Planning and Conducting Agency-Based Research: A Workbook for Social Work Students in Field Placements (2nd Edition)

This unique workbook provides users with step-by-step procedures for completion of an agency-based research study. The workbook, in 81/2 x 11 format, can be used in field work courses while students are actually at a welfare agency conducting their research. Or it can be used during a practicum or senior seminar to help them design and write their senior year project or thesis. The workbook is user-friendly, written in clear language with concrete instructions, with spaces to write in responses. By using the workbook, anyone will be able to proceed step-by-step to design and conduct a research study. In this edition, the authors have included a new section on outcomes evaluation (Section IX), and many more examples to follow, including a fully annotated example of a literature review. For anyone doing social work research or field work.