This annually updated reader is a compilation of current newspaper, magazine, and journal articles. These well-illustrated articles by social scientists, educators, researchers, and writers provide an effective and useful perspective on today's important topics in the study of social welfare and social work.

Annual Editions: Social Welfare and Social Work 00/01

Politics & Social Sciences

Faherty,Vincent

Social Sciences

McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Compassionate Statistics: Applied Quantitative Analysis for Social Services (With Instructions for SPSS 14.0) is an attempt to "de-mythologize" a content area that is both essential for professional social service practitioners, yet dreaded by some of the most experienced among them. Using friendly, straightforward language as well as concrete illustrations and exercises from social service practice, author Vincent E. Faherty catapults students and experienced professionals to a pragmatic level where they can handle quantitative analysis for all their research and evaluation needs.

Compassionate Statistics: Applied Quantitative Analysis for Social Services (With exercises and instructions in SPSS)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Sage Publications, Inc.

Wordcraft: Applied Qualitative Data Analysis (QDA):: Tools for Public and Voluntary Social Services

A pragmatic guide to performing meaningful qualitative analysis
This text helps students and social service personnel better evaluate agency programs using the various qualitative documents (such as case intake forms and case progress notes) already at their disposal. Author Vincent E. Faherty shows readers not just what to do with qualitative data, but also how they should interpret the meanings. This text begins by examining the requisite knowledge and skills needed to design and execute a comprehensive research or evaluation report based using qualitative data. It then offers guidance on writing up the final report and disseminating the results to the wider community.
Key Features 
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<li>The Qualitative Data Analysis Model, a non-computer based method of data analysis, takes readers through the research process in order to gain a complete picture of the agency′s performance</li>
<li>Case examples of published journal articles from SAGE contain margin notes and introductory and conclusive remarks </li>
<li>The author applies the conceptual material to pragmatic, agency-based situations that would be relevant for a broad range of human service professions and disciplines. </li>
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Anyone in a managerial role with a community-based social agency―as well as social work undergraduate and graduate students―will benefit from this straightforward guide.

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