Reader friendly and clear, Rubin and Babbie's concise and social work-specific research methods book provides readers with the tools they need to understand the subject matter. Illustrations and examples throughout show readers how they can apply research to practice. Outlines, introductions, boxed features, chapter endings with main points, and review questions and exercises provide the information and practice readers need to learn the essentials. As part of the Cengage Empowerment Series, ESSENTIAL RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK, 4th Edition, thoroughly integrates the core competencies and recommended practice behaviors outlined in the current Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) set by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
Part I: AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN SOCIAL WORK.
1. Why Study Research?
2. Evidence-Based Practice.
Part II: THE RESEARCH PROCESS.
3. Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods of Inquiry.
4. Factors Influencing the Research Process.
Part III: ETHICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH.
5. Ethical Issues in Social Work Research.
6. Culturally Competent Research.
Part IV: PROBLEM FORMULATION AND MEASUREMENT.
7. Problem Formulation.
8. Measurement in Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry.
9. Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement Instruments.
Part V: SAMPLING AND SURVEYS.
10. Surveys.
11. Sampling: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches.
Part VI: DESIGNS FOR EVALUATING PROGRAMS AND PRACTICE.
12. Experiments and Quasi-Experiments.
13. Single-Case Evaluation Designs.
14. Program Evaluation.
Part VII: ADDITIONAL QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS.
15. Additional Methods in Qualitative Inquiry.
16. Analyzing Available Records: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods.
Part VIII: DATA ANALYSYS.
17. Quantitative Data Analysis.
18. Qualitative Data Analysis.
Appendix A: Using the Library.
Appendix B: Writing Research Proposals.
Appendix C: Writing Social Work Research Reports.
Appendix D: Random Numbers.
Appendix E: Using Effect Sizes to Bridge the Gap Between Research and Practice.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
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Allen Rubin
Allen Rubin has been doing and teaching research since 1976, when he received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Renowned in social work, Dr. Rubin has written several research texts, published numerous research studies on social work practice, and is a past president of the Society for Social Work and Research.
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Earl R. Babbie
Dr. Earl Babbie is the Campbell Professor Emeritus in Behavioral Sciences at Chapman University in Southern California. He taught sociology at the University of Hawaii from 1968 through 1979, took time off from teaching and research to write full time for eight years and then joined the Chapman University faculty in 1987. Credited with defining research methods for the social sciences, Dr. Babbie has written several texts -- including THE BASICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH -- as well as numerous research articles and monographs. For 25 years he has been active in the American Sociological Association, where he served on the executive committee. He also is a past president of the Pacific Sociological Association and the California Sociological Association. Dr. Babbie received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
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NEW: This edition provides increased coverage of reliability and validity in measurement, new developments in online surveys, and intent-to-treat analysis regarding attrition in outcome studies.
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NEW: In Chapter 2, the section on formulating an evidence-based practice (EBP) question includes examples of EBP questions about effectiveness, predictors of desirable and undesirable consequences, understanding client experiences, and assessment tools. Expanded coverage of systematic reviews and meta-analyses makes searching for evidence more feasible. There's also an expanded list of Internet sites for reviews and practice guidelines.
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NEW: Chapter 4 has increased coverage on objectivity and paradigms. It also has significantly expanded coverage of longitudinal studies, including more discussion of panel attrition as well as content that compares cross sectional studies to the three types of longitudinal studies.
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NEW: Chapter 14 on program evaluation includes more content on accountability, the importance of demonstrating that programs are effective and not harmful, and the connection between accountability and professional ethics. New sections cover logic models, evidence-based practice, and the utility of meta-analyses and effect-size statistics. There's also a section on the utility of pre-experimental designs, including why pre-experimental designs are commonly used in program evaluation and why their limitations are less problematic in a program evaluation context.
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NEW: Chapter 17 on quantitative data analysis also includes expanded coverage of effect sizes, including a new section on odds ratios and risk ratios.
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NEW: Chapter 4 has increased coverage on objectivity and paradigms. It also has significantly expanded coverage of longitudinal studies, including more discussion of panel attrition as well as content that compares cross sectional studies to the three types of longitudinal studies.
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NEW: Chapter 14 on program evaluation includes more content on accountability, the importance of demonstrating that programs are effective and not harmful, and the connection between accountability and professional ethics. New sections cover logic models, evidence-based practice, and the utility of meta-analyses and effect-size statistics. There's also a section on the utility of pre-experimental designs, including why pre-experimental designs are commonly used in program evaluation and why their limitations are less problematic in a program evaluation context.
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NEW: Chapter 17 on quantitative data analysis also includes expanded coverage of effect sizes, including a new section on odds ratios and risk ratios.
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Rubin and Babbie's ESSENTIAL RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK provides essential research methods content with clear, accurate coverage in a reader-friendly writing style.
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Social work-specific illustrations and examples illustrate how students can apply research to practice.
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The text offers a balanced presentation of quantitative and qualitative research methods, illustrating how these two methods can complement one another. It also covers mixed methods inquiry (the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods within the same study) and includes examples of each type of mixed methods design.
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The book offers significant coverage of evidence-based practice, with a chapter completely devoted to the topic as well as discussion of this subject in various other chapters.
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Icons in each chapter indicate how the contents pertain to the core competencies delineated in the Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS).
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Rubin and Babbie's RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK provides essential research methods content with clear, accurate coverage in a reader-friendly writing style.
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Social work-specific illustrations and examples illustrate how you can apply research to practice.
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The text offers a balanced presentation of quantitative and qualitative research methods, illustrating how these two methods can complement one another. It also covers mixed methods inquiry (the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods within the same study) and includes examples of each type of mixed methods design.
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Icons in each chapter indicate how the contents pertain to the core competencies delineated in the Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS).
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The book offers significant coverage of evidence-based practice, with a chapter completely devoted to the topic as well as discussion of this subject in various other chapters.
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