Master research methods with ESSENTIAL RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK! Student-friendly and clear, this social work text provides you with the tools you need to understand essential research methods content. Illustrations and examples throughout show you how you can apply research to practice. Studying is made easy with a book-specific website that provides you with tutorial quizzes and links to additional related concepts. Outlines, introductions, boxes, chapter endings with main points, review questions and exercises, and internet exercises provide you with the information and practice you need to succeed in this course.
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"I particularly enjoyed reading this text. The writing style was quite comfortable and maintained my interest throughout. The topics flowed very easily from one to another with transitions that were logical and informative. I would describe this manuscript to a colleague as one that all social workers should read as much as it provides the logic behind the reason for social work research. I shall ensure that my students have access to this text once it is published."
"Â… Helping social work students see that research and practice are not distinct, but essential to one another, is the great task of social work educators today. Finding the workable linguistic and conceptual bridge for students between the familiarity of practice concepts and the seeming formality and strangeness of the language of research is the key. Allen Rubin and Earl Babbie have just made that job a whole lot easier for all of us."
"Â… Helping social work students see that research and practice are not distinct, but essential to one another, is the great task of social work educators today. Finding the workable linguistic and conceptual bridge for students between the familiarity of practice concepts and the seeming formality and strangeness of the language of research is the key. Allen Rubin and Earl Babbie have just made that job a whole lot easier for all of us."
About the Author
After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, Allen Rubin served as a researcher for the Council on Social Work Education before joining the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin in 1979, where he remains as the Bert Kruger Smith Centennial Professor. Renowned in social work, Dr. Rubin has published numerous research studies on social work practice and is a past president of the Society for Social Work and Research.
Earl R. Babbie graduated from Harvard University before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and began teaching shortly thereafter. Credited with defining research methods for the social sciences, Dr. Babbie has written several texts, including the bestselling THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH.
Earl R. Babbie graduated from Harvard University before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and began teaching shortly thereafter. Credited with defining research methods for the social sciences, Dr. Babbie has written several texts, including the bestselling THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
More appropriate for a college freshman than a grad student,
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This book was required reading for a graduate Social Work course I took. I found the material and the ways in which it was explained WAY too basic for a graduate-level course. The book is also peppered with cheesy jokes, which got really distracting and obnoxious after a while. Face it, Rubin & Babbie, you are not going to make research methods fun or interesting, so give it up already.
So, if you have literally no knowledge of research methods and enjoy bad jokes, you will love this book. As for me, I was not so pleased.
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Basic basic basic,
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This book is a basic guide to research in social work. The material and wording is very clear and is therefore most appropriate for those with little to no research experience. As a graduate student, I found this book to be a good refresher, but failed to learn anything more than what I already learned from undergraduate studies.
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Great introduction text,
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Great text for an introduction graduate school course. Dr. Rubin is a fascinating researcher and does a great job discussing evidence based practice.
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