CHAPTER 1
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY IN SOCIAL WORK

1. Introductory Principles of Social Work Research
   Bruce A. Thyer
2. Science, Society, and Social Work Research
   Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt
3. Science, Society, and Social Research
   Russell K. Schutt
4. What Is Research?
   Samuel S. Faulkner and Cynthia A. Faulkner

1. Tutorial on the scientific method
2. Tutorial on the research method

1. Choose a topic
2. Review the literature
3. Determine the research question
4. Develop a hypothesis
5. Operationalization

1. Evidence-Based Social Work: An Overview
   Bruce A. Thyer
2. Evidence-Based Practice
   Joel Fischer
3. The Evaluation Research and Evidence-Based Practice Partnership
   Arline Fink

Evidence-Based Practice Links

1. Campbell Collaboration
2. Cochran Collaboration
3. NASW’s links to evidence-based practices
4. Critical thinking
5. Evidence-based practice annotated bibliography
6. Evidence-based practices bibliography
7. Evidence-based practices bibliography
8. Training on evidence-based practice
9. Evidence-based treatment modalities

1. Deduction & induction
2. Philosophy of research
3. Positivism & post-positivism
4. Structure of research
5. Two research fallacies
6. Types of research questions

CHAPTER 2
RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS

Additional Resource Chapters

1. Understanding Mixed Methods Research
   John W. Creswell
2. The Research Experience
   David Silverman and Amir Marvasti
3. Framing Research
   Mark Fox, Peter Martin, and Gill Green
4. The Use of Theory
   John W. Creswell
5. Research Questions and Hypotheses
   John W. Creswell
6. Using the Literature to Research Your Problem
   Yvonne N. Bui
7. How to Find Books via the Internet
   Niall Ó Dochartaigh
8. The Research Consumer as Detective: Investigating Program and Bibliographic Databases
   Arline Fink
9. How Can Researchers Make Sense of the Issues Involved in Collecting and Interpreting Online and Offline Data?
   Shani Orgad

1. Types of research questions
2. Concept mapping
3. Conceptualizing
4. Five big words
5. Hypotheses
6. Types of questions
7. Types of relationships
8. Types of data
9. Unit of analysis
10. Variable

CHAPTER 3
RESEARCH ETHICS

Additional Resource Chapters

1. The Ethical Research Consumer Assesses Needs and Evaluates Improvement
   Arline Fink
2. Ethical Considerations
   Samuel S. Faulkner and Cynthia A. Faulkner
3. The Ethics of Social Research
   Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy
4. Research Ethics and Philosophies
   Russell K. Schutt
5. How Do Various Notions of Privacy Influence Decisions in Qualitative Internet Research?
   Malin Sveningsson Elm

Basic Concept Links

1. Ethics in research
2. Evaluation standards
3. Canadian Evaluation Society: Guidelines for ethical conduct
4. National Association of Social Worker’s Code of Ethics
5. Personnel evaluation standards
6. Program evaluation standards
7. Standards for educational and psychological testing
8. Student evaluation standards

CHAPTER 4
THE QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACH

Additional Resource Chapters

1. Applied Research Design: A Practical Approach
   Leonard Bickman and Debra J. Rog
2. The Selection of a Research Design
   John W. Creswell
3. Design Sensitivity: Statistical Power for Applied Experimental Research
   MarK W. Lipsey and Sean M. Hurley
4. Research Design
   Anne Sigismund Huff
5. Causation and Research Design
   Ronet Bachman
6. Quantitative Research Designs
   Samuel S. Faulkner and Cynthia A. Faulkner
7. Best Practices In Quasi-experimental Designs: Matching Methods for Causal Inference
   Elizabeth A. Stuart and Donald B. Rubin
8. Best Practices In Structural Equation Modeling
   Ralph O. Mueller and Gregory R. Hancock
9. Hypothesis Testing, Power, and Control: A Review of the Basics
   Annabel Ness Evans and Bryan J. Rooney
10. Experimental Design: Independent Groups Designs
    Annabel Ness Evans and Bryan J. Rooney

Basic Concept Links

1. Concept mapping
2. Conceptualizing
3. Five big words
4. Hypotheses
5. Introduction to validity
6. Problem formulation
7. Question content
8. Question placement
9. Question wording
10. Response format
11. Types of questions
12. Types of relationships
13. Types of data
14. Unit of analysis
15. Variable

