Research and Statistics for Social Workers
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Section 1: Foundations of Research -- Chapter 1 Introduction-Fear, Rules, Light Bulbs -- Rule 1: Don't Immediately Assume You Can't Do This -- Rule 2: Trust Us-We Know That It Is Not Something You Will Be Able to Do Overnight -- Rule 3: Just Keep Putting Energy Into That Light Bulb -- Rule 4: Do Not Create a Study and Collect Data Before Determining If the Answer Is Available in the Literature -- Rule 5: Use the eResources: They Are Your Learning Friend and Guide -- What Are Research, Statistics and Science? -- Chapter 2 Research Thinking, Questions and Problems -- Ideology, Paradigms and Theories -- Different Ways of Reasoning-Inductive and Deductive -- What Is a Researchable Question? -- What Is a Concept? -- What Is a Construct? -- What Is an Operational Definition? -- What Is a Variable? -- What Is a Hypothesis? -- Discussion Articles -- Chapter 3 Using Literature-How to Use Existing Knowledge to Help You Formulate Your Question -- Examples of Literature Sources -- Basic Information and Data (Often Found on the Internet) -- Books -- Journals -- Other Sources -- Experts, Conferences, Newspapers, Media (TV, Radio, Blogs, etc.) and Magazines -- Conducting a Literature Search -- Annotated Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Ethics-Making Sure in Searching for the Answer You Do No Harm -- The Nürnberg Code -- Discussion Articles -- Chapter 5 Research in a Cultural Context-Making Sure Your Question and Methods of Obtaining an Answer Are Attentive to Culture -- How to Get and Keep Participants Where There Are Cultural Differences -- Language -- Common Ground -- Perspectives -- Discussion Articles -- Chapter 6 Qualitative Research-In-Depth and Up-Close Answers -- Case Study -- Narrative -- Ethnographic -- Phenomenological -- Grounded Theory -- Data Collection -- Mixed Method