Research Methods for Social Workers: An Introduction

Now in its 11th edition, this popular introductory text continues to provide beginning social work students with a straightforward realistic approach to understanding how research findings are generated and utilized within the social work profession. Couched within the positivistic and interpretive traditions, the text's "student friendly" step-by-step coverage is the result of decades of the authors' research experiences, and includes all stages of the research process from selecting an initial research topic to the dissemination of the study's findings.