Scientific inquiry in social work

DeCarlo, Matthew (author.). Open Social Work Education (Organization), (publisher.). BC Open Textbook Project, (distributor.). BCcampus. (Added Author).

Summary: "As an introductory textbook for social work students studying research methods, this book guides students through the process of creating a research project. Students will learn how to discover a researchable topic that is interesting to them, examine scholarly literature, formulate a proper research question, design a quantitative or qualitative study to answer their question, carry out the design, interpret quantitative or qualitative results, and disseminate their findings to a variety of audiences. Examples are drawn from the author's practice and research experience, as well as topical articles from the literature."--BCcampus website.

Record details

ISBN: 1975033728
ISBN: 9781975033729
Physical Description: 1 online resource : illustrations
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Publisher: Roanoke, VA : Open Social Work Education, 2018-
Distributor: [Victoria] : BCcampus, BC Open Textbook Project

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction to research -- Beginning a research project -- Reading and evaluating literature -- Conducting a literature review -- Ethics in social work research -- Linking methods with theory -- Design and causality -- Creating and refining a research question -- Defining and measuring concepts -- Sampling -- Survey research -- Experimental design -- Interviews and focus groups -- Unobtrusive research: Qualitative and quantitative approaches -- Real-world research: Evaluation, single-subjects, and action research -- Reporting and reading research.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Textbook content produced by Open Social Work Education is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. $fCC BY NC SA 4.0 $2cc $u https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Information Relating to Copyright Status:	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike CC-BY-NC-SA.
Source of Description Note:	This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 "No Rights Reserved" license. Online version, 2018; title from PDF (viewed on September 5, 2018).