Social work research and evaluation : foundations of evidence-based practice /

Social work research and evaluation : foundations of evidence-based practice / edited by Richard M. Grinnell, Jr., Yvonne A. Unrau.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Grinnell, Richard M., Unrau, Yvonne A.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Edition:	Ninth edition.
Subjects:	Social service > Research. Evaluation research (Social action programs) Evidence-based social work.

Table of Contents:

Research questions and research approaches
Research problems and questions
The quantitative research approach
The qualitative research approach
Ethics and culturally competent research
Research ethics
Research with minority and disadvantaged groups
Becoming an evidence-bases practitioner
Reviewing the literature
Finding existing knowledge
Evaluating evidence
Evidence-based practice
Measuring variables
Measurement
Standardized measuring instruments
Sampling and research designs
Sampling
Case-level designs
Group-level designs
Collecting original data
Structured observation
Qualitative interviewing
Survey research
Collecting existing data
Secondary anaysis
Content analysis
Using existing statistics
Historical research
Selecting a data collection method
Analyzing data
Quantitative data analysis
Qualitative data analysis
Evaluating research studies
Evaluating quantitative research studies
Evaluating qualitative research studies
Writing research reports
Writing reports from research studies
From research to evaluation
Program evaluation
Appendix A: Quantitative research proposals and reports
Appendix B: Qualitative research proposals and reports.