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• Title:The social work dissertation : using small-scale qualitative methodology / Malcolm Carey.
  
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• Author/Creator:Carey, Malcolm.
  
• Published/Created:Maidenhead, Berkshire ; New York, NY : McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, 2013.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY stacks (Floor 1)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: HV11 .C37 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Social sciences--Research.
  Dissertations, Academic--Authorship.
  Qualitative research.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xii, 238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
  
• Notes:Previous ed.: 2009.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780335247592 (pbk.)
  0335247598 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Social work research and the dissertation
  Introduction
  How to use this book
  nature of research and qualitative research
  benefits of research for social work students and practitioners
  social work dissertation
  Bachelor's, Master's and post-qualification courses
  What makes a good social work dissertation?
  Research ethics
  Structure of the book
  Summary
  Suggested reading
  2. research process for a social work dissertation
  Introduction
  Select an appropriate topic
  Critically review the literature
  Create a research proposal
  Research committee applications
  Choose or construct a research methodology
  Apply selected method(s)
  Analyse data and/or findings
  Write up your dissertation
  Disseminate findings
  Case examples
  Supervision
  Summary
  Suggested reading
  3. Key concepts in social work research
  Introduction
  Qualitative research
  Applied and pure research
  Qualitative data, evidence and triangulation
  Research concepts, issues and context
  Sampling
  Reliability, validity and rigour
  Inductive and deductive reasoning
  Summary
  Suggested reading
  4. Theory and social work research
  Introduction
  Theory and the social work dissertation
  Epistemology and social research theory
  Theory or paradigm?
  Recent developments in social work theory and practice
  Ontology and ontological approaches
  Ontology, epistemology, methodology and method
  Summary
  Suggested reading
  5. literature review and literature-based dissertations
  Introduction
  literature review
  Narrative review
  Systematic review
  Primary and secondary sources
  Key sources of secondary information
  Keeping records and taking notes
  literature review process and critical analysis/appraisal
  Literature-based dissertations
  Summary
  Suggested reading
  6. Social work methodology
  Introduction
  Social work methodology
  Case study research
  Evaluation research
  Feminist methodology
  Grounded theory
  Critiques of methodology and methodological pluralism
  Summary
  Suggested reading
  7. Traditional methods: Interviews, questionnaires and focus groups
  Introduction
  interview
  Questionnaires
  Focus groups
  Summary
  Suggested reading
  8. Alternative methodology: Narrative research, discourse analysis and life histories
  Introduction
  Narrative research
  Discourse analysis
  Life history research
  Summary
  Suggested reading
  9. Qualitative analysis
  Introduction
  Undertaking qualitative analysis
  Analysis for a social work dissertation
  Analysing documents
  Basic thematic analysis
  Comparative analysis
  Coding in practice
  Meta-synthesis
  Critical analysis
  Summary
  Suggested reading
  10. Writing up and dissemination
  Introduction
  When to write
  Style and critical engagement
  Key sections: an empirically based dissertation
  Key sections: a literature-based dissertation
  Possible ways to improve your dissertation
  Dissemination
  Summary
  Suggested reading.