Research Skills for Social Work

Informationen zum Autor 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 inquiry in Queensland, Australia. He is the Convenor of the Decisions, Assessment and Risk Special Interest Group (DARSIG) of the European Social Work Research Association. DARSIG is the main European network for researchers in the field of assessment, risk and decision making in social work, with more than 80 members in over 20 countries. Andrew is Editor of the Journal of Social Work Practice . Klappentext A quick, clear and interesting guide for students completing their final year research project. Zusammenfassung A quick, clear and interesting guide for students completing their final year research project. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Whittaker
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2012
• EAN: 9780857259271
• ISBN: 978-0-85725-927-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Learning Matters; Transforming Social Work Practice Series; Transforming Social Work Pract; Transforming Social Work Practice Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, REFERENCE / Research, Social Work, Research methods: general, Research methods / methodology