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Title The handbook of social work research methods / edited by Bruce A. Thyer.

Imprint Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2001.

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Description xiv, 546 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introductory principles of social work research / Bruce A. Thyer -- Overview of quantitative research methods / Phyllis Solomon and Jeffrey Draine -- Probability and sampling / William R. Nugent -- Reliability and validity in quantitative measurement / Catheleen Jordan and Richard A. Hoefer -- Locating instruments / Kevin Corcoran -- Statistics for social workers / J. Timothy Stocks -- Descriptive studies / Barbara Thomlison -- Surveys / Carol T. Mowbray and Mieko Yoshihama -- Needs assessment / Leslie M. Tutty and Michael A. Rothery -- Randomized controlled trials / Ram A. Cnaan and Guy Enosh -- Program evaluation / T. K. Logan and David Royse -- Using cost, procedure, process, outcome analysis / Brian T. Yates, Peter J. Delany, Dorothy Lockwood Dillard -- Single-system designs / Bruce A. Thyer -- Overview of qualitative research methods / Michael J. Holosko -- Reliability and validity in qualitative research / Cynthia S. Franklin and Michelle Ballan -- Narrative case studies / Jerrold R. Brandell and Theodore Varkas -- In-depth interviews / Harriet Goodman -- Ethnographic reesearch methods / Christine T. Lowery -- Participant observation / R. Kevin Gringsby -- Grounded theory and other inductive research methods / Jane F.Gilgun -- Theory development / Francis J. Turner -- Historical research / John R. Graham and Alean al-Krenawi -- Literature reviews / Karen Sowers and Rodney A. Ellis and Nancy Meyer-Adams -- Critical analyses / William M. Epstein -- Ethical issues / Frederic G. Reamer -- Gender and ethnicity, and race matters / Antoinette Y. Rodgers-Farmer and Miriam Potocky-Tripodi -- Comparative international research / Elaine T. Jurkowski and Martin B. Tracy -- Integrating qualitative and quantitative research methods / Charles D. Cowger and Goutham Menon -- Applying for research grants / Scott M. Geron and Gail S. Steketee -- Disseminating research findings / Dianne F. Harrison and C. Aaron McNeece.
Subject Social service -- Research.
Added Author Thyer, Bruce A.
ISBN 0761919058 (cloth : alk. paper)
0761919066 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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