Attributions index

This resource draws from the existing body of open educational resources on social science research methods. This index provides information about which sources were adapted in each chapter. This index does not include attributions for images, which are provided in the Media Attributions section at the end of each chapter before the footnotes.

I should note that this textbook draws heavily from Scientific inquiry in social work by Matt DeCarlo and published by Open Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license which adapted a large chunk of content from Principles of sociological inquiry: Quantitative and qualitative methods by Amy Blackstone and published by the Saylor Foundation under a CC-BY-NC-SA license. In many ways, this project is indebted to Dr. Blackstone’s seminal scholarly gift.

Chapter 1 adapted content from:

• Chapter 1 of Scientific inquiry in social work by Matt DeCarlo and published by Open Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
• Cultural Humility: People, Principles and Practices—Part 1 of 4 published by Vivian Chavez under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. 

Chapter 2 adapted content from:

• Sections 2.1 and 15.1 of Scientific inquiry in social work by Matt DeCarlo and published by Open Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
• How to create a concept map published by the University of Guelph Library under a CC-BY 4.0 license.

Chapters 3, 4, and 5 adapted content from:

• Sections 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, and 3.2 of Scientific inquiry in social work by Matt DeCarlo and published by Open Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
• Bonanno & Veselak’s article A matter of trust: Parents attitudes towards child mental health information sources and published in Advances in Social Work under a CC-BY 4.0 license.
• The section on SIFT from Introduction to College Research by Walter D. Butler, Aloha Sargent, and Kelsey Smith and published under a CC-BY 4.0 license.
• Information privilege by Steely Library NKU and published under a CC-BY 4.0 license.

Chapter 6 adapted content from:

• Chapter 5 of Scientific inquiry in social work by Matt DeCarlo and published by Open Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Chapter 7 adapted content from:

• Section 6.2 of Scientific inquiry in social work by Matt DeCarlo CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 published by Open Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
• The GO-GN research methods handbook by Farrow, R., Iniesto, F., Weller, M. & Pitt., R. published by the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) under a CC-BY 4.0 license.
• A small amount of content from the Wikipedia entry for postpositivism published under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license as well as Yosef Jabarin’s article on conceptual frameworks published by the
  International Journal of Qualitative Methods under a CC-BY 4.0 license.

Chapter 8 adapted content from:

• Sections 6.3, 7.2, and 7.3 of Scientific inquiry in social work by Matt DeCarlo CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 published by Open Social Work which is adapted from Principles of sociological inquiry: Quantitative and qualitative methods by Amy Blackstone CC-BY-NC-SA published by the Saylor Foundation.
• Chapter 10 of Research methods in psychology (4th edition) by Rajiv S. Jhangiani, I-Chant A. Chiang, Carrie Cuttler, and Dana C. Leighton CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 from Kwantlen Polytechnic University Library.

Chapter 9 adapted content from:

• Chapter 8 of Scientific inquiry in social work by Matt DeCarlo CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 published by Open Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
• Many figures and ideas from Principles of sociological inquiry: Quantitative and qualitative methods by Amy Blackstone CC-BY-NC-SA published by the Saylor Foundation.

Chapter 10 adapted content from:

• Chapter 10 of Scientific inquiry in social work by Matt DeCarlo and published by Open Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Chapter 11 adapted content from:

• Chapter 9 of Scientific inquiry in social work by Matt DeCarlo CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 published by Open Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
• Chapter 6 of Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices published by Anol Bhattacherjee under a CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 Unported license.
• Chapter 35 of Research methods in psychology (4th edition) by Rajiv S. Jhangiani, I-Chant A. Chiang, Carrie Cuttler, and Dana C. Leighton CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 from Kwantlen Polytechnic University Library.

Chapter 12 adapted content from:

• Chapter 35 of Research methods in psychology (4th edition) by Rajiv S. Jhangiani, I-Chant A. Chiang, Carrie Cuttler, and Dana C. Leighton CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 from Kwantlen Polytechnic University Library.
• Chapter 9 of Social Science Research: Principles, Methods, and Practices published by Anol Bhattacherjee under a CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0 Unported license.
• The final section on cultural bias adapts a large amount of content from Navigating cross-cultural research: methodological and ethical considerations, an open access article by Tanya Broesch, Alyssa N. Crittenden, Bret A. Beheim, Aaron D. Blackwell, John A. Bunce, Heidi Colleran, Kristin Hagel, Michelle Kline, Richard McElreath, Robin G. Nelson, Anne C. Pisor, Sean Prall, Ilaria Pretelli, Benjamin Purzycki, Elizabeth A. Quinn, Cody Ross, Brooke Scelza, Kathrine Starkweather, Jonathan Stieglitz and Monique Borgerhoff Mulder published by Proceedings of the Royal Academy of Biological Sciences under a CC-BY 4.0 license.

Chapter 13 adapted content from:

• Chapter 7 of Research methods in psychology (3rd American edition) by Paul C. Price, Rajiv S. Jhangiani, I-Chant A. Chiang, Dana C. Leighton, and Carrie Cuttler published by Washington State University Press under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Chapter 15 adapted content from:

• Chapter 12 of Research methods in psychology (3rd American edition) by Paul C. Price, Rajiv S. Jhangiani, I-Chant A. Chiang, Dana C. Leighton, and Carrie Cuttler CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 published by Washington State University Press under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Chapter 19 adapted content from:

• Figures 19.4 and 19.5 are from Growing up in New York City: A Generational Memoir (1941–1960). by Howard R. Wolf and published in American Studies Journal under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.

Chapter 21 adapted content from:

• Figure 21.1 is from Street youth labor as an expression of survival and self-worth by Karabanow, J & Gurman, E. and published in Critical Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Chapter 24 adapted content from:

• Chapter 16 of Scientific inquiry in social work by Matt DeCarlo CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 published by Open Social Work under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.