Chapter 2 Research Problems and Questions. WHAT IS SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH?  Pure and Applied Research  The Research Attitude  Approaches to the Research.

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Chapter 2 Research Problems and Questions

WHAT IS SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH?  Pure and Applied Research  The Research Attitude  Approaches to the Research Method –Quantitative (Chapter 3) –Qualitative (Chapter 4)

THE KNOWLEDGE-LEVEL CONTINUUM  Exploratory Research Studies  Descriptive Research Studies  Explanatory Research Studies

The Knowledge-Level Continuum

Sieving Procedure

CLASSIFICATION OF RESEARCH QUESTIONS  Existence Questions  Composition Questions  Relationship Questions  Descriptive-Comparative Questions  Causality Questions  Causality-Comparative Questions  Causality-Comparative Interaction Questions

Types of Research Questions

FORMULATING RESEARCH QUESTIONS  Factors Contributing to Good Research Questions –Relevance –Researchability –Feasibility  Ethical Acceptability

REVIEWING THE LITERATURE  Connecting the Research Question to Theory  Identifying Previous Research Studies

ACCESSING INFORMATION  Libraries and the Web

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