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Developing And Validating Rapid Assessment Instruments

by Akihito Kamata, David W. Springer e Neil Abell

29,14€ + 10% CARD

 This pocket guide provides a comprehensive start-to-finish overview of the basics of scale development, giving practical guidance that practitioners at all levels will be able to put to use.
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Participant Recruitment And Retention In Intervention And Evaluation Research

by Audrey L. Begun Phd, Laura L. Otto-Salaj Phd e Lisa K. Berger Phd

27,81€ + 10% CARD

 This practical "how to" guide integrates a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of literature, alongside a wealth of the authors' combined research experience, into a framework for behavioral health and other investigators to successfully plan, budget, assess, engage in, analyze, and report participant recruitment and retention in intervention and evaluation research studies.
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Participant Recruitment And Retention In Intervention And Evaluation Research

by Audrey L. Begun Phd, Laura L. Otto-Salaj Phd e Lisa K. Berger Phd

27,81€ + 10% CARD

 This practical "how to" guide integrates a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review of literature, alongside a wealth of the authors' combined research experience, into a framework for behavioral health and other investigators to successfully plan, budget, assess, engage in, analyze, and report participant recruitment and retention in intervention and evaluation research studies.
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Developing Cross-Cultural Measurement

by Thanh V. Tran

26,49€ + 10% CARD

 This volume guides social work researchers in developing and assessing cross-cultural research measurements. Chapters illustrate how to formulate research questions, select observable indicators, understand cross-cultural translation, evaluate measurement equivalence, and discern between best and poor practices in measurement development.
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Clinical Data-Mining - Integrating Practice And Research

by Irwin Epstein

26,49€ + 10% CARD

 This book is an exceptional guide both for professionals conducting practice-based research as well as for social work faculty seeking an evidence-informed approach to practice-research integration.
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Group Work Research

by Charles Garvin, Mark Macgowan e Richard Tolman

30,46€ + 10% CARD

 This book takes the reader through all the phases of designing and implementing group work research -- that is, formulating a research question, developing hypotheses, selecting instruments, and disseminating.
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Group Work Research

by Charles Garvin, Mark Macgowan e Richard Tolman

30,46€ + 10% CARD

 This book takes the reader through all the phases of designing and implementing group work research -- that is, formulating a research question, developing hypotheses, selecting instruments, and disseminating.
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Content Analysis

by James Drisko e Tina Maschi

39,74€ + 10% CARD

 Content Analysis offers a comprehensive overview of the variation within content analysis and detailed descriptions of three approaches found in the contemporary literature: basic content analysis, interpretive content analysis and qualitative content analysis. A consistent outline is used to allow comparison and contrast of the three approaches. Many published examples of content analysis studies are provided, including two full length studies on advocacy andensuring rigor in content analysis.
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Mixed Methods Research

by Daphne Watkins e Deborah Gioia

47,69€ + 10% CARD

 In this pocket guide, Watkins and Gioia review the fundamentals of mixed methods research designs and the general suppositions of mixed methods procedures; look critically at mixed method studies and models that have already been employed in social work; and reflect on the contributions of and application of this work to the field.
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Needs Assessment

by David Royse, J. Matthew Webster, Karen Badger e Michele Staton-Tindall

43,71€ + 10% CARD

 In today''s rapidly changing world, new social and human service problems emerge constantly, and in order to make good use of resources that are often limited, social service agencies must ensure that their services are truly needed. Needs assessments provide a baseline against which later results can be compared, and may also assist policy-makers in recognizing new trends or problems on the horizon. With so much hinging on their outcome, these assessments must be conducted both accurately and efficiently, and this pocket guide will give practitioners the ability to do so. Written by a group of social work scholars with a collective wealth of experience in conducting needs assessments at all levels, this practical guide will walk readers step by step through the process of selecting the right design to confidently conducting the assessment, meticulously analyzing data, and finally writing a cogent report. In addition, the authors explore the various approaches that can be used to assess the needs of a client or population group and the differences between large- and small-scale assessments. Later chapters in the book include discussions of emerging technologies in the field as well as abundant social work case examples. Social work graduate students, as well as social workers in the field who need to brush up on their skills, will find this book an invaluable aid.
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Clinical Data-Mining - Integrating Practice And Research

by Irwin Epstein

26,49€ + 10% CARD

 This book is an exceptional guide both for professionals conducting practice-based research as well as for social work faculty seeking an evidence-informed approach to practice-research integration.
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Systematic Reviews And Meta-Analysis

by Jacqueline Corcoran, Julia H. Littell e Vijayan Pillai

51,66€ + 10% CARD

 Highlighting the concepts necessary to understand, critique, and conduct research synthesis, this brief and highly readable introduction is a terrific resource for students and researchers alike.
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Preparing Research Articles

by Bruce A. Thyer

51,66€ + 10% CARD

 The art of writing up a completed research project in a format suitable for submission to a social work journal is an ability separate from one's skills as a research methodologist. It is also an ability that, despite its importance, is often overlooked by research courses and senior-level mentors. This straightforward pocket guide to Preparing Research Articles steps into the void as an insider's guide to getting published. Drawing on nearly 20 years of experience editing a social work research journal, Bruce A. Thyer has crafted a candid companion to the journal publishing process, unraveling the mysteries that students - as well as many established researchers - might otherwise stumble over, and as a result their prospectus for future success improve. Thyer's frank advice on selecting an appropriate journal, handling rejections and revisions, understanding confusing concepts like impact factors and electronic publishing, and avoiding common methodological and formatting pitfalls, constitute a gold mine for the fledging researcher-writer.
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Determining Sample Size - Balancing Power, Precision, And Practicality

