Preface
Acknowledgments
1. INTRODUCTION
1. The Case Study Method
2. The Research Process
2. PROBLEM SOLVING: BRIEF CASE STUDIES
Introduction
Steps in the Process of Research
Identifying the Problem
Case Study 1: Research and the Media: What Are You Being Told? Ethics: Ensuring No Harm Comes to Participants
Case Study 2: A Question of Ethics: Willowbrook
Case Study 3: Another Question of Ethics: Studying HIV
Case Study 4: Ethical Issues of Obtaining Consent to Interview Children in Post- Separation Disputes
Case Study 5: Respectful Ethical Research Practice: Working with First Nations, Inuit Innu and Metis Peoples
Preparation: Conceptualizing, Operationalizing and Sampling
Case Study 6: Understanding Ideas and Counting Them
Case Study 7: Implementing a Pilot Project: A Question of Sampling
Case Study 8: Who Do You Ask? Sampling in a Qualitative Context Research Methods
Case Study 9: Criminal Justice Issues in Social Work Research: The Search for Causality
Case Study 10: Psychometric Properties: How Should We Measure?
Case Study 11: The Validity of Research
Case Study 12: The Application of Quasi-experimental Design in Social Work Research
Case Study 13: The Power of One: Single-Case Study Design
Case Study 14: One More: Another Example of Single-Case Study Design
Case Study 15: Asking Questions Properly: An Examination of Questionnaire Design
Case Study 16: Asking Questions in Child Advocacy: Which Approach Is Best For Children?
Case Study 17: What Does it All Mean? Qualitative Interviewing with Children About Their Views and Experiences of Family Justice Professionals
Case Study 18: Q & Q: Employing Both a Qualitative and a Quantitative Approach
Case Study 19: On PAR: Engaging and Empowering Clients through Participatory Action Research Data Collection and Statistical Analysis
Case Study 20: Measuring Client Satisfaction: Do They Like Me?
Case Study 21: Adding Some Numbers
Case Study 22: Descriptive Statistics: The First Step from Guessing to Knowing
Case Study 23: Inferring What You Know: Selecting an Appropriate Statistical Test
3. CRITIQUING RESEARCH
Introduction
Critical Analysis of Quantitative Research
Critical Analysis of Qualitative Research
1. A Qualitative Design: Surviving the Tornado: Psychiatric Survivor Experiences of Getting, Losing, and Keeping Housing
Cheryl Forchuk, Cathy Ward-Griffin, Rick Csiernik, and Katherine Turner
Critique
2. A Quantitative Design: An Examination of Two Different Approaches to Visitation-Based Disputes in Child Custody Matters
Rachel Birnbaum
Critique
INDEX