Acknowledgements
Preface
About the Authors
Section I
1. Glossary Terms
2. Commonly Used Acronyms, Symbols, Abbreviations and Terms Found
in Research and Evaluation Studies
3. Statistical Terms
Section II
4. Some Helpful Research and Evaluation Websites
A. Quantitative Research
B. Qualitative Research
C. Evaluation Research
D. Statistics
E. Additional Research Related Sites
5. Core Journals in Various Social and Behavioral Sciences
A. Social Work
B. Sociology
C. Psychology
D. Education
E. Nursing
F. Criminology
G. Family Studies
H. Counseling
I. Public Health
J. Political Science
K. Public Administration
L. Business
M. Communication Studies
Michael J. Holosko, Ph.D., M.S.W., holds an endowed chair as
the Pauline M. Berger Professor of Family and Child Welfare at The
University of Georgia, School of Social Work. He is also currently
a Visiting Professor at City University of Hong Kong. He has taught
across the undergraduate and graduate curriculum in schools of:
social work (primarily), nursing, medicine, public administration,
and applied social science in Canada, the United States, Hong Kong,
Sweden, Australia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For the past
38 years, he has been a consultant to a variety of large and small
health and human service organizations and industry in the areas
of: program evaluation, outcomes, accreditation, organizational
development, communication, leadership, visioning, organizational
alignment, and stress management. He has published numerous
monographs, chapters, articles, and texts in the areas of:
evaluation, health care, social work practice, curricula,
administration, technology, gerontology, leadership, family and
child welfare, social policy, research, music intervention, and
spirituality. His recent text published in 2015 was Wodarski, J.,
Holosko, M., & Felt, M. D. (2015). Evidence-Informed Assessment and
Practice in Child Welfare, Springer Publications; and in 2016 was
Dunlop, J.M.., & Holosko, M. Increasing Service User Participation
in Local Planning: A How-To Manual for Practitioners. He serves on
the editorial boards of: Research on Social Work Practice; Child
and Adolescent Social Work Journal; Social Work in Public Health;
Journal of Human Behavior and Social Environment; the Hong Kong
Journal of Social Work; Journal of Social Service Research and the
Journal of Evidence- Based Social Work Practice. For a number of
years, he has had both radio and television shows advocating for
social justice in North America.
Bruce Thyer is currently a Professor and former Dean with the
College of Social Work at Florida State University. Dr. Thyer
spent the years 1987 - 2002 with the University of Georgia, where
he earned the rank of Distinguished Research Professor. He is
a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Board Certified Behavior
Analyst. In 2012 he was elected to the Social Work Academy of
the National Academies of Practice. Dr. Thyer is the founder and
current editor of one of social work′s premier journals, RESEARCH
ON SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE, and is the author of over 250 articles, 80
chapters and he had authored or edited over 25 professional
books. His research interests involve the promotion of
evidence-based practice, evaluation research, applied behavior
analysis, and social work theory.
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