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Research Methods for Social Work (with InfoTrac )

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I'm taking a research methods course right now and, unfortunately, this is the book that was assigned. The chapters are too long and the authors make things more complex by trying to include too many examples and unnecessary filler material. Research methods is boring anyway, but Rubin and Babbie make learning about it more boring and confusing by not getting straight to the point. I have a "quiz" next week and you don't know how tedious it is read through these chapters. I had to learn how to speed read in order to save time and find the important information.Thank goodness the book is at least organized.

This book was assigned as a text for my Social Work research class. The entire class found the book very wordy, chapters were too long and hard to focus on. As a professional the book would probably be helpful for self-teaching, but as a text book, it will bore your students to tears.

This book is really long winded and boring. It rambles a lot and is quite incoherent, though I would give it some credit for trying to sound personable. The chapter on inferential statistics, especially isn't very clear which makes it even more frustrating because stats is already quite a dry topic.

I began my MSW research class with a great deal of interest in the subject, but this textbook dampened my interest quite rapidly. I do not feel that it is very well organized, and it is very tedious to pull out the main points. It's very wordy with alot of needless jargon. The definitions and vocabulary lack "common sense" and useful applicability. Visually speaking, it is a difficult read due to the way the text is organized and formatted. The concepts themselves are not difficult and can even be fun to learn, but without prior knowledge of some of these concepts, this book would have really turned me off.

This textbook is well written with clear examples that help the reader to understand the content. Social Workers are notorious for shying away from research and math, but this book is very social worker-friendly. I actually enjoy reading it!

This is a great text. Easy to understand, easy to read and laid out nicely. I would recommend this for instructors and students.

I am taking a graduate level social work research course right now. This book is not the best. Instead of coming directly to the point, and concisely summarizing each concept, the authors overwhelm each concept with words. There are definitely better books out there for research. This book is not recommended for those just entering research.

I like the book in it's explanation and history of research. I would recommend this book to students and faculty because it is easy to understand.

I've had several graduate level research courses and many texts. This was the most user-friendly research text I've come across. It's written in plain english with many great examples.

Seller was good book is in good condition, though the book did not arrive till the last day of the shipping window. I was not aware that I was getting the International Student version until I received it, not knowing what the book normally looks like it is hard to spot the tiny little text at the top of the picture where it says International student version, this should have been made clear in the title on the Amazon page.