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Her research interests focus on mental health, disability, women and violence, participative action research and postmodern feminism. She has written numerous books and articles and concentrates particularly on the interrelationships between theoretical perspectives, policy and practice. She has worked as a social worker in the field of child welfare and has a particular interest in applying feminist theory to child welfare policies and practices. Bruce A. He has authored or edited over 25 books in the fields of social work, psychology and behaviour analysis, as well as more than articles and 60 book chapters.
His research interests are in the areas of evaluation research, evidence-based practice, clinical social work, applied behaviour analysis and social work theory. He is the founding and current editor of Research on Social Work Practice, now in its 22nd year of publication. He has research and writing interests in emotional development, developmental attachment theory and child abuse and neglect.
She was previously Associate Professor in Social Work at the University of Newcastle, Australia for 20 years where she researched and published on age- ing, single-session social work and experience-based social work education. Her interest in evidence-based practice stems from a commitment to engaging in research that is useful and relevant to social work practitioners and human service organisations.
Debbie now works with government agencies and non-government not-for-profit organisations to achieve closer connections between research and practice. Deirdre M. Her publications include her book Teenagers and Substance Use: Social networks and peer influence and papers in Social Networks and Connections.
Her publications range across the disciplines of sociology, psychology, psychiatry and social work and one of her friendship networks is exhibited in the New York Hall of Science. Eric L. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health to conduct clinical trials of a mindfulness-based cognitive intervention of his own design, Mindfulness-oriented Recovery Enhancement, as a treatment for alcohol dependence, prescription opioid misuse and chronic pain.
Fred H. He has written extensively on the development of a framework for inte- grating deep ecological awareness with social work policy and strengths-based practice and is the creator of the Global Alliance for a Deep-Ecological Social Work ecosocialwork.
Dr Besthorn brings experiences in the faith community, higher education, psychotherapy, criminal justice, community advocacy and environmental activism to his writing and research interests in the application of spirituality, deep ecological and ecofeminist thought to social work theory, practice and curriculum development, as well as to the development of transpersonal models of personal and social transformation.
He has authored published works in numerous national and international professional journals on issues of spiritual awareness, eco-justice and curriculum development. He entered social work fuelled by a desire to combine theory and practice into a politically informed praxis.
He has been the Grievance Chair with the faculty association since , and through this work struggles to understand just how it is that people interactively go about producing the shapes and forms of a university day-after-day. B Conceptually clear: the hypothesis should be properly expressed. At times we have certain idea in mind, but when it is reduced to writing, it may not carry exactly the same sense that we have in mind.
C Related to available technique: it has been pointed in the preceding paragraphs that the hypothesis should be capable of being tested or verified. D Related to body of theory: it is desirable that the hypothesis selected must be in continuation with theory already evolved. There is no hard and fast rule to it, but it is very essential for the proper growth of science.
E Capable of empirical test: the hypothesis should be such as can be put to empirical test. It should not be a mere moral judgment e. F Simple: the hypothesis should be simple and to the point. Observation and collection of data: After the hypothesis has been formulated the next step is to proceed to test its validity.
This requires observation of facts and collection of data. Following four methods are generally used for this purpose 1 Narrative interview, 2 Schedules, 3 Mailed questionnaire, 4 Field observation The method of collecting data has to be decided according to the object and nature of research as well as resources at our disposal.
For this purpose a knowledge of all the method and their limitations is essential. Analysis and synthesis: After the data has been collected, it must be processed and analyzed to draw proper inferences. Classification means arranging the data in different classes or groups according to their similarities or dissimilarities. It is the earliest and simplest method of discovering order in the confused mass of data.
For example: marks gained by students in different subjects would not give any idea but if they are classified into first, second, third class and failures a much clearer picture would emerge. Generalization: The last step in scientific research is in generalization or drawing of inferences. The methods of generalization may be broadly classified into the two groups, 1 logical method and 2 statistical methods.
Logical methods: John Stuart Mill has mentioned the following methods of drawing inferences: 1 Method of agreement. Difficulties of logical methods: 1 Plurality of causes: A phenomenon is not the result of one single cause. At times it may be caused by number of factors. If it is so, discovery of a particular cause becomes a difficult task. The various effects may be so mixed up together that it may by quite difficult to sort them out. It not only establishes causal connection between two variables but also tries to establish a mathematical relationship between them.
For example: it is not enough to say that poverty causes delinquency. We try to find out a numerical measurement of the extent of this relationship. Statistical methods can at best prove the co-existence or co-variance of two or more variables, they can never prove which the cause is and which one the effect, nor can they prove why a particular factor produces a certain results. Difficulties in the application of scientific methods in social research: Complexity of social data 1.
Unpredictability 2. Subjectivity and intangibility of social phenomena 3. Incapacity of being dealt through empirical methods 4. Lack of homogeneity 5. Difficulty in the use of experimental method 6. Independence of cause and effect 7. Dynamic nature of social phenomena Bibliography: Gupta, S. Statistical methods. New Delhi: Sultan Chand and Sons. Practice of social research. Jaipur: Rawat Publications. Narrowing the research topic: we can narrowing the topics through following way..
Literature review. Identify the variables for study. Is it clear unambiguous? Narrowing the focus. Issue s dealt with? Interesting — keeps the researcher interested in it throughout the research process. Researchable — can be investigated through the collection and analysis of data. Significant — contributes to the improvement and understanding of educational theory and practice.
Ethical — does not embarrass or harm participants. A Research Question Must Identify: 1. The variables under study.
The population being studied. The testability of the question. Examples of good research problems in the form of questions : 1. Does client-centered therapy produce more satisfaction in clients than traditional therapy? Experimental design 2. Does behavior modification reduce aggression in autistic children? Single-subject experimental design 3. Are the descriptions of people in social studies discussions biased? Grounded theory design 4. What goes on in an elementary school classroom during an average week?
Ethnographic design 5. Do teachers behave differently toward students of different genders? Causal-comparative design 6. How do parents feel about the school counseling program?
Survey design 7. How can a principal improve faculty morale? Interview design 8. What is a research question? Is a statement that identifies the phenomenon to be studied?
Steps in formulating the research questions: Ask these questions, 1. Do I know the field and its literature well? What are the important research questions in my field? What areas need further exploration?
Could my study fill a gap? Or lead to greater understanding? Has a great deal of research already been conducted in this topic area? Has this study been done before? If so, is there room for improvement? Is the timing right for this question to be answered? Will the study have a significant impact on the field? It gets doubled in a very short span of time. Scholars, researchers and writers go on adding knowledge through their studies and writings.
India alone produces annually about books. One who is not fully conversant with what has gone before has little chance of making a worthwhile contribution. Therefore a researcher has to survey the available literature relating to his field of study.
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