Appraising and Using Social Research in the Human Services: an Introduction for Social Work and Health Professionals.HV11 2004-010448 1-84310-289-7 Appraising and using social research in the human services; an introduction for social work and health professionals. Sheppard Sheppard can refer to:
Jessica Kingsley Pub., [c]2004 256 p. $32.95 (pa) Sheppard (social work, University of Plymouth The University of Plymouth is the largest university in the southwest of England, with over 30,000 students and is the fifth largest UK university based on student population. (Larger universities are Open, London, Manchester, and Manchester Metropolitan respectively. ) provides social work and health care undergraduate students and practitioners with the knowledge they need to evaluate research and apply it to their own practice. He considers first the process by which research and other forms of knowledge may be used in practice, and then explores the range of research methodologies used in health and social care, from randomized ran·dom·ize tr.v. ran·dom·ized, ran·dom·iz·ing, ran·dom·iz·es To make random in arrangement, especially in order to control the variables in an experiment. control trials to experimental designs and ethnographic eth·nog·ra·phy n. The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human cultures. eth·nog approaches, using realistic case examples. He outlines the strengths and limitations of each and shows readers how to identify the assumptions underlying them. |
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