Research Methods for Social Workers: A Practice-Based Approach

by Samuel S Faulkner, Cynthia A. Faulkner

From the outset, the ultimate goal of Research Methods for Social Workers has been to serve as a research text that students would be able to understand and read in full. This third edition features important additions and changes to the original text (while maintaining its accessible style). The order of chapters is re-arranged to improve the flow of introducing and developing concepts of the research process, and the authors have included some much-needed information to meet the changing and evolving standards of social work education. At its core, this book is designed to bring complex ideas down to a level that can be grasped by someone with little to no knowledge of research methods - it is an invaluable resource for social work students and anyone who wishes to have a comprehensive introduction to research methods.

361 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 22, 2018

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was required reading for my Exploring Research class. Overall, I liked it. However, I had to do a lot of re-reading for clarity and understanding. Thankfully, our professor provided a lot of supplementary materials which helped especially for the descriptive and inferential statistics chapters.

[Eva Keller · Rating 4 out of 5]

Saving this as a future reference book. It’s not a thrilling read, but practically helpful.

[Miranda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was required reading for my Master of Social Work coursework, "Practice Evaluation".

This was well-organized and concise. It was easy to reference concepts at a later date and find exactly what I needed.

[Clara Troltenier (Support Modest Behaviour) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Had to read for my Methods of Social Inquiry (SWO 431) course.