Engel, R: Practice of Research in Social Work

PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Science, Society, and Social Work Research2. The Process and Problems of Social Work Research3. Ethical and Scientific Guidelines for Social Work Research4. Measurement5. Sampling6. Causation and Research Design7. Group Experimental Designs8. Single-Subject Design9. Survey Research10. Qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, Listening11. Qualitative Data Analysis12. Mixing and Comparing Methods and Studies13. Evaluation Research14. Quantitative Data Analysis15. Reporting ResearchAppendix A: Questions to Ask About a Research ArticleAppendix B: How to Read a Research ArticleAppendix C: Table of Random NumbersOn the Study Site: Appendix D. Finding InformationOn the Study Site: Appendix E. Reviewing Inferential StatisticsGlossaryReferencesIndexAbout the Authors

<div><div><div><span>Rafael J. Engel,</span><span> PhD, is associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his PhD (1988) from the University of Wisconsin, his MSW (1979) from the University of Michigan, and his BA (1978) from the University of Pennsylvania. He coordinates the graduate certificate program in aging and is the principal investigator for the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education. He has written Fundamentals of Social Work Research (with Russell Schutt) and Measuring Race and Ethnicity (with Larry E. Davis). He is co-editor-in-chief of the journal, Intergenerational Relations and a member of the editorial board of Race and Social Problems. He has authored journal articles on such topics as poverty in later life, welfare benefits, and depressive symptomatology, and he has written a variety of monographs reporting agency-based evaluations. His research experience includes funded research studies on gambling, faith-based organizations, and employment in later life as well as funded evaluation research studies on welfare-to-work programs and drug and alcohol prevention programs. His most recent research involves older adults and gambling prevention.</span></div></div></div>