Practice-based research in social work : a guide for reluctant researchers / Sarah-Jane Dodd and Irwin Epstein.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dodd, Sarah-Jane
Other Authors: Epstein, Irwin
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
Subjects:
Social service > Research.
Social work education.
Social service > Fieldwork.
Social workers > Professional practice.
Physical Description:x, 212 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Evolution and definition of PBR
  • Establishing the practice-research problem
  • PBR study purposes
  • PBR research designs
  • The PBR literature review
  • Understanding basic differences in data-collection methods
  • Qualitative data gathering
  • Quantitative data gathering
  • PBR sampling
  • Research ethics and the protection of human subjects in PBR
  • Analyzing qualitative data in PBR
  • Analyzing quantitative data in PBR
  • Interpreting and disseminating results from PBR.