This well-illustrated text is specifically designed and class-tested for use with social work students who are taking their first course in statistics and SPSS. 
Through a step-by-step, engaging instruction of SPSS, this text gives students the skills needed for foundational statistical analysis, based on actual data from social work research projects. With relevant examples of practice and policy throughout the text, instruction focuses on the creation, organization, manipulation and transformation of data sets. The text covers statistical material on topics including, but not limited to: normal distributions, cross-tabulations and chi-square analysis, correlations, introductory regression, and tests involving group comparisons. A tabular, instructional format is used throughout, with one column for instructions and another for explanatory notes/comments, allowing students to readily track their progress and check each step once undertaken. The instructions are liberally supported with screen shots, charts and sample output (Chs. 2-8). References are made to SPSS 12.0 throughout the text, but it also can be used with earlier versions.
Although not designed as a statistics text, it includes sufficient statistical material to assist students without prematurely burdening them with information too far beyond the scope of an introductory course. The text aims to engender familiarity and confidence in the tasks of quantitative analysis.

SPSS for Social Workers (with CD-ROM)

Computers & Technology

Barber, James G.

Blanksby, Peter

Software

Pearson

Old Hickory: A Life Sketch of Andrew Jackson

Arts & Photography

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Univ of Washington Pr

Andrew Jackson: A Portrait Study (National Portrait Gallery)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Natl Portrait Gallery Pubns

This book outlines a practice model which gives expression to the social work perspective on human problems. It shows what practical steps social workers can take to involve their clients in the struggle for social change. It is an approach which looks first to small, tangible gains that can lay the foundation for an expanded change agenda as clients gain in confidence and experience.

Beyond Casework (Practical Social Work Series, 11)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Red Globe Press

Social Work with Addictions

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Palgrave HE UK

The new edition of this important text has been fully revised and is an essential resource for those working in the field of drug addiction.Drug misuse tends to be encountered in the context of other, often more pressing social problems, such as child abuse, homelessness, domestic violence or emergency relief. This book responds to the needs of social workers in this position by covering the spectrum of brief, empirically validated intervention methods which can be readily incorporated into broader casework plans at any stage of the change process, from extreme resistance to avoidance of relapse. This clear and realistic text employs social work's 'person-in-situation' perspective to identify targets of intervention at the level of individuals, families and even the broader social policy context. It includes new material on recent or more commonly used substances such as designer drugs and methamphetamine. It also provides an update on the latest research evidence on the aetiology and psychosocial treatment of addictions. This is an invaluable, versatile text that is wholly attuned to social work needs.

Social Work with Addictions (Practical Social Work Series, 2)

Addiction & Recovery

Social Work With Addictions

Drug addiction is a central component of some of the world's most intractable social problems. As professionals devoted to ameliorating these problems, social workers are in the front line of drug prevention efforts. Yet, social work education rarely equips practitioners to deal with the realities of addictive behavior. Social Work with Addictions seeks to redress this problem by providing a clear account of addictions theory and a description of proven strategies for practice. Working from a social-ecological perspective, James G. Barber locates addictive behavior within a set of interacting systems that include, but also transcend, the individual with the problem. The methods described are particularly suited to social workers who confront drug addiction in the course of other, often more pressing, social problems such as domestic violence or homelessness.

NYU Press

A Book-of-the-Month Club selection.

To the President: Folk Portraits by the People

History & Criticism

Madison Books

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