A social worker's guide to evaluating practice outcomes / Bruce A. Thyer and Laura L. Myers.

"Thyer and Myers have written an easy-to-read primer on the topic of empirically evaluating the outcomes of social work practice. This resource, for social work students--graduate and undergraduate-- and for social work practitioners, presents outcome studies using both group-research and single-cas...

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Main Author: Thyer, Bruce A.
Other Authors: Myers, Laura L.
Language:English
Published: Alexandria, Va. : Council on Social Work Education, [2007], ©2007.
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Physical Description:x, 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a A Brief Overview of Evaluation Research. Some background on evaluating practice outcomes -- Selecting and Locating Outcome Measures Useful in the Evaluation of Practice. What is assessment? -- Measuring observable behavior -- Rapid assessment instruments -- Physiological measures -- Reliability of measurement -- Validity in measurement -- Avoid weak, invalid or bogus assessment methods -- Bias in using various assessment methods -- Single System Designs. General principles and notation -- Pre-experimental designs -- Experimental designs -- Can selected SSDs be considered actual experiments? -- How to report and interpret data -- How to graph data -- Obstacles to using SSDs -- Summary -- Group Evaluation Designs. General principles and notation -- Sampling -- Preexperimental designs -- Quasi-experimental designs -- Experimental designs -- How to report and interpret data -- Ethical Issues in the Design and Conduct of Evaluation Research. We have an obligation to evaluate our own practice -- Issues of informed consent -- Institutional review board review and approval -- What about publishing your evaluation research? -- Who should co-author your evaluation studies with you? -- Keep and share your data, as responsibly requested -- Some Myths, Misconceptions, and Practical Considerations in Evaluation. 
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