Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods – serie
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Participatory Action Research
Av Hal A. Lawson, James Caringi m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
938 kr
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As novel, complex social problems increase, especially those involving vulnerable people who reside in challenging places, the limitations of conventional research methods implemented by just one or two investigators become apparent. Research and development alternatives are needed, particularly …
Content Analysis
Häftad, 2015
1144 kr
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Content Analysis offers a comprehensive overview of the variation within content analysis, along with detailed descriptions of three approaches found in the contemporary literature: basic content analysis, interpretive content analysis and qualitative content analysis. This book provides an …
Developing Cross-Cultural Measurement in Social Work Research and Evaluation
Av Thanh Tran, Tam Nguyen m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
876 kr
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Developing Cross-Cultural Measurement in Social Work Research and Evaluation, Second Edition is an applied practice-to-research text, with a focus on developing, assessing, and validating meaningful measurements across cultures and populations. This book deeply examines cultural differences that …
Determining Sample Size
Balancing Power, Precision, and Practicality
Häftad, 2008
699 kr
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A researcher's decision about the sample to draw in a study may have an enormous impact on the results, and it rests on numerous statistical and practical considerations that can be difficult to juggle. Computer programs help, but no single software package exists that allows researchers to …
Preparing Research Articles
Av Bruce Thyer
Häftad, 2008
989 kr
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The art of writing up a completed research project in a format suitable for submission to a social work journal is an ability separate from one's skills as a research methodologist. It is also an ability that, despite its importance, is often overlooked by research courses and senior-level mentors. …
Developing Cross Cultural Measurement
Häftad, 2009
638 kr
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With demographic changes and the reality of cultural diversity, social work researchers increasingly see the need to conduct cross-cultural research and evaluation, whether for hypothesis testing or outcome evaluation. Social work, as a profession, has recognized the importance of cultural …
Intervention Research
Developing Social Programs
Av Mark W. Fraser, Maeda J. Galinsky m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
756 kr
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When social workers draw on experience, theory, or data in order to develop new strategies or enhance existing ones, they are conducting intervention research. This relatively new field involves program design, implementation, and evaluation and requires a theory-based, systematic approach. …
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis
Av Julia H. Littell, Jacqueline Corcoran m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
989 kr
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When used in tandem, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, two distinct but highly compatible approaches to research synthesis, form a powerful, scientific approach to analyzing previous studies. But to see their full potential, a social work researcher must be versed in the foundational processes …
Multiple Regression with Discrete Dependent Variables
Av John G. Orme, Terri Combs-Orme
Häftad, 2009
1060 kr
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Most social work researchers are familiar with linear regression techniques, which are fairly straightforward to conduct, interpret, and present. However, linear regression is not appropriate for discrete dependent variables, and social work research frequently employs these variables, focusing on …
Historical Research
Häftad, 2008
701 kr
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Historiography is the method of doing historical research, a potentially powerful tool in a social work historian or qualitative researcher's arsenal. This addition to the Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods guides doctoral students and researchers in the construction of a historical …
Randomized Controlled Trials
Design and Implementation for Community-Based Psychosocial Interventions
Av Phyllis Solomon, Mary M. Cavanaugh m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
1023 kr
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Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered by many researchers and providers to be the gold standard of health and social service effectiveness research. However, there exist scant resources that deal with the complex nature of designing and implementing RCTs in community-based settings. …
Clinical Data-Mining
Integrating Practice and Research
Häftad, 2009
585 kr
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Clinical Data-Mining (CDM) involves the conceptualization, extraction, analysis, and interpretation of available clinical data for practice knowledge-building, clinical decision-making and practitioner reflection. Depending upon the type of data mined, CDM can be qualitative or quantitative; it is …
Finding and Evaluating Evidence
Systematic Reviews and Evidence-Based Practice
Av Denise E. Bronson, Tamara S. Davis
Häftad, 2011
933 kr
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Evidence-based practice (EBP) promises to have a profound impact on social work practice, education, and scholarship, but adopting EBP depends on the availability and accessibility of evidence and on strategies to synthesize this information. Systematic reviews provide a comprehensive, unbiased …
Structural Equation Modeling
Av Natasha K. Bowen, Shenyang Guo
Häftad, 2011
1012 kr
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Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) has long been used in social work research, but the writing on the topic is typically fragmented and highly technical. This pocket guide fills a major gap in the literature by providing social work researchers and doctoral students with an accessible synthesis. …
Needs Assessment
Av David Royse, Michele Staton-Tindall m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
813 kr
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In today's rapidly changing world, new social and human service problems emerge constantly, and in order to make good use of resources that are often limited, social service agencies must ensure that their services are truly needed. Needs assessments provide a baseline against which later results …
