The Practice of Research in Social Work

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ISBN: 9781412968928 | 1412968925
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Copyright: 12/1/2008

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Like the first edition of The Practice of Research in Social Work, this Second Edition introduces research methods as an integrated set of techniques for investigating social work research and practice problems.This Second Edition continues to offer the most contemporary treatments of the latest developments in social work research approaches. Interesting and contemporary social work examples are used, with each chapter focusing on a particular substantive research question. Students gain new insights into important substantive issues as they learn about the strong and weak points of actual research projects.

Chapter 1
Reasoning about the Social World
Everyday Errors in Reasoning Overgeneralization
Selective or Inaccurate Observation Illogical Reasoning
Resistance to Change Adherence to Authority
The Social Scientific Approach Social Work and the Social World Social Work
Research and Evidence-Based Practice Striving for Validity Measurement Validity
Generalizability Causal Validity Social Work in Research in a Diverse Society Social Work
Research in Practice Descriptive Research Exploratory Research
Explanatory Research Evaluation Research Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Strengths and Limitations of Social Work Research
Conclusion
The Process and Problems of Social Work Research
Social Work Research Questions Identifying Social Work Research Questions
Refining Social Research Questions Evaluating Social Research Questions Implications of Social Diversity and Formulating a Question Foundations of Social Work
Research Finding Information Reviewing Research Implications for Evidence-Based Practice Social Work Research Strategies
The Role of Social Theory
The Deductive/Inductive Cycle Descriptive Research Social Work Research
Philosophies Scientific Guidelines for Social Work Research Social Work
Research and Ethical Guidelines Honesty and Openness The Uses of Science Research on People
Conclusion
Conceptualization and Measurement
Concepts Conceptualization in Practice From Concepts to Observations
Operationalization Scales and Indexes Treatment as a Variable Gathering Data Combining Measurement
Operations Measurement in Qualitative Research Levels of Measurement
Nominal Level of Measurement Ordinal Level of Measurement
Interval Level of Measurement Ratio Level of Measurement
The Case of Dichotomies Types of Comparisons Measurement
Error Evaluating Measures Reliability Measurement Validity
Screening and Cut-off Scores Ways to Improve Reliability and Validity of Existing Measures
Measurement in a Diverse Society Implications for Evidence-Based Practice
Conclusion
Sampling
Sample Planning Define Sample Components and the Population Evaluate
Generalizability Assess the Homogeneity of the Population Recruitment Strategies with Diverse Populations Sampling Methods
Probability Sampling Probability Sampling Methods Nonprobability Sampling Methods
Sampling Distributions Estimating Sampling Error Determining Sampling Size
Implications for Evidence-Based Practice Conclusion
Causation and Research Design
Causal Explanation Nomothetic Causal Explanation
Idiographic Causal Explanation Research Designs and Criteria for Causal Explanations
Association Time Order Nonspuriousness Mechanism Context Units of Analysis and Errors in Causal Reasoning
Individual and Group Units of Analysis
The Ecological Fallacy and Reductionism Implications for Evidence-Based Practice
Conclusion
Group Experimental Designs
Threats to Validity Internal (Causal)
Validity Generalizability True Experiments Experimental and Comparison Groups
Randomization Pretest and Posttest Measures Types of True Experimental Designs
Difficulties in True Experiments in Agency-Based Research
The Limits of True Experimental Designs Quasi-Experiments Nonequivalent Control
Group Designs Time Series Designs Ex Post Facto Control Group D
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