Approaches to Research in Child and Youth Care in Canada (Paperback)

Preface
Goals and Approach of the Book
Organization
Pedagogy
Tips for Studying Research Methods Course
Acknowledgements
About the Author

Part I: Scientific Inquiry in Child and Youth Care Work
Chapter 1: The Importance of Research
Chapter 2: Evidence-Based Practice
Chapter 3: Philosophies and Theories in Child and Youth Care Work

Part II: The Ethical, Political, and Cultural Context of Child and Youth Care Research
Chapter 4: The Ethics and Politics of Child and Youth Care Research
Chapter 5: Culturally Competent Research

Part III: Problem Formulation and Measurement
Chapter 6: Problem Formulation
Chapter 7: Conceptualization and Formulation
Chapter 8: Measurement

Part IV: Data-Collection Methods for Large Data Sources
Chapter 9: Populations and Sampling
Chapter 10: Survey Research
Chapter 11: Analyzing Existing Data: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Part V: Designs for Evaluating Programs and Practice
Chapter 12: Experiments and Quasi-Experiments
Chapter 13: Program Evaluation

Part VI: Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 14: Descriptive Statistics

Part VII: Probability and Probability Distributions
Chapter 15: Probability and Probability Distributions

Part VIII: More on Working with Quantitative Data and Qualitative Data
Chapter 16: Inferential Statistics
Chapter 17: More on Qualitative Research Methods

Part IX: Special Topics
Chapter 18: Research with Infants and Pre-Verbal Children
Chapter 19: Research with Child, Youth and Primary Caregivers with Disabilities
Chapter 20: Community Engaged Research

Glossary of Terms
Index