Applied Social Research
A Tool for the Human Services
7th Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-495-60363-4 (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. Find out the growing number of ways that research is being applied to practice today. With APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH, 7e International Edition, you'll see how research and practice are linked and explore how technology devices such as cell phones, PDAs and computers are affecting research technology.
More details
Edition
7th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
817 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-495-60363-4 (9780495603634)
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Thomas Sullivan | Cornell R. Dejong | Duane R. Monette
Applied Social Research
A Tool for the Human Services
Book
03/2010
8th Edition
Broadman & Holman Publishers
€90.55
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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.