RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL WORK shows students the connection between research and practice. It explains how research informs practice, how practice affects research, and how the two together allow the worker to affect clients' lives and advance the profession. The text provides basic concepts of the research process and shows students how to understand their findings. Readers are introduced to the basic concepts of the research process: using questionnaires; different methods for collecting, preparing and analyzing data; program evaluation; and writing proposals and research reports.