Using the Internet as a Research Tool for Social Work and Human Services - Hardcover

Menon, Goutham M

 
9780789014474: Using the Internet as a Research Tool for Social Work and Human Services
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0789014475 ISBN 13: 9780789014474
Publisher: CRC Press, 2002

Synopsis

Researchers and instructors: examine ways to make the Internet work to your advantage!Using the Internet as a Research Tool for Social Work and Human Services examines the exciting benefits for social workers of using the Internet to facilitate their studies. By introducing various methodologies and insights, this book explains how the Web can be a valuable and legitimate form of research. This vital book examines the problems associated with studying virtual communities and cyber culture, and offers innovative ways to administer experiments by measuring response time over the Web.This informative book explores new and innovative trends in Internet research, including:

  • methodologies for data collection, sampling, and representation of the subjects
  • psychological testing and using the Internet for training
  • developing and deploying Internet studies by replacing traditionally administered questionnaires with online surveys
  • the use of technology to enhance the development of research skills of undergraduate-level multicultural mental health researchers

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Goutham M Menon

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Publisher
CRC Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0789014475
ISBN 13 
9780789014474
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
156

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