Presenting research methods as an integrated set of techniques to investigate issues common to social work practice, this text uses real-life data to engage readers and allow them to develop a solid understanding. This brief textbook, derived from the authors′ popular The Practice of Research in Social Work, encourages students to develop skills to critically evaluate research literature. 
Key Features
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<li>Engaging writing style coupled with real, applied examples that show students why a study of research methods is relevant and interesting to future social workers</li>
<li>Research with diverse populations infused into every chapter</li>
<li>Evidence-Based Practice integrated throughout the text</li>
<li>Ethical concerns highlighted in each chapter and ethics exercises included after each chapter</li>
<li>An expansive Student Study Site with a variety of contemporary research examples and more</li>
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Fundamentals of Social Work Research

Politics & Social Sciences

Schutt, Russell K.

Engel, Rafael J.

Social Sciences

Sage Publications, Inc.

Principles of evidence-based practice come alive through illustrations of actual social work research in this Second Edition of Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt’s innovative The Practice of Research in Social Work. The authors introduce research methods as an integrated set of techniques for investigating the problems encountered in social work, directly linking each topic to issues associated with ethics, diversity, and evidence-based practice. Enabling students to critically evaluate research literature and develop the skills to engage in research and practice evaluation, the book emphasizes methods of particular concern in social work research and devotes chapters to group, survey, single subject, and qualitative designs.

The Practice of Research in Social Work

Like the first edition of The Practice of Research in Social Work, this Second Edition introduces research methods as an integrated set of techniques for investigating social work research and practice problems. 
This Second Edition continues to offer the most contemporary treatments of the latest developments in social work research approaches. Interesting and contemporary social work examples are used, with each chapter focusing on a particular substantive research question. Students gain new insights into important substantive issues as they learn about the strong and weak points of actual research projects.

BUNDLE: Engel, The Practice of Research in Social Work 2e + Wagner, Using SPSS for Social Statistics and Research Methods 2e

Wagner, Dr. William E.

Measuring Race and Ethnicity

Racial and ethnic issues stand at the core of social, political, and economic concerns in an increasingly diverse America. Accordingly, how individuals from the various ethnic groups regard themselves―and others―is a salient focus of research studies across the disciplines. Measuring Race and Ethnicity gathers psychological measures of common phenomena such as racial identity, acculturation, and intra- and intergroup relations enabling researchers to compare concepts across groups and better evaluate differences and disparities. Researchers in psychology, social work, and public health examining cultural and race-related topics will find an immediately relevant source of valid and reliable scales in Measuring Race and Ethnicity.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Davis, Larry E.

Psychology & Counseling

Springer

Designed to help students develop skills in evaluating research and conducting studies, the Third Edition of the popular text, The Practice of Research in Social Work, by Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt, makes principles of evidence-based practice come alive through illustrations of actual social work research. It introduces students to the study of research in social work and to the contributions made to our understanding of what is effective social work practice. Additionally, the Third Edition is designed to directly and indirectly help students achieve the six core competencies identified by CSWE as essential to competency-based education, including research (2.1.6), ethical principles (2.1.2), critical thinking (2.1.3), engage diversity (2.1.4), advance human rights (2.1.5), and evaluation (2.1.10(d)).

Designed to help students develop skills in evaluating research and conducting studies, this brief version of Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt’s popular, The Practice of Research in Social Work, makes principles of evidence-based practice come alive through illustrations of actual social work research. With integration of the CSWE Competencies, the text addresses issues and concerns common to the discipline and encourages students to address diversity and ethics when planning and evaluating research studies. The Second Edition includes a focus on qualitative research, a new chapter on research ethics, new sections on mixed methods research and community-based participatory research, and more.

We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students.  Engel: Funamentals of Social Work Research  Designed to help students develop skills in evaluating research and conducting studies, this brief version of the popular, The Practice of Research in Social Work, makes principles of evidence-based practice come alive through illustrations of actual social work research. With integration of the CSWE Competencies, the text addresses issues and concerns common to the discipline and encourages students to address diversity and ethics when planning and evaluating research studies. The Second Edition includes a focus on qualitative research, a new chapter on research ethics, new sections on mixed methods research and community-based participatory research, and more.   IBM® SPSS® Statistics Base Integrated Student Edition, Version 22.0 This student version is a single-user license that provides affordable access to statistical analysis, modeling and survey research tools that can support your college coursework and enable you to develop the advanced analytical skills employers seek.  This program is intended only for academic persons, including students, professors, and other academic professionals for use solely in connection with a course offering.  It may only be used in combination with academic textbooks for the sole purpose of teaching and learning analytics.  Use of this program is limited to course work as defined by the course syllabus. Any other use of the program is prohibited.  Please note that this program may not cover all topics that are covered in the text with which it is bundled.    This program is intended to be an introduction to IBM SPSS only.   This version of the program:  is for a 12-month period, beginning on the date of customer installation; is limited to two installations; does not allow for add on SPSS modules; is limited to 1500 cases and 50 variables;   does not allow for SPSS Command Syntax to be used; and does not allow customers to merge or aggregate files.

BUNDLE: Engel: Fundamentals of Social Work Research, 2E + SPSS Version 22.0

This book gathers psychological measures of common phenomena such as racial identity, acculturation, and intra- and intergroup relations enabling researchers to compare concepts across groups and better evaluate differences and disparities.

Davis, Larry E. E.

The Fourth Edition of Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt’s The Practice of Research in Social Work introduces an integrated set of techniques for evaluating research and practice problems as well as conducting studies. Evidence-based practice comes alive through illustrations of actual social work research. Updated with new examples, the latest research, and expanded material on technology and qualitative methods, this popular text helps readers achieve the 2015 EPAS core competencies essential for social work practice.

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Fundamentals of Social Work Research

The Practice of Research in Social Work

The Practice of Research in Social Work

BUNDLE: Engel, The Practice of Research in Social Work 2e + Wagner, Using SPSS for Social Statistics and Research Methods 2e

Measuring Race and Ethnicity

The Practice of Research in Social Work

Fundamentals of Social Work Research

BUNDLE: Engel: Fundamentals of Social Work Research, 2E + SPSS Version 22.0

Measuring Race and Ethnicity

The Practice of Research in Social Work