Antoinette Y. Rodgers-Farmer Antoinette Y. Farmer G. Lawrence Farmer
Social work researchers often conduct research with groups that are diverse in terms of gender, sexual orientation, race or ethnic background, or age. Consequently, social work researchers must take great care to establish research-design equivalence at all phases of the research process (e.g., problem formulation, research design, sampling, measurement selection, data collection, and data analysis); otherwise, the results might reflect methodological flaws rather than true group differences and therefore lead to erroneous conclusions. This book introduces the methodological precautions that...
Social work researchers often conduct research with groups that are diverse in terms of gender, sexual orientation, race or ethnic background, or age....
