Using complexity theory for research and program evaluation /

"Complexity as a paradigm has been underutilized by social work, but this cutting-edge pocket guide makes a convincing argument for its use. Every agency worker has been faced with a deluge of records, making it difficult to grasp onto structures and trends undergirding behavior. Complexity the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wolf-Branigin, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Colección:Pocket guides to social work research methods.
Temas:
Evaluation research (Social action programs)
Social service > Research > Evaluation.
Social service > Evaluation.
Complexity (Philosophy)
Social Work > methods
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Research Design
Service social > Recherche > Évaluation.
Service social > Évaluation.
Complexité (Philosophie)
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
Social service > Evaluation
Social service > Research > Evaluation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the history and theory of complexity
  • Framing social services as complex systems
  • Research and evaluation methods for complexity
  • Shifting from a metaphorical to a mathematical approach
  • Social work applications of complexity
  • Introduction to agent-based modeling
  • Developing agent-based models
  • Concluding remarks and proposed research agenda.

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