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Applied Social Research: A Tool for the Human Services 10th Edition by Timothy P. Hilton, ISBN-13: 978-0826172839

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Applied Social Research: A Tool for the Human Services 10th Edition by Timothy P. Hilton, ISBN-13: 978-0826172839

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  • Publisher: ‎ Springer Publishing Company; 10th edition (May 2, 2019)
  • Language: ‎ English
  • 592 pages
  • ISBN-10: ‎ 0826172830
  • ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0826172839

The tenth edition of this classic text demonstrates how research skills are developed and used to facilitate best social work practices and improve client outcomes. New to this edition are additional examples and practitioner profiles demonstrating research-based practice, problem-solving extended vignettes, and broad inclusion of the 2015 CSWE competencies. The tenth edition also delivers directives for incorporating evidence-based practices into daily practice. Additional highlights include greater emphasis on conducting practice-informed research with minority and other disadvantaged populations.

This engaging text for MSW and BSW students helps readers develop logic-based research skills that prepare them to be scientific practitioners who can use research-informed practice to improve clients’ lives. Emphasized throughout is the application of research methods in assessing and monitoring client functioning and outcomes. Additional features include robust instructor resources. The print version of the book includes free, searchable, digital access to the entire contents!

New to the Tenth Edition:

  • Practitioner Profiles recounting interviews with actual practitioners
  • Evaluating Competency boxes highlighting the connections between text concepts and CSWE competencies
  • Emphasis on conducting research with disadvantaged populations
  • Enhanced instructor resources including updated test bank with multiple-choice, short answer, and essay questions, and PowerPoints

Key Features:

  • Demonstrates the crucial connection between research and practice to improve client outcomes
  • Develops critical thinking and logic-based research skills
  • Helps students to measure and monitor client functions and outcomes and critically evaluate practices, programs, and services
  • Emphasizes scaling measures to assess client functioning
  • Includes unique chapter on preparing and presenting data

Table of Contents:

Preface ix
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for the Human Services
1. Research in the Human Services 1
2. The Logic of Social Research 23
3. Ethical Issues in Social Research 59
4. Problem Formulation: Developing
a Well-Built Answerable Question 91
5. The Process of Measurement 119
6. Sampling 151
7. Survey Research 185
8. Analysis of Available Data 227
9. Field Research and
Qualitative Methods 255
10. Experimental Research 299
11. Single-System Designs 337
12. Evaluation Research 367
13. Scaling 403
14. Data Analysis I: Data Preparation
and Presentation 437
15. Data Analysis II: Descriptive
and Inferential Statistics 467
16. Analysis of Qualitative Data 499
17. Writing for Research: Grant
Proposals and Report Writing 535
Index 567

Timothy P. Hilton, PhD, is a Professor of Social Work at Eastern Washington University.

Peter R. Fawson, PhD, MSW is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Appalachia State University and previously was a faculty member at Eastern Washington University.

Thomas J. Sullivan is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Social Work at Northern Michigan University

Cornell R. DeJong is Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Social Work at Northern Michigan University.

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