Research Methods for Social Work

In this most extensive revision of their classic text for social workers, Rubin and Babbie retain the integrity of their comprehensive, quantitative approach, while including more content about qualitative methods. As one pre-publication reviewer pointed out, ''With this edition, you have solved a problem in the discipline by infusing coverage of qualitative issues where it is most important".

Allen Rubin has been doing and teaching research since 1976, when he received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. Renowned in social work, Dr. Rubin has written several research texts, published numerous research studies on social work practice, and is a past president of the Society for Social Work and Research.

Earl R. Babbie graduated from Harvard University before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and began teaching shortly thereafter. Credited with defining research methods for the social sciences, Dr. Babbie has written several texts, including bestsellers THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, THE BASICS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, and now SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNTS.