The social work dissertation : using small-scale qualitative methodology

Main Author: Carey, Malcolm
Language:English
Published: Maidenhead, England: Open University Press, 2009.
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Table of Contents:
  • Social work research and the dissertation
  • The research process for a social work dissertation
  • Key concepts in social work research
  • Theory and social work research
  • The literature review and literature based dissertations
  • Social work methodology
  • Traditional methods: interviews, questionnaires and focus groups
  • Alternative methodology: narrative research, discourse analysis and life histories
  • Qualitative analysis
  • Writing up and dissemination