Causality and Causal Inference in Social Work: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 540-547

  Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

field of practice; methodological article; mixed methods; outcome study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906764743     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731514536056     Document Type: Article

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