Quantitative research methods for social work : making social work count

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Quantitative research methods for social work : making social work count

Barbra Teater ... [et al.]

Palgrave, Macmillan, 2017

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Other authors: John Devaney, Donald Forrester, Jonathan Scourfield, John Carpenter

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-270) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Quantitative research makes a very important contribution to both understanding and responding effectively to the problems that social work service users face. In this unique and authoritative text, a group of expert authors explore the key areas of data collection, analysis and evaluation and outline in detail how they can be applied to practice.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Why numbers matter in social work Chapter 3 Who is being studied? Chapter 4 What is being studied? Chapter 5 How to describe issues using numbers Chapter 6 How to know if a service makes a difference Chapter 7 How to use numbers to describe a sample Chapter 8 How to make a decision with confidence Chapter 9 How to know if two variables are related Chapter 10 What is the effect of one or more variables on another variable? Chapter 11 What are the key elements of ethical quantitative research? Chapter 12 How to do quantitative research without collecting new data Chapter 13 How to combine qualitative and quantitative methods in social work research.

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  • NCID
    BB26797204
  • ISBN
    • 9781137400260
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 278 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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