by Patrick Dattalo

37,09€ + 10% CARD

 A researcher's decision about the sample to draw in a study may have an enormous impact on the results, and it rests on numerous statistical and practical considerations that can be difficult to juggle. Computer programs help, but no single software package exists that allows researchers to determine sample size across all statistical procedures. This pocket guide shows social work students, educators, and researchers how to prevent some of the mistakes that would result from a wrong sample size decision by describing and critiquing four main approaches to determining sample size. In concise, example-rich chapters, Dattalo covers sample-size determination using power analysis, confidence intervals, computer-intensive strategies, and ethical or cost considerations, as well as techniques for advanced and emerging statistical strategies such as structural equation modeling, multilevel analysis, repeated measures MANOVA and repeated measures ANOVA. He also offers strategies for mitigating pressures to increase sample size when doing so may not be feasible. Whether as an introduction to the process for students or as a refresher for experienced researchers, this practical guide is a perfect overview of a crucial but often overlooked step in empirical social work research.
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Confirmatory Factor Analysis

by Donna Harrington

39,74€ + 10% CARD

 The author provides social work researchers with an essential roadmap to the highlights of confirmatory factory analysis (CFA)'s powers & how to harness them. The text includes an easy-to-follow overview of the method, step-by-step guides to creating a CFA model & assessing its fit, & explanations of the requirements for using CFA.
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Historical Research

by Elizabeth Ann Danto

43,71€ + 10% CARD

 Historiography is the method of doing historical research, a potentially powerful tool in a social work historian or qualitative researcher's arsenal. This addition to the Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods guides doctoral students and researchers in the construction of a historical study, from problem formulation to instrument construction to data collection and analysis.
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Developing Cross-Cultural Measurement

by Thanh V. Tran

26,49€ + 10% CARD

 This volume guides social work researchers in developing and assessing cross-cultural research measurements. Chapters illustrate how to formulate research questions, select observable indicators, understand cross-cultural translation, evaluate measurement equivalence, and discern between best and poor practices in measurement development.
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Dissertation - From Beginning To End

by Howard J. Doueck e Peter Lyons

42,39€ + 10% CARD

 Practical guidelines, tips and strategies, and action steps checklists in each chapter make this a handy pocket guide for students as well as advisors seeking a comprehensive, unintimidating road map to the social work dissertation.
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Analyzing Single System Design Data

by William Nugent

33,11€ + 10% CARD

 This Pocket Guide covers the visual, graphical, and statistical analysis of data from single-case studies, with a much more comprehensive coverage of the range of data analysis methods than is contained in any other books on the topic for social workers.
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Structural Equation Modeling

by Natasha K. Bowen e Shenyang Guo

55,64€ + 10% CARD

 Richly illustrated with figures, equations, matrices, and tables, this pocket guide empowers social workers with a set of defensible analysis strategies that allows for competent, confident use of SEM.
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Finding And Evaluating Evidence - Systematic Reviews And Evidence-Based Practice

by Denise E. Bronson e Tamara S. Davis

51,66€ + 10% CARD

 This pocket guide provides a concise overview of how to complete a systematic review, and criteria that should be used for assessing the quality of existing reviews. It examines evidence-based practice, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis.
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Randomized Controlled Trials - Design And Implementation For Community-Based Psychosocial Interventions

by Jeffrey Draine, Mary M. Cavanaugh e Phyllis Solomon

47,69€ + 10% CARD

 Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered by many researchers and providers to be the gold standard of health and social service effectiveness research. However, there exist scant resources that deal with the complex nature of designing and implementing RCTs in community-based settings. This clearly written pocket guide provides researchers and social service practitioners insight into each step of an RCT. The goal of this text is to enable readers to understand, design, and implement a community-based RCT. From the initial stage of planning the RCT and developing its conceptual foundations through implementation, the authors provide a wealth of detail and case studies from social work practice research that assist readers to comprehend the detailed information provided. Accessible, concrete advice is woven throughout the text and tackles the many design and implementation challenges that arise in community practice settings. The importance of utilizing a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods is encouraged due to the intricate nature of RCT research in community-based environments. Through utilizing practical case examples, this pocket guide reviews the essentials of RCTs in a manner that will appeal to researchers, practitioners and students alike who are seeking the necessary tools to build the empirical knowledge base for community-based psychosocial interventions for social work.
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Intervention Research - Developing Social Programs

by Jack M. Richman, Maeda J. Galinsky, Mark W. Fraser e Steven H. Day

41,06€ + 10% CARD

 Intervention research lies at the heart of social work research. It serves as a principal basis for drawing inferences about the effectiveness of practice and is used to assess the design of public policies that fund social and health programs. This book, the latest volume in the Pocket Guides to Social Work Research Methods, clearly describes the process of conducting intervention research.
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Key Concepts In Measurement

by Brian E. Perron e David F. Gillespie

30,46€ + 10% CARD

 Measurement is necessary for building and testing theory, specifying problems, and defining goals. It is arguably one of the most important and diffcult tasks in social work research. This book is to serve as a guide for developing, selecting, and using measures in social work research.
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