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CHAPTER 1. Science, Society, and Social Work Research \\ Reasoning About the Social World \\ Everyday Errors in Reasoning \\ The Social Scientific Approach \\ Social Work and the Social World \\ Research in the News: Why Did New York City’s Homeless Population Increase? \\ Social Work Research and Evidence-Based Practice \\ Social Work Research in Practice \\ Alternative Research Orientations \\ Social Work Research in a Diverse Society \\ CHAPTER 2. The Process of Social Work Research \\ Social Work Research Questions \\ Consider Social Diversity when Formulating a Question \\ Foundations of Social Work Research \\ Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ Theory and Social Work Research \\ Research in the News: Does Money Buy Happiness? \\ Alternative Research Strategies \\ Social Research Standards \\ CHAPTER 3. Ethical and Scientific Guidelines for Social Work Research \\ Research on People \\ Historical Background \\ Research in the News: Is it Ethical Science? \\ Ethical Principles \\ Institutional Review Board Reviews \\ Internet Research \\ Scientific Guidelines for Social Work Research \\ CHAPTER 4. Measurement \\ Concepts \\ Research in the News: What is your Race? \\ From Concepts to Observations \\ Levels of Measurement \\ Measurement Error \\ Assessing Measurement Accuracy \\ Measurement Validity \\ Ways to Improve Reliability and Validity of Existing Measures \\ Using Scales to Identify a Clinical Status \\ Measurement in a Diverse Society \\ Measurement Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ CHAPTER 5. Sampling \\ Sample Planning \\ Research in the News: What are the Best Practices for Sampling Vulnerable Populations? \\ Sampling Methods \\ Sampling Distributions \\ Recruitment Strategies with Diverse Populations \\ Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ CHAPTER 6. Causation and Research Design \\ Research Design Alternatives \\ Research in the News: Why is Child Poverty so High? \\ Criteria for Quantitative (Nomothetic) Causal Explanations \\ Comparing Research Designs \\ Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ CHAPTER 7. Group Experimental Designs \\ Threats to the Validity of Group Experimental Designs \\ Features of True Experiments \\ Types of True Experimental Designs \\ Quasi-experimental Designs \\ Nonexperimental Designs \\ Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ Diversity, Group Design, and Evidence-Based Practice \\ Ethical Issues in Experimental Research \\ CHAPTER 8. Single-Subject Design \\ Foundations of Single-Subject Design \\ Measuring Targets of Intervention \\ Analyzing Single-Subject Designs \\ Types of Single-Subject Designs \\ Research in the News: Exercise Your Brain? \\ Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ Single-Subject Design in a Diverse Society \\ Ethical Issues in Single-Subject Design \\ CHAPTER 9. Survey Research \\ Survey Research in Social Work \\ Designing Questionnaires \\ Writing Questions \\ Refine and Test Questions \\ Survey Design Alternatives \\ Survey Research Design in a Diverse Society \\ Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ Ethical Issues in Survey Research \\ CHAPTER 10. Qualitative Methods \\ Fundamentals of Qualitative Methods \\ Participant Observation \\ Intensive Interviewing \\ Research in the News: Can Taping Interviews Capture a Trend? \\ Interviewing Online \\ Focus Groups \\ Community-based Participatory Research \\ Qualitative Research in a Diverse Society \\ Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research \\ CHAPTER 11. Qualitative Data Analysis \\ Features of Qualitative Data Analysis \\ Techniques of Qualitative Data Analysis \\ Alternatives in Qualitative Data Analysis \\ Research in the News: What’s in a Message? \\ Content Analysis \\ Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis \\ Implications for Evidence-based Practice \\ Ethics in Qualitative Data Analysis \\ CHAPTER 12. Secondary Data Analysis and Mixed Methods \\ Secondary Data Analysis \\ Mixed Methods \\ CHAPTER 13. Evaluation Research \\ Evaluation Basics \\ Describing the Program: The Logic Model \\ Questions for Evaluation Research \\ Design Decisions \\ Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ Evaluation Research in a Diverse Society \\ Ethics in Evaluation \\ CHAPTER 14. Quantitative Data Analysis \\ Introducing Statistics \\ Preparing Data for Analysis \\ Displaying Univariate Distributions \\ Summarizing Univariate Distributions \\ Describing Relationships Among Variables \\ Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ Quantitative Data Analysis in a Diverse Society \\ Ethical Issues: Avoiding Misleading Findings \\ CHAPTER 15. Reporting Research \\ Beginning With a Research Proposal \\ Writing Can Be Frustrating! \\ Reporting Results \\ Research in the News: How Much Should Social Scientists Report? \\ Poster Presentations \\ Implications for Evidence-Based Practice \\ Social Work Research in a Diverse Society \\ Ethical Considerations \\ Appendix A. Questions to Ask About a Quantitative Research Article \\ Appendix B. How to Read a Quantitative Research Article \\ Appendix C. Questions to Ask About a Qualitative Research Article \\ Appendix D. How to Read a Qualitative Research Article

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