Research Guides: Foundations of Social Work Research: SSW 5003: Background / Reference

Social Research Resources

The SAGE handbook of measurement
The book emphasizes issues such as indicator generation and modification, the nature and conceptual meaning of measurement error, and the day-to-day processes involved in developing and using measures. The Handbook covers the full range of disciplines where measurement studies are common: policy studies; education studies; health studies; and business studies.
Sensitive research in social work by 2022
Contents include Ethical Aspects, Skills, Risk Assessment and Management, Collecting, Analyzing, interpreting Data, and Presenting Findings for Sensitive Social Work Research.
Research and Statistics for Social Workers by Anna Faul; A. N. Verbist; Tom Lawson
Publication Date: 2019
This book covers - conceptualization, ethics, cultural competence, design, qualitative research, individual and program evaluation as well as nonparametric and parametric statistical tests. The tests are explained narratively, mathematically as well as with a comprehensive step-by-step, fully illustrated SPSS computer analysis of social work data.

Sage Research Methods Online This link opens in a new window
Sage Research Methods Online provides content across the social and behavioral sciences. Covers quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods and includes the entire "Little Green Book" and "Little Blue Book" series.

For more resources, uses these subject headings in Library Search. Selecting Methodology below will return results in Library Search for books and media about social work research and methodology.

Social service — Research — Methodology

How to read journal articles and statistical outputs

Learning and terminology resources from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICSPR)

How to Read a Journal Article (pdf) - Tips and tricks to make reading and understanding social science journal articles easier.
A Guide to Interpreting SPSS Output (pdf) - How to interpret frequency distributions, crosstabulations, comparison of means tests, correlations, and OLS regressions done in SPSS.
Glossary of Social Science Terms
Index of Frequently Used Acronyms
Social Sciences Research and Instructional Glossary

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