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Practice-based research in social work : a guide for reluctant researchers /

By: Dodd, Sarah-Jane.
Contributor(s): Epstein, Irwin.
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon, England : Routledge, 2012Description: x, 212 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780415565233; 9780415565233:; 0415565235; 9780415565240; 0415565243; 9780203155639; 0203155637.Subject(s): Social service -- Research | Social service -- Research -- Methodology | Social work education | Social service -- Fieldwork | Social service -- PracticeDDC classification: 361.3
Contents:
Introduction -- Evolution and definition of PBR -- Establishing the practice-research problem -- PBR study purposes -- PBR research designs -- The PBR literature review -- Understanding basic differences in data-collection methods -- Qualitative data gathering -- Quantitative data gathering -- PBR sampling -- Research ethics and the protection of human subjects in PBR -- Analyzing qualitative data in PBR -- Analyzing quantitative data in PBR -- Interpreting and disseminating results from PBR.
Summary: This text discusses the evolution of price-based research (PBR) as a distinct social work research approach, describes its principles and methods, and presents a range of exemplars illustrating the application of PBR methods in different practice settings.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 361.3 DOD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0062760
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.

Introduction -- Evolution and definition of PBR -- Establishing the practice-research problem -- PBR study purposes -- PBR research designs -- The PBR literature review -- Understanding basic differences in data-collection methods -- Qualitative data gathering -- Quantitative data gathering -- PBR sampling -- Research ethics and the protection of human subjects in PBR -- Analyzing qualitative data in PBR -- Analyzing quantitative data in PBR -- Interpreting and disseminating results from PBR.

This text discusses the evolution of price-based research (PBR) as a distinct social work research approach, describes its principles and methods, and presents a range of exemplars illustrating the application of PBR methods in different practice settings.

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