Doing research in social work and social care [electronic resource] : the journey from student to practitioner researcher / Catherine Flynn, Fiona McDermott
- Author
- Flynn, Catherine (Sociologist)
- Published
- Los Angeles : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016.
- Physical Description
- vi, 240 pages ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators
- McDermott, Fiona
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- License restrictions may limit access.
- Contents
- Research in the professional practice context -- Frameworks underpinning research -- Researching ethically: 'what you do is important but how you do it is more important' -- Arriving at a research question: building on existing knowledge -- Research design: shaping your study -- Selecting and accessing data: ensuring rigor -- Speaking and listening: interviews, focus groups and community forums -- Counting and measuring: questionnaires, scales and secondary analyses -- Making meaning from data: qualitative analysis -- Making meaning from data: quantitative analysis -- Writing and sharing your findings: creating knowledge for practice.
- Summary
- This book guides students to becoming researchers by detailing the concepts of research and gathering data, to writing it all up and sharing knowledge to students.
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- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 147390661X hardback
9781473906617 hardback
1473906628 paperback
9781473906624 paperback - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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