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Appraising and using social research in the human services : an introduction for social work and health professionals /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sheppard, Michael
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.
Subjects:
Human services > Research > Methodology.
Social service > Research > Methodology.
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The process of using social research
  • Some key issues in appraising social research
  • Questionnaire design for quantitative research: structured instruments
  • Surveys and sampling
  • Experimental and quasi-experimental designs
  • The qualitative interview
  • Ethnography and practice
  • Content analysis: grounded theory
  • Qualitative evaluation
  • Multimethod research.