Social work research methods : four alternative paradigms /
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
SAGE Publications,
[2006]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. The positivist paradigm
- Engagement : entrée to the research setting
- Assessment : development of understanding of the research focus
- Planning : rationales for carrying out the research project
- Implementation : gathering the data
- Evaluation : developing an understanding of the data and its meaning
- Termination and follow up : reporting on findings and exiting the research setting
- Part II. Post positivism
- Assessment and engagement : development of understanding of the research focus and entrée to the research setting
- Planning, implementation, evaluation : rationales for gathering data, data gathering, and developing an understanding of the data and its meaning
- Termination and follow up : reporting on findings, and exiting the research setting, and communication and distribution of findings
- Part III. Critical theory
- Assessment, engagement, and planning : development of understanding of the research focus, entrée to the research setting, rationales for carrying out the research
- Implementation : gathering data
- Evaluation : developing an understanding of the data and its meaning
- Termination and follow up : reporting on findings, exiting the research setting, and communication and distribution of research findings
- Part IV. Constructivism
- Engagement, assessment, and planning : entrée to the research setting, development of understanding of the researcher focus, rationales for gathering data
- Implementation and evaluation : gathering the data and developing an understanding of the data and its meaning
- Termination and follow up : reporting on findings, exiting the research setting, and communication and distribution of findings
- Part V. Cross-cutting themes: ethics, diversity, and technology
- The ethics and politics of research
- The researcher's responsibility to diversity
- The function of technology at each step of the way.