Learn the latest healthcare and human service research methods! Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies, Seventh Edition, helps bridge the gap between research and practice by giving you a solid foundation for critiqu
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Learn the latest healthcare and human service research methods! Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies, Seventh Edition, helps bridge the gap between research and practice by giving you a solid foundation for critiquing your own work. This easy-to-read guide covers all the major research design strategies: qualitative, quantitative, naturalistic, experimental-type, and mixed method. Plus, this edition has been updated to include contemporary references, two all-new chapters, updated research methods, and more.
Learn the latest healthcare and human service research methods! Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies, Seventh Edition, helps bridge the gap between research and practice by giving you a solid foundation for critiquing your own work. This easy-to-read guide covers all the major research design strategies: qualitative, quantitative, naturalistic, experimental-type, and mixed method. Plus, this edition has been updated to include contemporary references, two all-new chapters, updated research methods, and more.
Key Features
UPDATED! New thinking on who can know, who should be involved in the research enterprise, big data, research methods, strategies, and references provides you with the latest information on research in diverse areas of health and human service inquiry
Comprehensive coverageof research designs helps you further understand how to apply these methods to healthcare and human service settings
Detailed examination of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies offers a unique and balanced focus that makes this text more comprehensive than others in its field
NEW! Two additional chapters cover contemporary ethical issues and emergent design
NEW! Enhanced ebook version,included with every new print purchase, features math tips and study questions, plus access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Case examples provide real-life snapshots of what it is like to participate in different types of research processes, identify research dilemmas relevant to chapter subjects, and alert you to problems you might encounter
Contemporary practice examples give you a highly relevant understanding of today’s changing health and human service and research environments
In-depth analysis of big data and data analytics expands your knowledge of how to apply these numbers to health and human service research
Emphasis on technology in researchand research-informed practice ensures you grasp the latest available methods
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By Elizabeth DePoy, PhD, MSW, OTR, Professor, Interdisciplinary Disability Studies and Social Work and Cooperating Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Cooperating Faculty, School of Policy and International Affairs, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
By Elizabeth DePoy, PhD, MSW, OTR, Professor, Interdisciplinary Disability Studies and Social Work and Cooperating Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Cooperating Faculty, School of Policy and International Affairs, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
PART I Introduction 1. Welcome to the Universe of Research! 2. Essentials of Research 3. Research Ethics
PART II Thinking Processes 4. Philosophical Foundations 5. Framing the Problem 6. Developing a Knowledge Base Through Literature and Resources 7. Theory in Research 8. Formulating Research Questions and Queries 9. Language and Thinking Processes
PART III Design Approaches 10. Experimental-Type Designs 11. Naturalistic Designs 12. Mixed Method Designs 13. Emerging Designs
PART IV Action Processes 14. Setting the Boundaries of a Study 15. Boundary Setting in Experimental-Type, Designs 16. Boundary Setting in Naturalistic Designs 17. Collecting Information 18. Collecting Data Through Measurement in Experimental-Type Research 19. Gathering Information in Naturalistic Inquiry 20. Preparing and Organizing Data 21. Statistical Analysis for Experimental-Type Designs 22. Analysis in Naturalistic Inquiry 23. Sharing Research Knowledge Before the Study 24. Sharing Research Knowledge During and After the Study 25. Ethical Issues
PART V Improving Practice Through Inquiry 26. Reciprocal Role of Research and Practice
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