Research Design for Social Work and the Human Services

Name: Research Design for Social Work and the Human Services
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ISBN: 9780231118903

ISBN-10: 0231118902

ISBN-13: 9780231118903

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: Jeane Anastas

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Research Design for Social Work and the Human Servicesintegrates a range of research techniques into a single epistemological framework and presents a balanced approach to the teaching of research methods in the "helping professions." Jeane W. Anastas begins with a discussion of the different philosophical perspectives within which social research occurs and continues with problem formulation, research design, and methodological issues influencing data collection, analysis, and dissemination. She presents both fixed (quantitative) and flexible (qualitative) methods of research, granting legitimacy, value, utility, and relevance to both styles of inquiry. Utilizing complete case studies to…

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List price: $100.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 1/28/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 608
Size: 0.69" wide x 1.02" long x 0.15" tall
Weight: 2.794
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Acknowledgments


About the Author



Research Design in Context



The Nature of Science in the Helping Professions



The Problem Formulation Process



Types of Research Designs



Flexible Method Research



Flexible Methods: Case Study Design



Fixed Methods: Descriptive Research



Fixed Methods: Relational and Longitudinal Research



Fixed Methods: Experimental Research



Single-Subject Designs



The Elements of Research Design



Research Ethics for the Helping Professions



Who Will Be Studied: Sampling



Basic Issues in Data Collection



Methods of Data Collection



Observation



Interviewing



Questionnaire Design



Selecting an Existing Measure



Methods of Data Analysis and Dissemination



The Content Analysis of Narrative Data



Descriptive Statistics



Principles of Inferential Statistics



Computer-Assisted Data Analysis




Writing About Research


Glossary


References


Index