Quantitative research methods for social work : making social work count /: making social work count. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Barbra Teater, John Devaney, Donald Forrester, Jonathan Scourfield and John Carpenter.
• Authors: Teater, Barbra; Devaney, John; Forrester, Donald; Scourfield, Jonathan, 1966-; Carpenter, John, 1952-
• Contents: Chapter 1Introduction; Chapter 2Why numbers matter in social work; Chapter 3Who is being studied?; Chapter 4What is being studied?; Chapter 5How to describe issues using numbers; Chapter 6How to know if a service makes a difference; Chapter 7How to use numbers to describe a sample; Chapter 8How to make a decision with confidence; Chapter 9How to know if two variables are related; Chapter 10What is the effect of one or more variables on another variable?; Chapter 11What are the key elements of ethical quantitative research?; Chapter 12How to do quantitative research without collecting new data; Chapter 13How to combine qualitative and quantitative methods in social work research
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 361.30721; Social Work; Social service -- Research; Social service -- Research; Sozialarbeit; Quantitative Methode; Forschungsmethode; Social work
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137400284; 1137400285
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