This book is an accessible "student-friendly" introduction to social work research methods couched within the positivistic and interpretive traditions - the two approaches most commonly used to generate relevant social work knowledge. It begins where every researcher begins: with finding a meaningful problem area to study and developing reseach questions and hypotheses. it then proceeds from measuring variables, selecting samples, and constructing research designs, to collecting and analyzing data, and report writing--Page 4 of cover.