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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2016</dateIssued>
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    <edition>Fourth edition.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xv, 429 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>pt. 1. An introduction to scientific inquiry in social work -- Why study research? -- Evidence-based practice -- pt. 2. The research process -- Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods of inquiry -- Factors influencing the research process -- pt. 3. Ethical and cultural issues in social work research -- Ethical issues in social work research -- Culturally competent research -- pt. 4. Problem formulation and measurement -- Problem formulation -- Measurement in quantitative and qualitative inquiry -- Quantitative and qualitative measurement instruments -- pt. 5. Sampling and surveys -- Surveys -- Sampling : quantitative and qualitative approaches -- pt. 6. Designs for evaluating programs and practice -- Experiements and quasi-experiments -- Single-case evaluation designs -- Program evaluation -- pt. 7. Additional qualitative and quantitative research methods -- Additional methods in qualitative inquiry -- Analyzing available records : quantitative and qualitative methods -- pt. 8. Data analysis -- Quantitative data analysis -- Qualitative data analysis.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Allen Rubin, Earl Babbie.</note>
  <note>Previously published: 2013.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-418) and index.</note>
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    <topic>Social service</topic>
    <topic>Research</topic>
    <topic>Methodology</topic>
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