TY - BOOK AU - Rubin,Allen AU - Babbie,Earl R. TI - Research methods for social work. SN - 0534263887 (acidfree paper) AV - HV11.R84 U1 - 361/.0072 20 PY - 1997/// CY - Pacific Grove PB - Brooks/Cole Pub. Co. KW - Social service KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents: Human inquiry and science -- Theory and research -- The Ethics and politics of social work research -- Problem formulation -- Conceptualization and operationalization -- Measurement -- Constructing measurement instruments -- The Logic of sampling -- Casual inference and group designs -- Single-subject designs -- Survey research -- Quantitative research methods -- Unobtrustive research: quantitative and qualitative methods -- Processing data -- Interpreting descriptive statistics and tables -- Inferential data analysis: part 1 & 2 -- Program evaluation -- Appendixes ER -