The social work dissertation : using small-scale qualitative methodology / Malcolm Carey.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carey, Malcolm
Language:English
Published: Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Research.
Dissertations, Academic > Authorship.
Qualitative research.
Physical Description:viii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Social work research and the dissertation
  • The research process for a social work dissertation
  • Key concepts in social work research
  • Theory and social work research
  • The literature review and literature based dissertations
  • Social work methodology
  • Traditional methods: interviews, questionnaires and focus groups
  • Alternative methodology: narrative research, discourse analysis and life histories
  • Qualitative analysis
  • Writing up and dissemination.