Making Sense of the Social World

by Daniel F. Chambliss, Russell K. Schutt

2012 · SAGE Publications

"Making Sense of the Social World, Fourth Edition is an engaging and student-friendly introduction to social research for students who need to understand methodologies and results, but who may never conduct research themselves. It provides a balanced treatment of qualitative and quantitative methods, integrating substantive examples and research techniques throughout. All essential elements of social research methods are covered, including validity, causation, experimental and quasi-experimental design, and techniques of analysis. Additionally, it is written in a less formal style to make concepts more accessible to students, and it includes wide-ranging, practical exercises drawn from every experience to help students get hands-on with the material."--pub. desc.

The Practice of Research in Social Work

by Rafael J. Engel, Russell K. Schutt

2012 · SAGE Publications

A target='b̲lank' href='http://www.sagepub.com/engelprsw3e'>img border='0' src='/IMAGES/companionwebsite.jpg' alt='A companion website is available for this text' width='75' height='20'/a Designed to help students develop skills in evaluating research and conducting studies, the Third Edition of the popular text, The Practice of Research in Social Work, makes principles of evidence-based practice come alive through illustrations of actual social work research. It introduces students to the study of research in social work and to.