Practicing Social Work Research
by Csiernik, Rick; Birnbaum, Rachel; Pierce, Barbara DeckerFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-08-30
Publisher(s): Univ of Toronto Pr
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Summary
Designed to help the student and practitioner become more comfortable with the research process, Practicing Social Work Research uses a student-centered approach that capitalizes on the strengths that social work students bring to assessment and problem solving.
Table of Contents
| List of Tables | p. vii |
| List of Figures | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| About the Authors | p. xv |
| Introduction | |
| The Case Study Method | p. 3 |
| The Research Process | p. 9 |
| Problem Solving: Brief Case Studies | |
| Introduction: Steps in the Process of Research | p. 17 |
| Case Studies | |
| Research and the Media: What are You Being Told? | p. 20 |
| A Question of Ethics: Willowbrook | p. 32 |
| Another Question of Ethics: Studying HIV | p. 41 |
| Understanding Ideas and Counting Them | p. 52 |
| Implementing a Pilot Project: A Question of Sampling | p. 61 |
| Who Do You Ask? Sampling in a Qualitative Context | p. 73 |
| Criminal Justice Issues in Social Work Research: The Search for Casuality | p. 79 |
| Psychometric Properties: How Should We Measure? | p. 91 |
| The Validity of Research | p. 103 |
| The Application of Quasi-Experimental Design in Social Work Research | p. 115 |
| The Power of One: Single-Case Study Design | p. 123 |
| One More: Another Example of Single-Case Study Design | p. 135 |
| Asking Questions Properly: An Examination of Questionnaire Design | p. 142 |
| Asking Questions in Child Advocacy: Which Approach is Best for Children? | p. 169 |
| Q & Q: Employing Both a Qualitative and a Quantitative Approach | p. 180 |
| On PAR: Engaging and Empowering Clients through Participatory Action Research | p. 187 |
| Measuring Client Satisfaction: Do They Like Me? | p. 205 |
| Critiquing Research | |
| Introduction | p. 215 |
| Critical Analysis of Quantitative Research | p. 217 |
| Critical Analysis of Qualitative Research | p. 219 |
| A Qualitative Design. Surviving the Tornado: Psychiatric Survivor Experiences of Getting, Losing, and Keeping Housing | p. 222 |
| Critique | p. 234 |
| A Quantitative Design. An Examination of Two Different Approaches to Visitation-Based Disputes in Child Custody Matters | p. 237 |
| Critique | p. 262 |
| Index | p. 270 |
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