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why social workers need research?; title: Philosophies and perspectives about research; title: Research ethics and social work's mandates; title: Understanding the research topic; title: Defining and measuring concepts; title: Focusing a research study; title: Designing the study; title: Considering sampling techniques; title: Constructing surveys; title: Constructing observational studies; title: Exploring causal relationships; title: Collecting the data.