对许多社会工作专业学生来说，《社会工作研究方法》是一本必读书，对那些试图全面、系统和熟练掌握社会工作研究方法与技巧的学生与专业工作者而言，本书具有非同凡响的参考价值。

《社会工作研究方法》是由美国得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校社会工作学院阿伦·鲁宾(Allen Rubin)教授和加州查普曼大学社会学系艾尔．R．芭比(Earl R．Babbie)教授共同撰写的、出版多年并且经年热销的一本研究方法教科书。

《社会工作研究方法》是由美国得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校社会工作学院阿伦·鲁宾(Allen Rubin)教授和加州查普曼大学社会学系艾尔．R．芭比(Earl R．Babbie)教授共同撰写的、出版多年并且经年热销的一本研究方法教科书。对许多社会工作专业学生来说，这是一本必读书。而在社会工作专业教师与研究者眼里，这又是一本案头必备的参考书。对那些试图全面、系统和熟练掌握社会工作研究方法与技巧的学生与专业工作者而言，《社会工作研究方法》一书具有非同凡响的参考价值。

PART 1 An Introduction to Scientific Inquiry in Social Work

  Chapter 1 Why Study Research?

  Chapter 2 Evidence-Based Practice

  Chapter 3 Philosophy and Theory in Social Work Research

PART 2 The Ethical, Political, and Cultural Context of Social Work Research

  Chapter 4 The Ethics and Politics of Social Work Research

  Chapter 5 Culturally Competent Research

PART 3 Problem Formulation and Measurement

  Chapter 6 Problem Formulation

  Chapter 7 Conceptualization and Operationalization

  Chapter 8 Measurement

  Chapter 9 Constructing Measurement Instruments

PART 4 Designs for Evaluating Programs and Practice

 Chapter 10 Causal Inference and Correlational Designs

 Chapter 11 Experimental Designs

 Chapter 12 Single-Case Evaluation Designs

 Chapter 13 Program Evaluation

PART 5 Data-Collection Methods with Large Sources of Data

 Chapter 14 Sampling

 Chapter 15 Survey Research

 Chapter 16 Analyzing Existing Data: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

PART 6 Qualitative Research Methods

 Chapter 17 Qualitative Research: General Principles

 Chapter 18 Qualitative Research: Specific Methods

 Chapter 19 Qualitative Data Analysis

PART 7 Analysis of Quantitative Data

 Chapter 20 Quantitative Data Analysis

 Chapter 21 Inferential Data Analysis: Part 1

 Chapter 22 Inferential Data Analysis: Part 2

PART 8Writing Research Proposals and Reports

 Chapter 23 Writing Research Proposals and Reports

Appendix A Using the Library

Appendix B Statistics for Estimating Sampling Error

Appendix C Proportion under Normal Curve Exceeded by Effect-Size (ES) Values

Appendix D Learner's Guide to SPSS 11.0 for Windows

Glossary

Bibliography

Index