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Research Skills for Social Work
Andrew Whittaker
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Description for Research Skills for Social Work
Paperback. A quick, clear and interesting guide for students completing their final year research project. Series: Transforming Social Work Practice Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white line drawings, figures. BIC Classification: GPS; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 243 x 9. Weight in Grams: 292.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Transforming Social Work Practice Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Exeter, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857259271
SKU
V9780857259271
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99-5
About Andrew Whittaker
Andrew Whittaker, PhD, is Professor of Social Work Research at London South Bank University, England, where he is head of the Risk Resilience and Expert Decision Making (RRED) research group. His research on risk and decision making has ranged from ethnographic to randomised controlled trial research designs. Andrew recently completed a review of professional decision making for a child death ... Read more
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