Research Methods for Social Workers

Additional resource chapters                    

Introductory Principles of Social Work Research
Bruce A. Thyer

Science, Society, and Social Work Research
Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt

Science, Society, and Social Research
Russell K. Schutt

Tutorial on the scientific method

Tutorial on the research method

Tutorials on the first steps of doing research                    

Choose a topic

Review the literature

Determine the research question

Develop a hypothesis

Operationalization

Evidence-based practice chapters                    

Evidence-Based Social Work: An Overview
Bruce A. Thyer

Evidence-Based Practice
Joel Fischer

Campbell Collaboration

Cochran Collaboration

NASW’s links to evidence-based practices

Critical thinking

Evidence-based practice annotated bibliography

Evidence-based practices bibliography

Evidence-based practices bibliography

Training on evidence-based practice

Evidence-based treatment modalities

Basic concept links                    

Deduction & induction

Philosophy of research

Positivism & post-positivism

Structure of research

Two research fallacies

Types of research questions