Social Work Research & Evaluation - A Case-Based, User-Friendly Approach

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-231-10222-3
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 776 g

Reihe: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series

Reamer demonstrates how case-workers, program directors, and administrators evaluate the effectiveness of interventions, conduct needs assessments, draw on empirically-based literature and findings to inform their practice, and, finally, create and disseminate information for use by other professionals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reamer, Frederic G.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Relevance of Social Work Research and Evaluation SkillsUnderstanding Research and Evaluation QuestionsDesigning Social Work Research and EvaluationEthical Issues in Social WorkResearch and Evaluation Sampling Measurement IssuesData Collection: Standardized InstrumentsData Collection: Instrument DevelopmentData Collection: Procedures Program EvaluationData AnalysisPreparing Research and Evaluation ReportsLocating and Critiquing Literature

Über Autor(innen)

Frederic G. Reamer is a professor in the School of Social Work at Rhode Island College. He is the author of Social Work Values and Ethics, Social Work Malpractice and Liability, The Philosophical Foundations of Social Work, and Ethical Dilemmas in Social Service; co-author of Rehabilitating Juvenile Justice; and editor of AIDS and Ethics and The Foundations of Social Work Knowledge, (all published by Columbia). He is also the author of the recently published Ethical Standards in Social Work: Commentary on the NASW Code of Ethics.