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001 2009048681
003 DLC
005 20110106082420.0
008 091120s2010 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009048681
020 $a9780415805056 (hbk.)
020 $a0415805058 (hbk.)
020 $a9780415805063 (pbk.)
020 $a0415805066 (pbk.)
020 $a9780203859704 (e-book)
020 $a0203859707 (e-book)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn377867209
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050 00 $aHV11$b.K78 2010
082 00 $a361.3/2072$222
100 1 $aKrysik, Judy.
245 10 $aResearch for effective social work practice /$cJudy L. Krysik, Jerry Finn.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bRoutledge,$c2010.
300 $axxv, 394, 8, 26 p. :$bill. (some col.) ;$c25 cm.
490 1 $aNew directions in social work
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe context of social work research -- The politics and ethics of social work research -- The research process : from problems to research questions -- Single subject research -- Qualitative research -- Group research design -- Sampling -- Measurement -- Implementation : from data collection to data entry -- Describing quantitative data -- Bivariate statistics and statistical inference -- Evaluation of social work services -- Writing and presenting research.
520 8 $aVery often research texts for social work students are dry, boring, and hard to relate to. Not this book! Nor do authors Krysik and Finn shy away from teaching research skills that are actually interesting and useful to students interested in real-life social work practice.
650 0 $aSocial service$xResearch.
650 0 $aSocial service$xMethodology.
650 0 $aSocial workers$xProfessional ethics.
650 0 $aQualitative research$xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 $aGroup work in research.
650 0 $aSampling (Statistics)
700 1 $aFinn, Jerry.
830 0 $aNew directions in social work (Boston, Mass.)