Course Details

1. Understand basic elements of social research and its three basic methodologies: experimental design, surveys and qualitative methods.
2. Recognise quantitative and qualitative social research principles.
3. Explain the differences between research designs in quantitative and qualitative research.
4. Understand the methods, the concepts and the principles of social research in the evaluation of social work programs.
5. Be able to use research for evaluating their own work.
6. Demonstrate critical thinking regarding the importance of social research in the areas of Social Work interest.

·        Design of quantitative social research

·        Research tools, research designs and researchquestions

·        Samplingmethods

·        Representativeness,validity and reliability

·        Hypothesiscontrol

·        Basic elements of statistical analysis, statisticalcontrol

·        Basic elements of grounded theory approach

·        Critical theories and evaluation of social workinterventions

·        Use of software for qualitative data analysis (NVivo)

• Pourkos, Μ. & Dafermos, Μ. (Ed.) (2010). Qualitative Research in Social Sciences: Scientific, Methodological and Ethical Issues. Topos Publications.
• Bernard, H. R. (2012) Social Research Methods. London: Sage Publications.
• Colin, R. (2007). Real World Research. Gutenberg - Dardanos.
• Salkind, N.J. (2012) 100 Questions (And Answers) about Research Methods. London: Sage Publications.
• Engel, R.J., & Schutt, R.K. (2010) Fundamentals of Social Work Research. Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications.

• Baker L. T. (1999) Doing Social Research, McGraw-Hill International Editions, Sociology Series.
• Black, T. R. (1999). Doing Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences. SAGE Publications.
• Black Thomas, R. (1999). Doing Quantitative Research in Social Sciences: An integrated approach to research design, measurement and statistics. London: Sage
• Papanis, Ε. & Rontos, Κ. (2006). Statistical Research. Sideris Ι.
• Fink A. (2003). The Survey Handbook. 2nd Edition. London: Sage
• Denzin, K.D and Lincoln Y.S., (eds). (2000) Handbook of Qualitative Research, Sage Publication.
• Baker L. T. (1999) Doing Social Research, McGrow-Hill International Editions, Sociology Series.
• Ιosifides, S. (2006). Qualitative Social Research. Κritiki Publications
• Flick, U. (2002). An introduction to Qualitative Research. Sage Publication.
• Ιosifides, Th. (2003). Qualitative Data Analysis in Social Sciences. Kritiki Publications.
• Μason, J. (2003). Conducting Qualitative Research. Ellinika Grammata.
• Bryman, A. (1995), Quantity and Quality in Social Research. London: Routledge.
• Shaw, I. & Gould, N. (2001). Qualitative Research in Social Work. Sage Publication.
• Silverman, D. (2001). Interpreting Qualitative Data. London: Sage Publication.