CHAPTER 5
THE QUALITATIVE RESEARCH APPROACH

Additional Resource Chapters

1. The Discipline and Practice of Qualitative Research
   Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln
2. Introduction to Qualitative Research
   Hennie R. Boeije
3. The Craft of Qualitative Research: A Holistic Approach
   Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy
4. Conceptual Framework: What Do You Think Is Going On?
   Joseph A. Maxwell
5. A Model for Qualitative Research Design
   Joseph A. Maxwell
6. Research Designs in Qualitative Research
   Hennie R.  Boeije
7. On Tricky Ground: Researching the Native in the Age of Uncertainty
   Linda Tuhiwai Smith
8. The Selection of a Research Design
   John W. Creswell
9. Choosing Topics and Anticipating Data Analysis
   Herbert J. Rubin and Irene S. Rubin
10. Planning Time and Resources
    Catherine Marshall and Gretchen B. Rossman
11. Theoretical Perspectives and Research Methodologies
    David E Gray
12. Participatory Action Research
    Alice McIntyre
13. Participation in Participatory Action Research: What It Means and How It Works
    Alice McIntyre
14. The Evaluation Research and Evidence-Based Practice Partnership
    Arline Fink
15. Designing a Qualitative Study
    Joseph A. Maxwell
16. Frameworks for Qualitative Research
    Jerry W. Willis
17. What You Can (And Can’t) Do With Qualitative Research
    David Silverman and Amir Marvasti
18. How Can Qualitative Internet Researchers Define the Boundaries of Their Projects?
    Christine Hine
19. How Do Various Notions of Privacy Influence Decisions in Qualitative Internet Research?
    Malin Sveningsson Elm
20. On the Failings of Qualitative Inquiry
    Martyn Hammersley
21. Applied Research Design: A Practical Approach
    Leonard Bickman and Debra J. Rog
22. Research Design
    Anne Sigismund Huff

Basic Concept Links

• Qualitative approaches
• Qualitative data
• Qualitative methods
• The qualitative debate
• Unobtrusive measures

CHAPTERS 6 & 7
MEASURING VARIABLES and MEASURING INSTRUMENTS

1. Conceptualization and Measurement
   Rafael J. Engel and Russell K. Schutt
2. Designing Questions to Be Good Measures
   Floyd J. Fowler, Jr.

• Buros Center for Testing
• Conceptualizing
• Construct validity
• Convergent & discriminant validity
• Family assessment scale
• Finding a measuring instrument on-line
• Hudson scales
• Idea of construct validity
• Introduction to validity
• Levels of measurement
• Measurement error
• Measurement validity types
• Measuring family stress
• Measuring life-skills
• Measuring social impact
• National quality measurement clearinghouse
• Parent and family outcomes
• Pattern matching for construct validity
• Performance measurement
• Psychological assessment resources
• Qualitative approaches
• Qualitative data
• Qualitative measures
• Qualitative methods
• Quality measuring clearinghouse for measurements
• Question content
• Question placement
• Question wording
• Reliability
• Response format
• Surveys and measures
• Testing and assessment on-line
• The qualitative debate
• Theory of reliability
• Threats to construct validity
• Types of formats for measurements
• Types of questions
• Types of reliability
• Unobtrusive measures
• Violence evaluation instruments
• What is measurement

CHAPTER 8
SELECTING RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS

Additional Resource Chapters

1. Sampling
   Russell K. Schutt
2. Sampling
   Floyd J. Fowler, Jr.
3. Probability and Sampling
   William R. Nugent

• Calculation of sample sizes
• Tutorial in sampling

CHAPTERS 9 & 10
CASE- AND PROGRAM- LEVEL RESEARCH DESIGNS

1. Applied Research Design: A Practical Approach
   Leonard Bickman and Debra J. Rog
2. The Selection of a Research Design
   John W. Creswell
3. Design Sensitivity: Statistical Power for Applied Experimental Research
   MarK W. Lipsey and Sean M. Hurley
4. Research Design
   Anne Sigismund Huff
5. Causation and Research Design
   Ronet Bachman
6. Quantitative Research Designs
   Samuel S. Faulkner and Cynthia A. Faulkner
7. Best Practices In Quasi-experimental Designs: Matching Methods for Causal Inference
   Elizabeth A. Stuart and Donald B. Rubin
8. Best Practices In Structural Equation Modeling
   Ralph O. Mueller and Gregory R. Hancock
9. Hypothesis Testing, Power, and Control: A Review of the Basics
   Annabel Ness Evans and Bryan J. Rooney
10. Experimental Design: Independent Groups Designs
    Annabel Ness Evans and Bryan J. Rooney

