List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1. Introduction
The Case Study Method
The Research Process
2. Problem Solving: Brief Case Studies
Introduction: Steps in the Process of Research Identifying the Problem
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 about Children’s Participation: Which Approach Is Best for Children?
Case Study 17: What Does It All Mean? Qualitative Interviews 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 Service Users through Participatory Action Research
Case Study 20: Creativity in Research: Promoting Accessibility and Inclusion Through Arts- Based Research
Prepared by Holly Kaupa
Case Study 21: Research as Response: Critical Race and Anti-Colonial Approaches
Prepared by Siham Elkassem
Case Study 22: Researching without Directly Engaging: Observational Studies
Case Study 23: The Bigger Picture: Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analysis, and Scoping Reviews
Data Collection and Statistical Analysis
Case Study 24: Measuring Service User Satisfaction: Do They Like Me?
Case Study 25: Statistics: Adding Some Numbers
Case Study 26: Descriptive Statistics: The First Step from Guessing to Knowing
Case Study 27: Inferring What You Know: Selecting an Appropriate Statistical Test
3. Examining Research Through a Critical Lens and a Theorization of Academic Voyeurism
Siham Elkassem and Andrea Murray-Lichtman
4. Critiquing Research
Introduction
Critical Analysis of Qualitative Research
Critical Analysis of Quantitative Research
A Qualitative Design: Listening to Innocence: The Effects of Islamophobia on Muslim Children
Siham Elkassem, Rick Csiernik, Andrew Mantulak, Gina Kayssi, Yasmine Hussain, Kathryn Lambert, Pamela Bailey, and Asad Choudhary
Critique
Rachel Birnbaum
A Quantitative Design: An Examination of Two Different Approaches to Visitation-Based Disputes in Child Custody Matters
Rachel Birnbaum
Critique
Barbara Decker Pierce and Rick Csiernik
Index
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