Transcript SOCW 671 #1

Social Work 671
Class # 1
Introduction & Review
Outline
Introductions
 Why are we here?
 Syllabus
 Review
 Descriptive Statistics
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Why have Social Work
Research Classes
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Need to generate field specific information
Need to test and document promising
practices delivered practitioners are busy)
Need to remain current on emerging
practices (APA & NASW Journals assume
readers know research methods)
Need to meet external standards
 University
 CSWE
Syllabus
Available on-line
 Ask questions (half the class likely has the
same question)
 Review dates
 Review content
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Review
Problem Formulation
 Deductive versus Inductive Reasoning
 Operational Definitions
 Measurement Levels: nominal, ordinal,
interval, ratio
 Probability Sampling: random, stratified,
cluster, systematic
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Review (continued)
Descriptive Statistics
 Central Tendency
 Measures of Dispersion
 Experimental, Quasi-experimental, and
Non-experimental Designs
 Qualitative and Quantitative Research
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Descriptive Statistics
 Measures
of Central Tendency
mean
median
trimmed
mode
mean
Descriptive Statistics
 Measures
of Dispersion
range
variance
standard
deviation