- Research and Evaluation in Social Work

Catalog description

This course will cover basic and applied social science research concepts and methodology, statistics, and interpreting research published in professional literature related to social work. Instruction focuses on understanding and interpreting the social work ethical obligation of evidence-based practice, research design, quantitative and qualitative analysis in the social work research context, and illustrating the use of research in advocating for new programming, funding, and policy on behalf of underserved populations. The course is oriented toward providing students skills that can be used in learning how to evaluate the student’s own practice in the future and in critiquing the research of others.