This is completed downloadable of Applied Social Research A Tool for the Human Services 9th Edition Monette Solutions Manual
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- ISBN-10 : 128507551X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1285075518
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You may be wondering why you need to study research methods to prepare yourself for a career in human services. This accessible text will help you to better understand the connection between human service research and practice. APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH brings the subject to life and explores how recent innovations in technology are affecting research methods and results.
Table of Content:
- Ch 1: Research in the Human Services
- Research in the Human Services
- Parallels and Linkages between Research and Practice
- The Plan of the Book
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 2: The Logic of Social Research
- Sources of Knowledge
- Theories in Research and Practice
- Concepts and Hypotheses
- Perspectives on Science
- Cause-and-Effect Relationships
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 3: Ethical Issues in Social Research
- The Minority Experience: The Need for Ethical Standards
- Ethical Issues
- Codes of Ethics
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 4: Issues in Problem Formulation
- Selecting a Research Problem
- Shaping and Refining the Problem
- Feasibility of a Research Project
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 5: The Process of Measurement
- Ways of Measuring
- Levels of Measurement
- Evaluating Measures
- Errors in Measurement
- Choosing a Measurement Device
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 6: Sampling
- The Purpose of Sampling
- Sampling Terminology
- Probability Samples
- Nonprobability Samples
- Sampling with Diverse Populations
- A Note on Sampling in Practice
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 7: Survey Research
- Designing Questions
- Questionnaires
- Interviews
- Telephone Surveys
- Online Surveys
- Focus Groups
- Practice and Research Interviews Compared
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 8: Analysis of Available Data
- Statistical Data
- Content Analysis
- Issues in Content Analysis
- Assessment of Available Data Analysis
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 9: Field Research and Qualitative Methods
- Characteristics of Qualitative Methods
- Field Research
- Steps in Field Research
- Recording Observations in Field Research
- Other Qualitative Methods
- Issues in Observational and Field Research
- Assessment of Field Techniques and Qualitative Methods
- Observation in Human Service Practice
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 10: Experimental Research
- The Logic of Experimentation
- Experimental Designs
- External Validity
- Assessment of Experiments
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 11: Single-System Designs
- The Clinical Research Model
- The Clinical Research Process
- Types of Single-System Designs
- Generalizability of Single-System Designs
- Assessment of the Clinical Research Model
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 12: Evaluation Research
- What is Evaluation Research?
- Formative Evaluation Research
- Summative Evaluation Research
- Improving Utilization of Evaluation Research
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 13: Scaling
- Advantages of Scaling
- Developing Scales
- Scaling Formats
- Avoiding Response Bias
- Scaling in the Human Services
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 14: Data Analysis I: Data Preparation and Presentation
- Preparation for Data Analysis
- Data Entry
- Data Distributions
- Graphical Display of Data Distributions
- Contingency Tables
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 15: Data Analysis II: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
- Considerations in Choosing Statistics
- Descriptive Statistics
- Inferential Statistics
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 16: Analysis of Qualitative Data
- Goals of Qualitative Data Analysis
- Data Reduction and Analysis
- Displaying Data
- Conclusions and Verification
- Using Computers in Qualitative Research
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Ch 17: Writing for Research: Grant Proposals and Report Writing
- The Grant-Funding Process
- Grant Proposal Planning
- Writing the Grant Proposal
- Writing a Research Report
- Review and Critical Thinking
- Appendix A: A Guide to Library Use and Information Retrieval
- Organization of the Library
- Books
- Periodicals
- Online Databases
- Reference Books for the Human Services
- Government Documents
- Information Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills
- For Further Reading
- Appendix B: Generating Random Numbers
- Glossary
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index
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