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MnU |
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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MnU |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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MnU |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
H1 |
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| Classification number |
HM586 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
DeCarlo, Matthew |
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author |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Scientific Inquiry in Social Work |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Matthew DeCarlo |
| 264 #2 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Open Textbook Library |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Open Social Work Education |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
1 online resource |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Open textbook library. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Chapter 1: Introduction to research -- Chapter 2: Beginning a research project -- Chapter 3: Reading and evaluating literature -- Chapter 4: Conducting a literature review -- Chapter 5: Ethics in social work research -- Chapter 6: Linking methods with theory -- Chapter 7: Design and causality -- Chapter 8: Creating and refining a research question -- Chapter 9: Defining and measuring concepts -- Chapter 10: Sampling -- Chapter 11: Survey research -- Chapter 12: Experimental design -- Chapter 13: Interviews and focus groups -- Chapter 14: Unobtrusive research: Qualitative and quantitative approaches -- Chapter 15: Real-world research: Evaluation, single-subjects, and action research -- Chapter 16: Reporting and reading research |
| 520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
As an introductory textbook for social work students studying research methods, this book guides students through the process of creating a research project. Students will learn how to discover a researchable topic that is interesting to them, examine scholarly literature, formulate a proper research question, design a quantitative or qualitative study to answer their question, carry out the design, interpret quantitative or qualitative results, and disseminate their findings to a variety of audiences. Examples are drawn from the author's practice and research experience, as well as topical articles from the literature. There are ancillary materials available for this book. |
| 542 1# - INFORMATION RELATING TO COPYRIGHT STATUS |
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| Copyright statement |
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
In English. |
| 588 0# - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE |
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Description based on print resource |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Social sciences |
| Form subdivision |
Textbooks |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Sociology |
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Textbooks |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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Open Textbook Library |
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distributor |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/591">https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/591</a> |
| Public note |
Access online version |
