Foundations of Research Methods for Social Workers A Critical Thinking Approach

This new popular introductory social work research methods text provides beginning social work students with a straightforward realistic approach to understanding how research findings are generated and utilized within the social work profession. Couched within the generic critical thinking framework, the text's step-by-step coverage includes all stages of the research process from selecting an initial research topic to the dissemination of the study's findings. The book’s philosophy is to provide a very inexpensive, easily accessible, straightforward, “student-friendly” book that promotes the use of the scientific method of inquiry process to create valid and reliable knowledge for the social work profession.