Research for Effective Social Work Practice

Drawbacks of Using Single Subject Research to Inform Practice -- CONCLUSION -- MAIN POINTS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 5: RESEARCH IN AGENCIES AND COMMUNITIES -- TYPES OF PROGRAM EVALUATION -- NEEDS ASSESSMENT -- Types of Information for Needs Assessment -- Research Methods in Needs Assessment -- EVALUABILITY ASSESSMENT -- Foundations of Effective Program Structure -- Program Objectives -- Logic Model for Assessing Program Evaluability -- IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION -- CONSUMER SATISFACTION ASSESSMENT -- Obtaining the Information -- Understanding the Limitations -- PROCESS EVALUATION -- OUTCOME EVALUATION -- COST EVALUATION -- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis -- Cost/Benefit Analysis -- THE POLITICAL CONTEXT OF PROGRAM EVALUATION -- Participatory Action Research and Evaluation -- Benefits of Program Evaluation -- Concerns Related to Program Evaluation -- CONCLUSION -- MAIN POINTS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 6: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH -- USES FOR QUALITATIVE METHODS -- STRENGTHS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH -- LIMITATIONS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH -- Subjectivity -- Limited Generalizability -- QUALITATIVE DATA COLLECTION -- Individual Interviews -- Focus Group Interviews -- Observation -- Types of Observation -- Limits of Observation -- Field Journals -- Review of Existing Records -- SAMPLING IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH -- Choosing a Purposive Sampling Method -- Snowball Sampling -- Deviant Cases -- Quota Sampling -- Accessing Participants -- COMMON QUALITATIVE METHODS -- Case Study -- Ethnography -- Grounded Theory -- Phenomenology -- Combined Research Approaches -- DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS REPORTING IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH -- Preparing the Data -- Analyzing the Data -- Organizing the Data into Concepts -- Developing the Story -- Maximizing Rigor by Validating the Conclusions -- Reporting the Findings -- CONCLUSION -- MAIN POINTS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 7: GROUP RESEARCH DESIGN