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This authoritative volume provides social work professionals, educators, researchers, and students with a comprehensive overview of research tools /relevant to their field. Covering both quantitative and qualitative methods, this handbook discusses foundations of data collection as well as types of studies for both approaches. In keeping with the comprehensive nature of the book, it also covers conceptual research and discusses such general issues as ethics, gender and ethnicity, grantwriting, and dissemination of findings. An ideal primary text for courses in social work research methods, The Handbook of Social Work Research Methods is also a definitive reference for anyone doing scholarly research in social work or the human services. Bringing together a stellar group of authorities in the field, this handbook sets the standard for out knowledge and practice of research in social work.
About the Author
Bruce Thyer, Ph.D. is Professor of Social Work with Florida State University, as well as the founding and continuing Editor of the journal Research on Social Work Practice. Dr. Thyer has authored/co-authored over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals in the fields of social work, psychology, psychiatry, behavior analysis, and evaluation, as well as over 50 book chapters and about 20 books in these areas. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and one of the Founders of the Society for Social Work and Research. In 2005 one of his articles on evidence-based practice in social work received a Pro Humanitate Award from the North American Center for Child Welfare.
This authoritative volume provides social work professionals, educators, researchers, and students with a comprehensive overview of research tools /relevant to their field. Covering both quantitative and qualitative methods, this handbook discusses foundations of data collection as well as types of studies for both approaches. In keeping with the comprehensive nature of the book, it also covers conceptual research and discusses such general issues as ethics, gender and ethnicity, grantwriting, and dissemination of findings. An ideal primary text for courses in social work research methods, The Handbook of Social Work Research Methods is also a definitive reference for anyone doing scholarly research in social work or the human services. Bringing together a stellar group of authorities in the field, this handbook sets the standard for out knowledge and practice of research in social work.
About the Author
Bruce Thyer, Ph.D. is Professor of Social Work with Florida State University, as well as the founding and continuing Editor of the journal Research on Social Work Practice. Dr. Thyer has authored/co-authored over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals in the fields of social work, psychology, psychiatry, behavior analysis, and evaluation, as well as over 50 book chapters and about 20 books in these areas. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and one of the Founders of the Society for Social Work and Research. In 2005 one of his articles on evidence-based practice in social work received a Pro Humanitate Award from the North American Center for Child Welfare.
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qualitative social work research, social work research methods, inductive researchers, social work researchers, international social work, comparative international research, locating instruments, summed ranks, needs assessment research, empirical clinical practice, narrative case study, social work clients, social welfare history, social work knowledge, social work practice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Code of Ethics, Needham Heights, United States, National Institute, John Wiley, Free Press, San Francisco, Oxford University Press, African American, Beverly Hills, Columbia University Press, Social Service Review, International Social Security Review, Pacific Grove, Basic Books, Lawrence Erlbaum, Journal of Social Service Research, San Diego, University of Chicago Press, Academic Press, Harvard University Press, Los Angeles New!
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- Families in Society by Family Service America on page 141, and page 362
- Teaching Tips for College and University Instructors: A Practical Guide by David Royse in Back Matter
- Research Methods in Social Work by David Royse in Back Matter