02293cam a2200337 i 4500 17544878 OSt 20220201100607.0 121130s2014 caua b 001 0 eng 9781285177137 1285177134 DLC eng rda LC pcc HV11.R84 Rubin, Allen. Research methods for social work. / Allen Rubin, Earl R. Babbie. 8th ed. (International edition) Belmont: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, 2014. xix, 699 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Empowerment series Includes bibliographical references (pages 674-686) and index. Contents: An introduction to scientific inquiry in social work: Why study research? -- Evidence-based practice -- Philosophy and theory in social work research -- Comparing quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods of inquiry -- The ethical, political and cultural context of social work research: The ethics and politics of social work research -- Culturally competent research -- Problem formulation -- Conceptualization in quantitative and qualitative inquiry -- Measurement -- Constructing measurement instruments -- Designs for evaluating programs and practice: Casual inference and experimental designs -- Quasi-experimental designs -- Single-case evaluation designs -- Program evaluation -- Data collection methods with large sources of data: Sampling -- Survey research -- Analyzing existing data: quantitative and qualitative methods -- Qualitative research methods: Qualitative research: general principles -- Qualitative research: specific methods -- Qualitative data analysis -- Analysis of quantitative data: Quantitative data analysis -- Inferential data analysis: part 1 -- Inferential data analysis: part 2 -- Writing research proposals and reports: Writing research proposals and reports -- Social service Research Methodology. Babbie, Earl R. 7 cbc orignew 3 epcn 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 8558 16058 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL GEN 2019-10-21 0 HV11.R84 (8e) K/174/174/19 2022-02-01 00:00:00 1 2022-02-01 BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-KL WIUC-KL GEN 2019-10-21 0 HV11.R841 (8e) K/175/175/19 2022-02-01 00:00:00 2 2022-02-01 BK