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020 _a1473906628
020 _a9781473906624
082 _a361.3072
_bFLY.D
100 1 _aFlynn, Catherine
245 1 0 _aDoing research in social work and social care :
_bthe journey from student to practitioner researcher /
_cCatherine Flynn, Fiona McDermott.
260 _aLondon
_bSage
_c2016
300 _avi, 240 pages ;
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aResearch in the professional practice context -- Frameworks underpinning research -- Researching ethically: 'what you do is important but how you do it is more important' -- Arriving at a research question: building on existing knowledge -- Research design: shaping your study -- Selecting and accessing data: ensuring rigor -- Speaking and listening: interviews, focus groups and community forums -- Counting and measuring: questionnaires, scales and secondary analyses -- Making meaning from data: qualitative analysis -- Making meaning from data: quantitative analysis -- Writing and sharing your findings: creating knowledge for practice.
520 _aThis book guides students to becoming researchers by detailing the concepts of research and gathering data, to writing it all up and sharing knowledge to students.
650 0 _aSocial service
700 1 _aMcDermott, Fiona,
942 _cBK
999 _c519160
_d519160