TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rubin,Allen
AU  - Babbie,Earl R.
TI  - Research methods for social work
SN  - 0534174787
AV  - HV11 .R84 1993
U1  - 361.072 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Pacific Grove, Calif.
PB  - Brooks/Cole
KW  - Social service
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 705-713) and index; TOC; An Introduction to Inquiry --
Scientific Inquiry and Social Work --
Two Realities --
Natural Human Inquiry --
Errors in Personal Inquiry --
Philosophical Issues in Science and Research --
The Scientific Method --
What's Really Real? --
Paradigms --
Determinism, Probability, and Causation --
Quantitative and Qualitative Methods of Inquiry --
Objectivity and Subjectivity in Scientific Inquiry --
Theory and Research --
Two Logical Systems --
The Links Between Theory and Research --
Social Work Practice Models --
The Ethics and Politics of Social Work Research --
Ethical Issues in Social Work Research --
Weighing Benefits and Costs --
NASW Code of Ethics --
Four Ethical Controversies --
Institutional Review Boards --
Bias and Insensitivity Regarding Gender and Culture --
The Politics of Social Work Research --
Problem Formulation and Measurement --
Problem Formulation --
Overview of the Research Process --
The Research Proposal --
Problem Identification --
Purposes of Research --
The Time Dimension --
Units of Analysis --
Answers to Units of Analysis Exercise --
Conceptualization and Operationalization --
Conceptual Explication --
Operational Definitions --
Measuring Anything That Exists --
Definitions and Research Purposes --
Operationalization Choices --
Some Operationalization Illustrations --
Operationalization Goes On and On --
More Examples of Operationalization in Social Work --
Existing Scales --
Measurement --
Levels of Measurement --
Single or Composite Indicators --
Common Sources of Measurement Error; Sociology
UR  - http://www.worldcat.org/title/research-methods-for-social-work/oclc/26635113&referer=brief_results
ER  -