00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000003024 20221110033153 0010-0520003024 221110################|##########|#eng## 978-0-495-09515-6 eng 361.3 361.3 RUB r Rubin, Allen Research Methods for Social Work / Allen Rubin and Earl R. Babbie 6th Ed. Australia : Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2008 xix, 668 p. : : illus. ; 26 cm. Glossary p. 633 - 646 Indeks : p.659 - 668 p.647 - 658 This book examines the nature of scientific inquiry and its relevance for social work. It explore the fundamental characteristics and issues that make scientific inquiry different from other ways of knowing things in social work. Chapter 1 examines the value of scientific inquiry in social work practice and how it helps safeguard against some of the risks inherent in alternative sources of practice knowledge. Chapter 2 delves into evidence-based practice - a model of social work practice that emphasizes the use of the scientific method and scientific evidence in making practice decisions. Chapter 3 examines certain philosophical issues underlying the scientific method and how disagreements about philosophical issues can be connected to contrasting yet complementary approaches to scientific inquiry. It examine the structure and role of theory in social work research. Social Work Earl R. Babbie 11352/MKRI/MKRI-P/XI-2008 11353/MKRI/MKRI-P/XI-2008 11353/MKRI/MKRI-P/XI-2008 11352/MKRI/MKRI-P/XI-2008 11352/MKRI/MKRI-P/XI-2008 11353/MKRI/MKRI-P/XI-2008 11352/MKRI/MKRI-P/XI-2008 11353/MKRI/MKRI-P/XI-2008