Research Skills for Social Work by Andrew Whittaker (English) Paperback Book

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A quick, clear and interesting guide for students completing their final year research project.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Social Work students often find research an intimidating and complex area of study, with many struggling to understand the core concepts and their application to practice. This book presents these concepts in an accessible and user-friendly way. Key skills and methods such as literature reviews, interviews, and questionnaires are explored in detail while the underlying ethical reasons for doing good research underpin the text. For this second edition, new material on ethnography is added.

Author Biography

Andrew Whittaker, PhD, is Professor of Social Work Research at London South Bank University, England, where he is head of the Risk Resilience and Expert Decision Making (RRED) research group. His research on risk and decision making has ranged from ethnographic to randomised controlled trial research designs. Andrew recently completed a review of professional decision making for a child death inquiry in Queensland, Australia. He is the Convenor of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG) of the European Social Work Research Association. DARSIG is the main European network for researchers in the field of assessment, risk and decision making in social work, with more than 80 members in over 20 countries. Andrew is Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice.

Table of Contents

IntroductionPlanning your researchUndertaking a literature reviewInterviewsFocus groupsQuestionnairesDocumentary analysisAnalysing your dataWriting up your dissertationConclusionGlossaryReferencesIndex

Details ISBN085725927X Author Andrew Whittaker Year 2012 ISBN-10 085725927X ISBN-13 9780857259271 Media Book Series Transforming Social Work Practice Series Edition 2nd Imprint Learning Matters Ltd Place of Publication Exeter Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 361.3072 Language English Series Number 1661 Pages 160 Publication Date 2012-06-25 Short Title RESEARCH SKILLS FOR SOCIAL-2/E Illustrations black & white line drawings, figures Replaces 9781844451791 Format Paperback NZ Release Date 2012-06-25 UK Release Date 2012-06-25 Edited by Robert A. Dickson Birth 1967 Affiliation Consultant/Senior Lecturer in Oncology, Clinical Director, N. Ireland Cancer Clinical Trials Unit Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast Cancer Centre, Belfast, Ireland Position Assistant Professor Qualifications OBE Edition Description 2nd Revised edition Alternative 9781446257067 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Publisher Sage Publications Ltd AU Release Date 2012-06-24 We've got this

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