My first blog was published on the new Social Care Elf today. It is a review of a paper on the measurement of quality of life of people with a mental health problem. The Social
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“Researcher: research thyself”
This week a petition opened which challenged Ian Duncan-Smith to live on £53 per week after he said that he could if he 'had to'. At the time of writing over 370,000 people have signed
Continue ReadingResearch methods and social work: ne’er the twain shall meet?
Social workers are generally not excited by research methods. Granted, it's not a particularly sexy topic and the technical nature of research can seems miles away from the reality of practice. Apart from nerds like
Continue ReadingGetting the measures right
One of the most frequently-used international measures of social capital is the Position Generator. This asks respondents if they know people with specific occupations. As occupational status is a proxy for social resources, this enables
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