Social Work Research and Assessment

Catalog description

This course presents a broad range of research and assessment tools that social workers can use to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their practice, such as tests and diagnostic tools are studied in depth. The course includes methodological considerations relating to operationalizing concepts, research design (experimental, survey, and field), sampling instrumentation, methods of data collection and analysis, and report preparation and dissemination. This course satisfies the writing intensive requirement in the students major.