Applied social research : a tool for the human services / Duane R. Monette, Thomas J. Sullivan, Cornell R. DeJong
Imprint
Belmont, CA : Thomson / Brooks/Cole, c2005
Edition
6th ed
Descript
xiv, 542 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Research in the human services -- The logic of social research -- Ethical issues in social research -- Issues in problem formulation -- The process of measurement -- Sampling -- Survey research -- Analysis of available data -- Field research and qualitative methods -- Experimental research -- Single-system designs -- Evaluation research -- Scaling -- Data analysis I: Data preparation and presentation -- Data Analysis II: Descriptive and inferential statisticss -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Writing for research: grant proposals and report writing