Applied Social Research : A Tool for the Human Services
A Tool for the Human Services
9th Edition
Published on 6. March 2013
Book
Hardback
592 pages
978-1-285-07551-8 (ISBN)
Description
You may be wondering why you need to study research methods to prepare yourself for a career in human services. This accessible text will help you to better understand the connection between human service research and practice. APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH brings the subject to life and explores how recent innovations in technology are affecting research methods and results. Available with InfoTrac (R) Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.
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Edition
9th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Florence
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1021 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-285-07551-8 (9781285075518)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Research in the Human Services. 2. The Logic of Social Research. 3. Ethical Issues in Social Research. 4. Issues in Problem Formulation. 5. The Process of Measurement. 6. Sampling. 7. Survey Research. 8. Analysis of Available Data. 9. Field Research and Qualitative Methods. 10. Experimental Research. 11. Single-System Designs. 12. Evaluation Research. 13. Scaling. 14. Data Analysis I: Data Preparation and Presentation. 15. Data Analysis II: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. 16. Analysis of Qualitative Data. 17. Writing for Research: Grant Proposals and Report Writing. Appendix A: A Guide to Library Use and Information Retrieval. Appendix B: Generating Random Numbers. Glossary. References. Name Index. Subject Index.