The social work dissertation : using small-scale qualitative methodology /
By: Carey, Malcolm [author.].
Publisher: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England : Open University Press/McGraw-Hill Education, 2013Edition: 2nd edition.Description: xii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780335247592; 9780335247592:; 0335247598.Subject(s): Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology | Dissertations, Academic -- Authorship | Qualitative researchDDC classification: 361.00721Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Previous edition: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-228) and index.
Social work research and the dissertation -- The research process for a social work dissertation -- Key concepts in social work research -- Theory and social work research -- The literature review and literature-based dissertations -- Social work methodology -- Traditional methods : interviews, questionnaires and focus groups -- Alternative methodology : narrative research, discourse analysis and life histories -- Qualitative analysis -- Writing up and dissemination.
This title guides the student through the research process relevant to the completion of a social work dissertation, examining the process of both empirical and literature based dissertations, highlighting potential obstacles, essential techniques and methods involved in research.