• Basic introduction to group-level designs
• Basic introduction to single-subject designs
• Classifying experimental designs
• Concept mapping
• Conceptualizing
• Covariance designs
• Designing designs for research
• Establishing cause & effect
• Experimental design
• Factorial design variations
• Factorial designs
• Five big words
• Hybrid experimental designs
• Hypotheses
• Internal validity
• Introduction to design
• Introduction to group-level designs
• Introduction to single-subject designs
• Introduction to validity
• Multiple-group threats
• Other quasi-experimental designs
• Probabilistic equivalence
• Problem formulation
• Quasi-experimental design
• Question content
• Question placement
• Question wording
• Random selection & assignment
• Randomized block designs
• Regression to the mean
• Relationships among pre-post designs
• Research design
• Response format
• Single group threats
• Social interaction threats
• The nonequivalent groups design
• The regression-discontinuity design
• Two-group experimental designs
• Types of data
• Types of designs
• Types of questions
• Types of relationships
• Unit of analysis
• Variable

CHAPTER 11
COLLECTING QUANTITATIVE DATA

1. Conducting Surveys: Everyone Is Doing It
   Arlene Fink
2. Getting It Together: Some Practical Concerns
   Arlene Fink
3. Introduction to Online Surveys
   Valerie M. Sue and Lois A. Ritter
4. Planning the Online Survey
   Valerie M. Sue and Lois A. Ritter
5. Designing and Developing the Online Survey Instrument
   Valerie M. Sue and Lois A. Ritter
6. Types of Error in Surveys
   Floyd J Fowler, Jr
7. How Can Researchers Make Sense of the Issues Involved in Collecting and Interpreting Online and Offline Data?
   Shani Orgad

CHAPTER 12
COLLECTING QUALITATIVE DATA

1. Introduction to Qualitative Research
   Hennie R. Boeije
2. Data Collection Methods
   Catherine Marshall and Gretchen B. Rossman
3. Methods: What Will You Actually Do?
   Joseph A. Maxwell
4. Research Design
   Hennie R. Boeije
5. Collecting Data In Mixed Methods Research
   John W. Creswell
6. On the Failings of Qualitative Inquiry
   Martyn Hammersley
7. How Do Various Notions of Privacy Influence Decisions in Qualitative Internet Research?
   Malin Sveningsson Elm
8. Epistemological Issues of Interviewing
   Steinar Kvale and Svend Brinkmann
9. Prelude to Analysis
   Juliet Corbin and Anselm Strauss
10. Oral History: A Collaborative Method of (Auto) Biography Interview
    Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and Patricia Leavy
11. Listening to People’s Stories: The Use of Narrative In Qualitative Interviews
    Jane Elliott
12. Listening, Hearing, and Sharing Social Experiences
    Herbert J. Rubin and Irene S. Rubin
13. Conversational Partnerships
    Herbert J. Rubin and Irene S. Rubin
14. Memos and Diagrams
    Juliet Corbin and Anselm Strauss
15. Real Interviews in an Online World
    Janet Salmons
16. Preparing for an Online Interview
    Janet Salmons

CHAPTER 15
ANALYZING QUALITATIVE DATA

Additional Resource Chapters

1. Prelude to Analysis
   Juliet Corbin and Anselm Strauss
2. General Approaches to Designing and Analyzing Data
   Carol Grbich
3. Introduction to Text: Qualitative Data Analysis
   H. Russell Bernard and Gery W. Ryan
4. Analyzing Data for Concepts
   Juliet Corbin and Anselm Strauss
5. Finding Themes
   H. Russell Bernard and Gery W. Ryan
6. Keep Going
   Harry F. Wolcott
7. Interview Analyses Focusing On Language
   Steinar Kvale and Svend Brinkmann
8. On the Failings of Qualitative Inquiry
   Martyn Hammersley
9. How Can Qualitative Internet Researchers Define the Boundaries of Their Projects?
   Christine Hine
10. Stories in Society
    Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein
11. Activation
    Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein
12. Close Relationships
    Jaber F. Gubrium and James A. Holstein
13. Introducing NVivo
    Patricia Bazeley
14. Starting Your Project With NVivo
    Patricia Bazeley

CHAPTERS 16 & 17
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
PROPOSALS AND REPORTS

Additional Resource Chapters

1. Writing as a Disciplined Practice
   Rich Furman
2. The Research Report
3. Lawrence F. Locke, Stephen J. Silverman, and Waneen Wyrick Spirduso
4. How to Write a Research Proposal for Peer Review
   Rhodes University (East London)
5. The Research Proposal in Thirteen Parts
   Marge Reitsma-Street
6. The Use, Misuse, and Misunderstanding of Research
   Lawrence F. Locke, Stephen J. Silverman, and Waneen Wyrick Spirduso
7. An Orientation to Proposal Writing
   Soraya M. Coley and Cynthia A. Scheinberg
8. The Function of the Proposal
   Lawrence F. Locke, Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, and Stephen J. Silverman
9. Developing the Thesis or Dissertation Proposal
   Lawrence F. Locke, Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, and Stephen J. Silverman
10. Style and Form in Writing the Proposal
    Lawrence F. Locke, Waneen Wyrick Spirduso, and Stephen J. Silverman