Ebook: Research methods for social work

Why study research? -- Evidence-based practice -- Philosophy and theory in social work research -- The ethical, political, and cultural context of social work research -- Culturally competent research -- Problem formulation and measurement -- Conceptualization and operationalization -- Measurement -- Constructing measurement instruments -- Causal inference and experimental designs -- Quasi-experimental designs -- Single-case evaluation designs -- Program evaluation -- Sampling -- Survey research -- Analyzing existing data : quantitative and qualitative methods -- Qualitative research : general principles -- Qualitative research : specific methods -- Qualitative data analysis -- Quantitative data analysis -- Inferential data analysis : part 1 -- Inferential data analysis : part 2 -- Writing research proposals and reports.