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Research Skills for Social Work
Second Edition
- Andrew Whittaker - London South Bank University, UK
June 2012 | 160 pages | Learning Matters
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.
Introduction
Planning your research
Undertaking a literature review
Interviews
Focus groups
Questionnaires
Documentary analysis
Analysing your data
Writing up your dissertation
Conclusion
Glossary
References
Index
this book contains various resources that will add value to students abilities to understand research : application of methods to projects with overviews and strategies to conducting research projects are integrated. The exploration of ethical considerations is also included. I particularly enjoyed the text that deals with reliability and bias in research; these are addressed skillfully in this book
Social Work Preston, University of Central Lancs
July 20, 2012
