Practice of Research in Social Work or A Knock at Midnight

Practice of Research in Social Work

Author: Rafael J Engel

Congratulations to esteemed author Russell Schutt, 2007 recipient of University of Massachusetts, Boston's Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Service!

Based on Russell Schutt's Investigating the Social World, the most successful and innovative social research text  in the last decade, The Practice of Research in Social Work introduces research methods as an integrated set of techniques for investigating social work research and practice problems.   

Key Features:

• Integrates substance and method: Each chapter focuses on a substantive research question in areas such as homelessness and domestic violence. The authors use real-life data and integrate the most contemporary treatments of the latest developments in social work research approaches. 
• Treats specific methods as part of a coherent whole, rather than a disparate collection of techniques: Throughout the text, the authors reveal how students can use a combination of methods--both qualitative and quantitative--to best explore their research question.
• Presents ethical decision-making as an integral part of the research design process rather than a disconnected step: Foundations of research ethics are introduced in Chapter Two, and each subsequent chapter concludes with a separate section on ethics in data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Integrates cultural group differences and similarities in social work research throughout: The authors stress that the diverse populations with which one works should be considered during everystep of the research process.
• Provides students with multiple methods for checking their reading comprehension and preparing for exams: The text comes bundled with Student Resources on a CD-ROM, featuring Interactive Exercises, SPSS® datasets, and survey instruments that relate to the datasets. The book's Companion Student Study site: sagepub.com/prsw offers a collection of journal articles, E-flash cards and self-quizzes.
• Provides instructors with ample materials to support different pedagogical approaches: Instructor's Resources, which are provided on a CD-ROM, feature lecture outlines, Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides, and electronic versions of the artwork from the book to support different presentation styles. This CD also includes a dynamic textbank, suggestions for group projects, and other valuable teaching tools.

The Practice of Research in Social Work is an essential text for research methods courses in schools of social work, at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and for research methods courses in graduate counseling programs or in nursing programs. 

Table of Contents:

1	Science, society, and social work research	1
2	The process and problems of social work research	27
3	Conceptualization and measurement	63
4	Sampling	101
5	Causation and research design	133
6	Group experimental designs	155
7	Single-subject design	185
8	Survey research	221
9	Qualitative methods : observing, participating, listening	273
10	Evaluation research	305
11	Quantitative data analysis	335
12	Qualitative data analysis and content analysis	379
13	Reporting research	409

Interesting textbook: Les fondements d'Avenirs et de Marchés d'Options avec CDROM

A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

Author: Martin Luther King Jr

With fiery words of wisdom and a passion for justice. Reverend Martin Luther King. Jr., inspired people everywhere to perform extraordinary acts of courage and ignited one of the most influential movements of the twentieth century. This is the definitive collection of eleven of his most powerful sermons, from his earliest known audio recording to his last sermon, delivered days before his assassination. With introductions by renowned theologians and ministers including Reverend Billy Graham and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, filled with moving personal reflections and firsthand accounts of the events surrounding each sermon. A Knock At Midnight is Dr. King's living voice today, an irresistible call that resonates and inspires the greatness in us all.

Library Journal

The King family and Time Warner have collaborated on this selection of memorable sermons by King, from "Why Jesus Called a Man a Fool" to "Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution." Each sermon has its own introduction, with the Rev. Billy Graham and Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu among the contributors. (An audio version is also available.)