Quantitative Research Methods for Social Work : Making Social Work Count (Paperback)

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Why numbers matter in social work.- Chapter 3 Who is being studied?.- Chapter 4 What is being studied?.- Chapter 5 How to describe issues using numbers.- Chapter 6 How to know if a service makes a difference.- Chapter 7 How to use numbers to describe a sample.- Chapter 8 How to make a decision with confidence.- Chapter 9 How to know if two variables are related.- Chapter 10 What is the effect of one or more variables on another variable?.- Chapter 11 What are the key elements of ethical quantitative research?.- Chapter 12 How to do quantitative research without collecting new data.- Chapter 13 How to combine qualitative and quantitative methods in social work research.