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Using the Internet as a Research Tool for Social Work and Human Services

Autor Goutham M Menon
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 mai 2002
Researchers and instructors: examine ways to make the Internet work to your advantage!

Using the Internet as a Research Tool for Social Work and Human Services examines the exciting benefits for social workers of using the Internet to facilitate their studies. By introducing various methodologies and insights, this book explains how the Web can be a valuable and legitimate form of research. This vital book examines the problems associated with studying virtual communities and cyber culture, and offers innovative ways to administer experiments by measuring response time over the Web.

This informative book explores new and innovative trends in Internet research, including:
  • methodologies for data collection, sampling, and representation of the subjects
  • psychological testing and using the Internet for training
  • developing and deploying Internet studies by replacing traditionally administered questionnaires with online surveys
  • the use of technology to enhance the development of research skills of undergraduate-level multicultural mental health researchers
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780789014474
ISBN-10: 0789014475
Pagini: 156
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: CRC Press
Colecția CRC Press

Public țintă

Undergraduate

Cuprins

Using the Internet as a Tool for Research The Internet: A Virtually Untapped Tool for Research Present Day Use of the Internet for Survey-Based Research Collecting Data via the Internet: The Development and Deployment of a Web-Based Survey Methodological and Ethical Challenges of Researching a Computer-Mediated Group Prospects and Limitations of Psychological Testing on the Internet Walking Through the Fire: Integrating Technology to Enhance the Research Skills of Minority Mental Health Student Researchers We?d Like to Ask You Some Questions, But We Have to Find You First: An Internet-Based Study of Lesbian Clients in Therapy with Lesbian Feminist Therapists Problems and Promises in the Study of Virtual Communities Kermitt: Conducting an Experiment on the Web Index Reference Notes Included

Descriere

Using the Internet as a Research Tool for Social Work and Human Services provides valuable insights into how the Internet can be used as a primary and legitimate source for research in social work practice and education. Methodologies such as online data collection, sampling, and representation of the subjects are investigated in detail, along with highlighting various areas of research that benefit from using these Internet-based solutions. The book also discusses the process of developing and deploying Internet studies by replacing traditionally administered questionnaires with online surveys. Psychological testing and using the Internet for training are closely examined in a thought-provoking article that emphasizes the use of technology to enhance the development of research skills of undergraduate-level multicultural mental health researchers.