Essential Research Methods for Social Work

Part I: AN INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN SOCIAL WORK. 1. Why Study Research? 2. Evidence-Based Practice. 3. Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods. 4. Factors Influencing the Research Process. Part II: PROBLEM FORMULATION AND MEASUREMENT. 5. Reviewing Literature and Developing Research Questions. 6. Conceptualization in Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry. 7. Measurement in Quantitative and Qualitative Inquiry. 8. Quantitative and Qualitative Measurement Instruments. Part III: SAMPLING AND SURVEYS. 9. Surveys. 10. Sampling: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches. Part IV: DESIGNS FOR EVALUATING PROGRAMS AND PRACTICE. 11. Experiments and Quasi-Experiments. 12. Single-case Evaluation Designs. 13. Program Evaluation. Part V: ADDITIONAL QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS. 14. Additional Methods in Qualitative Inquiry. 15. Analyzing Available Records: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods. Part VI: ETHICAL AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH. 16. Ethical Issues in Social Work Research. 17. Culturally Competent Research. Part VII: DATA ANALYSIS. 18. Quantitative Data Analysis. 19. Qualitative Data Analysis. Appendix A. Writing Research Proposals. Appendix B. Writing Social Work Research Reports. Appendix C. Table of Random Numbers.