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The Handbook of Social Work Research Methods represents an area that we have several other publications coming out and a market we actively reach. In addition, Bruce Thyer is the editor of the journal Research in Social Work Practice and expressed interest in updating the book along with the other two candidates. In the field of social work, qualitative research is starting to gain more prominence as are mixed methods and various issues regarding race, ethnicity and gender. These changes in the field will be reflected and updated in the second edition of the handbook. It will also contain more on meta analysis, designs to evaluate treatment and will provide more support to help students harness the power of the Internet. The original mission of the handbook was to bring together leading scholars to write about research methods in social work. The second edition will stay true to this mission but will also attempt to be more student friendly and will be offered in a paperback edition. We will also make a greater effort to promote the book as a textbook, as we will do with the other two handbooks.
An Overview of Qualitative Research Methods
An Overview of Qualitative Research Methods
Qualitative research has a long history in the social and behavioral sciences. In social work, it has evolved from the previously deemed “other method” of empirical research to the “alternative method” (Holosko, 2001). This represents a considerable shift in how social work has come to accept, use, teach, and embrace it as a bona fide research method. This chapter is organized according to (a) a brief history of qualitative research, (b) definitions, (c) beyond the qualitative-quantitative debate, (d) reasons for conducting qualitative social work research, (e) selected methodological issues, and (f) steps in conducting qualitative social work research.
A Brief History of Qualitative Research
The use of qualitative research in the social sciences can ...
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