Sources of Strain in Practice-oriented Research

See, for example, Blenkner Margaret , “Obstacles to Evaluative Research in Casework: Part I,” Social Casework, Vol. XXXI, February 1950, pp. 55–56.

McVicker Hunt J. , “On the Judgment of Social Workers as a Source of Information in Social Work Research,” in Use of Judgments as Data in Social Work Research, National Association of Social Workers, New York, 1959, p. 41.

Merton Robert K. , “The Bearing of Empirical Research Upon the Development of Social Theory ” American Sociological Review, Vol. XIII, October 1948, p. 509.

Mayer Morris F. , “A Research Attempt in a Residential Treatment Center: An Administrative Case History,” in The Known and Unknown in Child Welfare Research, Norris Miriam , and Wallace Barbara (eds.), National Association of Social Workers, New York, 1965, p. 118.

Borgatta Edgar F. , Fanshel David , and Meyer Henry J. , Social Workers' Perceptions of Clients, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1960.

See, for example, Brieland Donald , An Experimental Study of the Selection of Adoptive Parents at Intake, Child Welfare League of America, New York, 1959; Martin Wolins, “The Problem of Choice in Foster Home Finding,” Social Work, Vol. IV, October 1959, pp. 40–48; Scott Briar, “Clinical Judgment in Foster Care Placement,” Child Welfare, Vol. XLII, April 1963, pp. 161–68; and David Fanshel Studying the Role Performance of Foster Parents,” Social Work, Vol. VI, January 1961, pp. 74–81.

Mehlman Benjamin , “The Reliability of Psychiatric Diagnoses,” Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, Supplement, Vol. XLVII, April 1952, pp. 577–78.

Cochran William G. , “Research Techniques in the Study of Human Beings,” Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, Vol. XXXIII, April 1955, pp. 123–24.

Benjamin E. Youngdahl and Alan Reitman, in “Points and Viewpoints,” Social Work, Vol. V, October 1960, pp. 109–10.

“Placebo Effects Found in Surgery,” New York Times, February 1, 1961, p. 39.

Meyer Henry J. , Borgatta Edgar F. , and Jones Wyatt C. , Girls at Vocational High: An Experiment in Social Work Intervention, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 1965.

Ubell Earl , “A Cruel Test For Social Work: Does It Prevent School Dropouts?” New York Herald Tribune, Sunday Edition, February 28, 1965.

Ubell Earl , “A Cruel Test For Social Work: Does It Prevent School Dropouts?” New York Herald Tribune, Sunday Edition, February 28, 1965.