Michael Sheppard

Appraising and Using Social Research in the Human Services

An Introduction for Social Work and Health Professionals

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This accessible introduction provides social work students and practitioners with the knowledge they need both to evaluate research and to apply it to their own practice. Exploring a range of research methodologies, the author discusses the strengths and limitations of each and shows the reader how to identify the assumptions underlying them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 401g
• ISBN-13: 9781843102892
• ISBN-10: 1843102897
• Artikelnr.: 21388045

Autorenporträt

Michael Sheppard is Professor of Social Work at the University of Plymouth and has been involved in professional education for nearly twenty years. A qualified social worker, he has specialised in mental health and child care in practice and has also worked as a psychiatric nurse. He has published widely in the field and is the author of Prevention and Coping in Child and Family Care, also published by Jessica Kingsley.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Appraising and Using Social Research in the
Human Services. 3. Some Key Issues in Appraising Social Research. 4.
Questionnaire Design for Quantitative Research: Structured Instruments. 5.
Surveys and Sampling. 6. Experimental and Quasi Experimental Designs. 7.
The Qualitative Interview. 8. Ethnography and Practice. 9. Content Analysis
and Grounded Theory. 10. Qualitative Evaluation. 11. Multimethod Research.
12. Afterword. Glossary of Key Terms in Social Research. References. Index.