Methodology for Social Work Research

Contents: Preface. I. Science and social work: 1. Scientific and unscientific sources of social work practice knowledge. 2. Evidence based practice. 3. Philosophy and theory in social work research. II. The ethical, political, and cultural context of social work research: 4. The ethics and politics of social work research. 5. Culturally competent research. III. Conceptualization and measurement: 6. Problem formulation. 7. Explicating research elements. 8. Measurement. 9. Constructing measurement instruments. IV. Evaluation designs and methods: 10. Causal inference and experimental designs. 11. Quasi-experimental designs. 12. Single case evaluation designs. 13. Program evaluation. V. Surveys, sampling and existing data: 14. Sampling. 15. Survey research. 16. Unobtrusive measures. VI. Qualitative research methods: 17. Qualitative research: general principles. 18. Qualitative research: specific methods. 19. Qualitative data analysis. VII. Analysis of quantitative data: 20. Quantitative data analysis. 21. Inferential data analysis: Part I. 22. Inferential data analysis: Part II. Bibliography. Index.