Planning and Conducting Agency-Based Research : A Workbook for Social Work Students in Field Placements

This unique workbook provides students and instructors with step-by-step procedures for completing an agency-based research study.

The workbook, in 8 1/2 x 11 format, can be used in a field work course while students are actually at a welfare agency conducting their research. It is also designed for research courses to help students learn to conduct a study at a social welfare agency. Or it can be used during their practicum or senior seminars to help them design and write their senior year project or thesis. The workbook is user-friendly, written in clear language with concrete instructions, and includes spaces for student responses. By using the workbook, students will be able to proceed step-by-step to design and conduct a research study.

In this edition, the authors have included a new section on outcomes evaluation (Section IX), many new examples, and a fully annotated sample literature review.