Social Work Research and Evaluation or The Complete Idiots Guide to the US Constitution

Social Work Research and Evaluation: Foundations of Evidence-Based Practice

Author: Richard M Grinnell

This book is the longest standing and most widely adopted text in the field of social work research and evaluation. As stated in the book's preface, it is intended for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate social work students in a one-semester research methods course. Since the first edition in 1981, this edition is designed to provide social work students with the basic methodological foundation they need in order to successfully complete more advanced research courses that focus on single-system designs or program evaluations. With its customarily straightforward user-friendly writing style by renowned educators, this edition will continue to maintain its notoriety as the premier social work research methods text.
Thoroughly revised and updated, the chapters offer a wealth of new research examples and references, accessible diagrams of essential concepts and processes, and extended coverage of core social work research methods and recent developments. For example, with the inclusion of four new chapters on the evidence-based approach to social work practice, the book emphasizes how important this approach has become, and provides a rock-solid foundation for understanding how to evaluate and interpret research findings that have been derived from research studies-the minimal skills needed for evidence-based social work practitioners.

Table of Contents:

PART I THE CONTEXTS OF RESEARCH.

1. Introduction

2. The Ethical Conduct of Research

3. The Quantitative Research Approach

4. The Qualitative Research Approach

PART II DESIGNING RESEARCH STUDIES.

5. Conceptualization and Measurement

6. Sampling

7. Case-Level Designs

8. Group-Level Designs

PART III COLLECTING DATA.

9. Structured Observation

10. Participant Observation

11. Qualitative Interviewing

12. Survey Research

13. Secondary Analysis

14. Content Analysis

15. Selecting a Data Collection Method and Data Source

PART IV BECOMING A CULTURALLY-SENSITIVE RESEARCHER.

16. Research with Minority and Disadvantaged Groups

PART V DATA ANALYSIS.

17. Quantitative Data Analysis

18. Qualitative Data Analysis

PART VI WRITING AND EVALUATING RESEARCH REPORTS.

19. Writing Reports from Research Studies

20. Evaluating Quantitative Research Studies

21. Evaluating Qualitative Research Studies

PART VII BECOMING AN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTITIONER.

22. Finding Existing Knowledge

23. Evaluating Evidence

24. Meta-Analysis

25. Evidence-Based Practice

PART VIII FROM RESEARCH TO EVALUATION.

26. Program Evaluation

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to the US Constitution

Author: Tim Harper

The "living" document that changed the world.

One of the most revered, imitated, and controversial government documents in the world, the U.S. Constitution serves as the foundation for the American government and shapes the lives of Americans every day. But how many know its history and the impact it's had on American laws and practices throughout history? This guide serves as the most current and accessible handbook to this all-important document.

-Covers the document itself, as well as controversial interpretations and decisions