Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies - Couverture souple

DePoy, Elizabeth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0443109419 ISBN 13 : 9780443109416

Editeur : Churchill Livingstone, 2024

Synopsis

Learn the latest healthcare and human service research methods! Introduction to Research: Understanding and Applying Multiple Strategies, Seventh Edition, helps bridge the gap between research and practice by giving you a solid foundation for critiquing your own work. This easy-to-read guide covers all the major research design strategies: qualitative, quantitative, naturalistic, experimental-type, and mixed method. Plus, this edition has been updated to include contemporary references, two all-new chapters, updated research methods, and more.

• UPDATED! New thinking on who can know, who should be involved in the research enterprise, big data, research methods, strategies, and references provides you with the latest information on research in diverse areas of health and human service inquiry
• Comprehensive coverage of research designs helps you further understand how to apply these methods to healthcare and human service settings
• Detailed examination of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies offers a unique and balanced focus that makes this text more comprehensive than others in its field
• NEW! Two additional chapters cover contemporary ethical issues and emergent design
• NEW! Enhanced ebook version, included with every new print purchase, features math tips and study questions, plus access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
• Case examples provide real-life snapshots of what it is like to participate in different types of research processes, identify research dilemmas relevant to chapter subjects, and alert you to problems you might encounter
• Contemporary practice examples give you a highly relevant understanding of today's changing health and human service and research environments
• In-depth analysis of big data and data analytics expands your knowledge of how to apply these numbers to health and human service research
• Emphasis on technology in research and research-informed practice ensures you grasp the latest available methods

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Professor Elizabeth DePoy, Interdisciplinary Disability Studies and Social Work; Cooperating Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Cooperating Faculty, School of Policy and International Affairs, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Churchill Livingstone
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0443109419
• ISBN 13: 9780443109416
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible