Reimagining Social Work Evaluation: Beyond Simpson's Paradox Toward a New Paradigm.

J Evid Based Soc Work (2019)

Social Work Research Center, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Guangdong, P.R. China.

Published: July 2025


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