Research methods for social work : a problem-based approach /: a problem-based approach. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Antoinette Y. Farmer, Rutgers University, G. Lawrence Farmer, Fordham University.
• Authors: Rodgers-Farmer, Antoinette Y; Farmer, G. Lawrence
• Contents: Chapter 1: Evidence-based Practice; Introduction; The Search for Best Practices; Scientific Method; Evidence-based Practice; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 2: Research Ethics; Introduction; The Belmont Report; Institutional Review Board; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 3: The Research Process; Introduction; What is the Purpose of Research?; What is Research Design?; The Research Process; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 4: Problem Formulation; Introduction; The Importance of Conducting a Literature Review; Ethics and the Research Question; Diversity and the Research Question; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 5: Measurement; Introduction; Conceptual Versus Operational; Levels of Measurement; Sources of Measurement Error; Reliability and Validity; Selecting Standardized Measures; Constructing Measurement Instruments; Ethics and Measurement; Diversity and Measurement; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 6: Experimental Designs; Introduction; Types of Experimental Research designs; Ethics and Experimental Design; Diversity and Experimental Designs; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 7: Quasi-Experimental Designs; Introduction; Quasi-Experimental Designs; Types of Quasi-Experimental Designs; Ethics and Quasi-Experimental Designs; Diversity and Quasi-Experimental Designs; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 8: Qualitative Research; Introduction; Sampling Strategies Used in Qualitative Research; Types of Qualitative Research; Criteria for Ensuring the Trustworthiness of Data; Ethics and Qualitative Research; Diversity and Qualitative Research; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 9: Mixed Methods Research; Sampling Strategies Used in Mixed Methods Research; Ethics and Mixed Methods Research; Diversity and Mixed Methods Research; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 10: Observational Research; Introduction; Types of Observational Research; Ethics and Observational Research; Diversity and Observational Research; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 11: Sampling; Introduction; Types of Sampling Strategies; Reasons Why Samples May Differ from a Population; Criteria for Evaluating the Quality of a Sample; Ethics and Sampling; Diversity and Sampling; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 12: Survey Research; Introduction; Sources of Error Affect Survey Research; Design Phase of the Survey; Modes of Data Collection in Survey Research; Response Rate; Ethics and Survey Research; Diversity and Survey Research; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 13: Quantitative Analysis; Introduction; Key Statistics Concepts; Levels of Measurement; Coding the Data; Statistical Analysis Used to Describe Data; Statistical Analyses Used to Asses the Degree of Relationship Among Variables; Statistical Analyses Used to Asses Significant of Group Difference; Ethics and Quantitative Data Analysis; Diversity and Quantitative Data Analysis; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 14: Qualitative Data Analysis; Introduction; Phases of the Qualitative Data Analysis Process; Coding if the Data; Types of Qualitative Analyses; Criteria for Ensuring the Trustworthiness of Data; Ethics and Qualitative Data Analysis; Diversity and Qualitative Data Analysis; Computer Programs for Qualitative Data; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 15: Single-Case Design Evaluation; Introduction; What Needs to be Done Prior to Conducting a Single-Case Design; Phases of the Single-Case Design Evaluation Process; Types of Single-Case Designs; Graphing and Analyzing the Data; Ethics and Single-Case Design Evaluation; Diversity and Single-Case Design Evaluation; Summary, Review and Assignments; Chapter 16: Program Evaluation; Introduction; Program Logic Model; Types of Program Evaluations; Structure of an Evaluation Report; Ethics and Program Evaluation; Diversity and Program Evaluation; Summary, Review and Assignments; Appendix A: Guidelines for Writing a Manuscript/Research Paper;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (464 pages)
• Subjects: 361.3/20721; Social service -- Research -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506345291; 1506345298
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