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Research Methods for Social Work (with InfoTrac ) By Allen RubinEarl R. Babbie ( Wadsworth Publishing )
Release Date: 2004-06-25
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Product Description
In this extensive revision of their best-selling research methods text for social workers, Rubin and Babbie retain the integrity of their comprehensive, quantitative approach, while truly integrating increased coverage of qualitative methods. This text has been acclaimed for the depth and breadth of coverage and the clear and often humorous writing style. Building on those winning qualities, the authors have created a new edition that provides a balanced and up-to-date presentation, current coverage of technological advances, culturally competent research, and other topics of emerging importance. Considered the best social work research methods resource, Rubin and Babbie's text balances depth of content with student-friendly examples and consistently helps students see the connections between research and social work practice.
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 Very boring and tedious to read
I began my MSW research class with a great deal of interest in the subject, but this textbook dampened my interest quite rapidly. I do not feel that it is very well organized, and it is very tedious to pull out the main points. It's very wordy with alot of needless jargon. The definitions and vocabulary lack "common sense" and useful applicability. Visually speaking, it is a difficult read due to the way the text is organized and formatted. The concepts themselves are not difficult and can even be fun to learn, but without prior knowledge of some of these concepts, this book would have really turned me off.
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 knowledgeable Social Worker ( alicefmoore )
I like the book for being able to have practice test and the puzzle after every chapter
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Good test
This is a great text. Easy to understand, easy to read and laid out nicely. I would recommend this for instructors and students.
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 Just the main points, please! ( fishcheeks )
I'm taking a research methods course right now and, unfortunately, this is the book that was assigned. The chapters are too long and the authors make things more complex by trying to include too many examples and unnecessary filler material. Research methods is boring anyway, but Rubin and Babbie make learning about it more boring and confusing by not getting straight to the point. I have a "quiz" next week and you don't know how tedious it is read through these chapters. I had to learn how to speed read in order to save time and find the important information.Thank goodness the book is at least organized.
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Difficult to read
This book is really long winded and boring. It rambles a lot and is quite incoherent, though I would give it some credit for trying to sound personable. The chapter on inferential statistics, especially isn't very clear which makes it even more frustrating because stats is already quite a dry topic.
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