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"You may be wondering why you need to study research methods to prepare yourself for a career in human services." This accessible text will help you to better understand the connection between human service research and practice. Find out the growing number of ways that research is being applied to practice today. With APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH, you'll see how research and practice are linked and explore how technology devices such as cell phones, PDAs and computers are affecting research technology.
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To introduce students in human services to methods of research, Monette, Sullivan and DeJong, all from Northern Michigan University, use examples from the field of human services to demonstrate the relationship of research and practice. They present material on ethical issues in research and various methods of sampling, measurement and analysis. The seventh edition adds features on goal attainment scaling, discusses handheld computers, and updates research results. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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