Essential Res Meth F/Soc Wrk - Softcover

BABBIE; RUBIN

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495006580 ISBN 13: 9780495006589

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2006

Synopsis

This briefer version of Rubin and Babbie's Research Methods for Social Work, 5th edition, provides students with a research methods text that is more concise in its treatment of technical research content ? yet still offers the social work specific illustrations, applications throughout, and constant focus on the utility of social work research in social work practice.

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Review

" Helping social work students see that research and practice are not distinct, but essential to one another, is the great task of social work educators today. Finding the workable linguistic and conceptual bridge for students between the familiarity of practice concepts and the seeming formality and strangeness of the language of research is the key. Allen Rubin and Earl Babbie have just made that job a whole lot easier for all of us."

Synopsis

This textbook offers undergraduates a concise introduction to both qualitative and quantitative social work research methods. The role of research in everyday social work practice is emphasized throughout. Included in the appendix are tools for writing research proposals and reports. Rubin (U. of Texas at Austin) and Babbie (Chapman U.) are also th

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0495006580
• ISBN 13: 9780495006589
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 342