Applied social research : a tool for the human services - Monette, Duane R.; DeJong, Cornell R.; Sullivan, Thomas J., 1944- (Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, 2008)
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 statistics -- Analysis of qualitative data -- Writing for research: grant proposals and report writing
Includes bibliographical references (p. [493]-511) and indexes
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Keywords: Human services -- Research -- Methodology; Social service -- Research -- Methodology; Social service -- United States