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Over thirty years of input from instructors and students have gone into this popular research methods text, resulting in a refined ninth edition that is easier to read, understand, and apply than ever before. Using unintimidating language and real-world examples, it introduces students to the key concepts of evidence-based practice that they will use throughout their professional careers. It emphasizes both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research, data collection methods, and data analysis, providing students with the tools they need to become evidence-based practitioners.

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• 1 Introduction
• Part I Research Questions and Research Approaches
• 2 Research Problems and Questions
• 3 The Quantitative Research Approach
• 4 The Qualitative Research Approach
• Part II Ethics and Culturally-Competent Research
• 5 Research Ethics
• 6 Research With Minority and Disadvantaged Groups
• Part III Becoming an Evidence-Based Practitioner
• 7 Reviewing the Literature
• 8 Finding Existing Knowledge
• 9 Evaluating Existing Knowledge
• 10 Evidence-Based Practice
• Part IV Measuring Variables
• 11 Measurement
• 12 Standardized Measuring Instruments
• Part V Sampling and Research Designs
• 13 Sampling
• 14 Case-Level Designs
• 15 Group-Level Designs
• Part VI Collecting Original Data
• 16 Structured Observation
• 17 Qualitative Interviewing
• 18 Survey Research
• Part VII Collecting Existing Data
• 19 Secondary Analysis
• 20 Content Analysis
• 21 Using Existing Statistics
• 22 Historical Research
• 23 Selecting a Data-Collection Method
• Part VIII Analyzing Data
• 24 Quantitative Data Analysis
• 25 Qualitative Data Analysis
• Part IX Evaluating Research Studies
• 26 Evaluating Quantitative Studies
• 27 Evaluating Qualitative Studies
• Part X Writing Research Reports
• 28 Writing Reports from Research Studies
• Part XI From Research to Evaluation
• 29 Program Evaluation
• Appendixes
• Appendix A Quantitative Research Proposals and Reports
• Appendix B Qualitative Research Proposals and Reports
• Glossary
• References
• Credits
• Index

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Richard M. Grinnell, Jr. is Professor and holds the Clair and Clarice Platt Jones/Helen Frays Endowed Chair of Social Work Research within the School of Social Work at Western Michigan University. Yvonne A. Unrau is Professor within the School of Social Work at Western Michigan University.