Single-Subject Designs

Research in social work and the other helping professions can have a variety of purposes. One is to examine ideas or theories about individual human behavior; another is to examine the interventions that social workers and other human service professionals use in helping individuals, families, group...

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Published inResearch Design for Social Work and the Human Services p. 215
Main Author Jeane W. Anastas
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Columbia University Press 28.01.2000
Edition2
Subjects
Adults
Applied philosophy
Applied sciences
Behavioral sciences
Caregivers
Data collection
Economic disciplines
Economics
Employment
Experiment design
Experimentation
Health sciences
Human populations
Human societies
Labor economics
Medical personnel
Mothers
Observational research
Occupations
Older adults
Palliative care
Patient care
Persons
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Population studies
Research design
Research methods
Respite care
Scientific method
Social sciences
Social welfare
Social work
Sociology
Women
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DOI10.7312/anas11890.14

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Summary:Research in social work and the other helping professions can have a variety of purposes. One is to examine ideas or theories about individual human behavior; another is to examine the interventions that social workers and other human service professionals use in helping individuals, families, groups, or organizations to change. Most researchers study groups of people for these purposes. However, there is one type of fixed method research, termed single-subject or single-system design, which uses the intensive, prospective study of single cases over time to examine how they may change when interventions are made or to learn more about human
DOI:10.7312/anas11890.14