01675nam a2200349 a 4500 EDZ0000115801 StDuBDS 20150804193932.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 130107s2013 enk fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199315895 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS H62 .W622 2013 001.4 23 Wolf-Branigin, Michael. Using complexity theory for research and program evaluation [electronic resource] / Michael Wolf-Branigin. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013. 1 online resource. Pocket guides to social work research methods Series from CIP print record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Complexity theory provides a promising framework for conducting social work research and evaluation. Readers will gain an understanding of the background, current applications, and agent-based modeling as a new approach for creating simulations. To advance this line of inquiry a complexity research agenda for social work is developed. Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Jan. 7, 2013). Evaluation research (Social action programs) Social service Research Evaluation. Social service Evaluation. Complexity (Philosophy) Print version 9780199829460 Pocket guides to social work research methods. Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199829460.001.0001 37436 37436