Strategies to Approximate Random Sampling and Assignment
Häftad, 2009
616 kr
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Random sampling and random assignment are considered by many researchers to be the definitive methodological procedures for maximizing external and internal validity. However, there is a daunting list of legal, ethical, and practical barriers to implementing random sampling and random assignment. …
Narrative Inquiry
Häftad, 2011
759 kr
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Narrative inquiry allows for a detailed examination of the structure and content of a story and its significance in relation to psychological, sociological, or historical frames of reference. Narrative methods are ideal for the study of intra- and inter-personal process. They are traditionally used …
Systematic Synthesis of Qualitative Research
Av Michael Saini, Aron Shlonsky
Häftad, 2012
940 kr
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Qualitative synthesis within the family of systematic reviews meets an urgent need to use knowledge derived from qualitative studies to inform practice, research, and policy. Despite the contingent nature of evidence gleaned from synthesis of qualitative studies, systematic synthesis is an …
Quasi-Experimental Research Designs
Häftad, 2012
869 kr
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It is usually the case that ethical and pragmatic considerations preclude the use of randomly assigning social work clients to experimental and comparative treatment conditions. In such instances, the practicality of employing a quasi-experimental method becomes an excellent alternative. …
Secondary Data Analysis
Häftad, 2010
870 kr
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In recent decades, social work and other social science research disciplines have become increasingly reliant on large secondary data sets, which have increased in both number and accessibility. When starting a new research project, how does one determine whether to use a secondary data set? Which …
Qualitative Methods for Practice Research
Av Jeffrey Longhofer, Jerry Floersch m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
732 kr
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Qualitative methods have become increasingly popular among researchers, and while many comprehensive textbooks describe the standard techniques and philosophical assumptions, it is often assumed that practitioners are consumers of research and not producers. This innovative book describes how …
Practice Research in the Human Services
A University-Agency Partnership Model
Av Michael J. Austin, Sarah Carnochan
Häftad, 2020
656 kr
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This book offers a practical approach to conducting practice research in the field of human services. This evolving form of applied research seeks to understand practice in the context of the relationships between service providers and service users, between service providers and their managers, …
Multilevel Thinking
Discovering Variation, Universals, and Particulars in Cross-Cultural Research
Häftad, 2025
378 kr
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Multilevel models have become very common in social research, however, there are aspects of these models that are explored only infrequently. Those that rarely make their way into courses and training materials are published articles that appear in academic journals. The author's view is that …
Data Analysis with Small Samples and Non-Normal Data
Nonparametrics and Other Strategies
Av Carl F. Siebert, Darcy Clay Siebert
Häftad, 2017
569 kr
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In social sciences, education, and public health research, researchers often conduct small pilot studies (or may have planned for a larger sample but lost too many cases due to attrition or missingness), leaving them with a smaller sample than they expected and thus less power for their statistical …
Policy Creation and Evaluation
Understanding Welfare Reform in the United States
Häftad, 2011
711 kr
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Although practitioners do not often identify an explicit focus on social welfare policy, the analysis (what it is) and evaluation (what it does) of policy is basic to social work practice. This unique pocket guide presents a case study on one of the most important domestic policy decisions in the …
A Social Justice Approach to Survey Design and Analysis
Av Llewellyn J. Cornelius, Donna Harrington
Häftad, 2014
989 kr
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A Social Justice Approach to Survey Design and Analysis is written for students, teachers, researchers and anyone who is interested in conducting research. It draws heavily on current discussions regarding social justice, equity, health disparities and social determinants of health to provide a …
Mixed Methods Research
Av Daphne Watkins, Deborah Gioia
Häftad, 2015
1023 kr
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Finally, a practical guide to mixed methods research has been written with health and human services professionals in mind. Watkins and Gioia review the fundamentals of mixed methods research designs and the general suppositions of mixed methods procedures, look critically at mixed method studies …
Grounded Theory
Häftad, 2012
862 kr
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Grounded Theory (GT) is one of the oldest and most often used forms of qualitative research. Unlike other methods, GT is used to develop theory. Grounded Theory has great potential for social work because in order to conduct theory-based practice, social workers need middle-range theories that are …
Analysis of Multiple Dependent Variables
Häftad, 2013
858 kr
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Multivariate procedures allow social workers and other human services researchers to analyze complex, multidimensional social problems and interventions in ways that minimize oversimplification. This pocket guide provides a concise, practical, and economical introduction to four procedures for the …
Conducting Research in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings
Av Michael G. Vaughn, Carrie Pettus-Davis m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
764 kr
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There has been a surge of recent interest by social work researchers in conducting research in criminal and juvenile justice settings. This is largely fueled by the tremendous increase in incarceration over the last several decades, with millions more in probation or parole at any given time. …
