# Scientific Inquiry in Social Work

- By: Matthew DeCarlo
- Publisher: Radford University
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Social_Work_and_Human_Services/Scientific_Inquiry_in_Social_Work_(DeCarlo))
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Social_Work_and_Human_Services/Scientific_Inquiry_in_Social_Work_(DeCarlo)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/socialsci-25594/pdf

As an introductory textbook for social work students studying research methods, this book guides students through the process of creating a research project. Students learn how to discover a researchable topic that is interesting to them, examine scholarly literature, formulate a proper research question, design a quantitative or qualitative study to answer their question, carry out the design, interpret quantitative or qualitative results, and disseminate their findings to audiences.