Quantitative Research Methods for Social Work: Making Social Work Count

Quantitative Research Methods for Social Work: Making Social Work Count
ISBN-10
1137400277
ISBN-13
9781137400277
Category
Social Science
Pages
296
Language
English
Published
2016-11-11
Publisher
Macmillan International Higher Education
Authors
Barbra Teater, John Devaney, Donald Forrester

Description

Quantitative research makes a very important contribution to both understanding and responding effectively to the problems that social work service users face. In this unique and authoritative text, a group of expert authors explore the key areas of data collection, analysis and evaluation and outline in detail how they can be applied to practice.

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